diff --git a/dist/j2c.amd.js b/dist/j2c.amd.js
index 2475b314..20c15622 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.amd.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.amd.js
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
   /**
    * Handles the property:value; pairs.
    *
-   * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
-   * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+   * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+   * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
    * @param {string} prefix - the current property or a prefix in case of nested
    *                          sub-properties.
+   * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
    * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope.
-   * @param {function} state - @local helper.
    */
 
-  function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
+  function declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o, local) {
     var k, v, kk
     if (o==null) return
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
     case ARRAY:
       for (k = 0; k < o.length; k++)
 
-        declarations(o[k], emit, prefix, local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o[k], local)
 
       break
     case OBJECT:
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
         if (/\$/.test(k)) {
           for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, prefix + k[kk], local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k[kk], v, local)
 
           }
         } else {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, prefix + k, local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k, v, local)
 
         }
       }
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
 
       if (local && (k == 'animation-name' || k == 'animation' || k == 'list-style')) {
         // no need to tokenize here a plain `.split(',')` has all bases covered.
-        // We may 'state' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
+        // We may 'parser' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
         o = o.split(',').map(function (o) {
 
-          return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, state.l)
+          return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, parser.l)
 
         }).join(',')
       }
@@ -154,25 +154,28 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
   /**
    * Hanldes at-rules
    *
-   * @param {string} k - The at-rule name, and, if takes both parameters and a
-   *                     block, the parameters.
-   * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
-   * @param {string[]} v - Either parameters for block-less rules or their block
-   *                       for the others.
-   * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
+   * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+   * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+   * @param {array} k - The parsed at-rule, including the parameters,
+   *                    if takes both parameters and a block.
+   * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or the selector prefix
+   *                          in case of nested rules
+   * @param {string|string[]|object|object[]} v - Either parameters for
+   *                                              block-less rules or
+   *                                              their block
+   *                                              for the others.
    * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
    * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
-   * @param {function} state - @local helper
    */
 
-  function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
-    k = /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','','']
+  function atRules(parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule) {
     if (!k[3] && /^global$/.test(k[2])) {
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 0, state)
+
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 0, inAtRule)
 
     } else if (!k[3] && /^local$/.test(k[2])) {
 
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 1, state)
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 1, inAtRule)
 
     } else if (!k[3] && /^(?:namespace|import|charset)$/.test(k[2])) {
       flatIter(function(v) {
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
 
         emit.a(k[1], '', '', ' {\n')
 
-        declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
         emit.c('}\n')
 
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
         k[3] = k[3].replace(
           // generated by script/regexps.js
           /:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,
-          state.l
+          parser.l
         )
       }
 
@@ -207,19 +210,23 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
 
       if ('page' == k[2]) {
 
-        declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
       } else {
 
-        sheet(v, emit, prefix, 0, local, state)
+        sheet(
+          parser, emit,
+          'keyframes' == k[2] ? '' : prefix,
+          v, local, 1
+        )
 
       }
 
       emit.c('}\n')
 
     } else {
-      for (var i = 0; i < state.A.length; i++) {
-        if (state.A[i](k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state)) return
+      for (var i = 0; i < parser.A.length; i++) {
+        if (parser.A[i](parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule)) return
       }
       emit.a('@-error-unsupported-at-rule', ' ', JSON.stringify(k[0]), ';\n')
 
@@ -227,31 +234,31 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
   }
 
   /**
-   * Add rulesets and other CSS statements to the sheet.
+   * Add rulesets and other CSS tree to the sheet.
    *
-   * @param {array|string|object} statements - a source object or sub-object.
-   * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+   * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+   * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
    * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
-   * @param {string} canCompose - are we allowed to @compose here?
+   * @param {array|string|object} tree - a source object or sub-object.
+   * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
    * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
-   * @param {function} state - @local helper
    */
-  function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
+  function sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree, local, inAtRule) {
     var k, v, inDeclaration, kk
 
-    switch (type.call(statements)) {
+    switch (type.call(tree)) {
 
     case ARRAY:
-      for (k = 0; k < statements.length; k++){
+      for (k = 0; k < tree.length; k++){
 
-        sheet(statements[k], emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+        sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree[k], local, inAtRule)
 
       }
       break
 
     case OBJECT:
-      for (k in statements) if (own.call(statements, k)) {
-        v = statements[k]
+      for (k in tree) if (own.call(tree, k)) {
+        v = tree[k]
         if (prefix && /^[-\w$]+$/.test(k)) {
           if (!inDeclaration) {
             inDeclaration = 1
@@ -262,12 +269,12 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
           if (/\$/.test(k)) {
             for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-              declarations(v, emit, k[kk], local, state)
+              declarations(parser, emit, k[kk], v, local)
 
             }
           } else {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, k, local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, k, v, local)
 
           }
         } else if (/^@/.test(k)) {
@@ -275,19 +282,24 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
 
           inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-          atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+          atRules(parser, emit,
+            /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','',''],
+            v, prefix, local, inAtRule
+          )
 
         } else {
           // selector or nested sub-selectors
 
           inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-          sheet(v, emit,
+          sheet(
+            parser, emit,
+            // prefix... Hefty. Ugly. Sadly necessary.
             (/,/.test(prefix) || prefix && /,/.test(k)) ?
             /*0*/ (kk = splitSelector(prefix), splitSelector( local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k
@@ -301,7 +313,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
                 local ?
 
                   k.replace(
-                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                   ) :
 
                   k,
@@ -311,13 +323,12 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
                 local ?
 
                   k.replace(
-                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                   ) :
 
                   k
                 ),
-            canCompose,
-            local, state
+             v, local, inAtRule
           )
         }
       }
@@ -330,7 +341,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
 
       emit.s(( prefix || ':-error-no-selector' ) , ' {\n')
 
-      declarations(statements, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', tree, local)
 
       emit.c('}\n')
     }
@@ -351,7 +362,9 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
     if (
       arguments.length < 3
     ) {
+      // inner curry!
       var _at = at.bind.apply(at, [null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)))
+      // So that it can be used as a key in an ES6 object literal.
       _at.toString = function(){return '@' + rule + ' ' + params}
       return _at
     }
@@ -359,7 +372,8 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
   }
 
   function j2c() {
-    var filters = [], atHandlers = []
+    var filters = []
+    var atHandlers = []
     var instance = {
       at: at,
       global: global,
@@ -408,7 +422,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
       _default(instance, plugin)
     })
 
-    function makeEmitter(inline, state) {
+    function makeEmitter(inline, parser) {
       var buf = []
       function push() {
         emptyArray.push.apply(buf, arguments)
@@ -420,7 +434,7 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
         d: push, // declaration
         c: push  // close
       }
-      for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, state)
+      for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, parser)
       return emit
     }
 
@@ -433,41 +447,41 @@ define(function () { 'use strict';
     localize.a = atHandlers
 
   /*/-statements-/*/
-    instance.sheet = function(statements, emit) {
-      var state = {
-        s: sheet,
+    instance.sheet = function(tree) {
+      var parser = {
+        A: atHandlers,
         a: atRules,
         d: declarations,
-        A: atHandlers,
         l: localize,
-        n: instance.names
+        n: instance.names,
+        s: sheet
       }
+      var emit = makeEmitter(false, parser)
       sheet(
-        statements,
-        emit = makeEmitter(false, state),
-        '', '',     // prefix and compose
-        1,          // local, by default
-        state
+        parser,
+        emit,
+        '',    // prefix
+        tree,
+        1,      // local, by default
+        0     // inAtRule
       )
 
       return emit.x()
     }
   /*/-statements-/*/
-    instance.inline = function (_declarations, emit) {
-      var state = {
-        s: sheet,
-        a: atRules,
+    instance.inline = function (tree) {
+      var parser = {
         d: declarations,
-        A: atHandlers,
         l: localize,
         n: instance.names
       }
+      var emit = makeEmitter(true, parser)
       declarations(
-        _declarations,
-        emit = makeEmitter(true, state),
+        parser,
+        emit,
         '',         // prefix
-        1,          //local
-        state
+        tree,
+        1           //local
       )
       return emit.x()
     }
diff --git a/dist/j2c.amd.min.js b/dist/j2c.amd.min.js
index 3d242871..a911df90 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.amd.min.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.amd.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
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diff --git a/dist/j2c.commonjs.js b/dist/j2c.commonjs.js
index 10db4910..a915d513 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.commonjs.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.commonjs.js
@@ -87,15 +87,15 @@ function decamelize(match) {
 /**
  * Handles the property:value; pairs.
  *
- * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
  * @param {string} prefix - the current property or a prefix in case of nested
  *                          sub-properties.
+ * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope.
- * @param {function} state - @local helper.
  */
 
-function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
+function declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o, local) {
   var k, v, kk
   if (o==null) return
 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
   case ARRAY:
     for (k = 0; k < o.length; k++)
 
-      declarations(o[k], emit, prefix, local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o[k], local)
 
     break
   case OBJECT:
@@ -115,12 +115,12 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
       if (/\$/.test(k)) {
         for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, prefix + k[kk], local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k[kk], v, local)
 
         }
       } else {
 
-        declarations(v, emit, prefix + k, local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k, v, local)
 
       }
     }
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
 
     if (local && (k == 'animation-name' || k == 'animation' || k == 'list-style')) {
       // no need to tokenize here a plain `.split(',')` has all bases covered.
-      // We may 'state' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
+      // We may 'parser' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
       o = o.split(',').map(function (o) {
 
-        return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, state.l)
+        return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, parser.l)
 
       }).join(',')
     }
@@ -154,25 +154,28 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
 /**
  * Hanldes at-rules
  *
- * @param {string} k - The at-rule name, and, if takes both parameters and a
- *                     block, the parameters.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
- * @param {string[]} v - Either parameters for block-less rules or their block
- *                       for the others.
- * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {array} k - The parsed at-rule, including the parameters,
+ *                    if takes both parameters and a block.
+ * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or the selector prefix
+ *                          in case of nested rules
+ * @param {string|string[]|object|object[]} v - Either parameters for
+ *                                              block-less rules or
+ *                                              their block
+ *                                              for the others.
  * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
- * @param {function} state - @local helper
  */
 
-function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
-  k = /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','','']
+function atRules(parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule) {
   if (!k[3] && /^global$/.test(k[2])) {
-    sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 0, state)
+
+    sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 0, inAtRule)
 
   } else if (!k[3] && /^local$/.test(k[2])) {
 
-    sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 1, state)
+    sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 1, inAtRule)
 
   } else if (!k[3] && /^(?:namespace|import|charset)$/.test(k[2])) {
     flatIter(function(v) {
@@ -186,7 +189,7 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 
       emit.a(k[1], '', '', ' {\n')
 
-      declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
       emit.c('}\n')
 
@@ -198,7 +201,7 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
       k[3] = k[3].replace(
         // generated by script/regexps.js
         /:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,
-        state.l
+        parser.l
       )
     }
 
@@ -207,19 +210,23 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 
     if ('page' == k[2]) {
 
-      declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
     } else {
 
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, 0, local, state)
+      sheet(
+        parser, emit,
+        'keyframes' == k[2] ? '' : prefix,
+        v, local, 1
+      )
 
     }
 
     emit.c('}\n')
 
   } else {
-    for (var i = 0; i < state.A.length; i++) {
-      if (state.A[i](k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state)) return
+    for (var i = 0; i < parser.A.length; i++) {
+      if (parser.A[i](parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule)) return
     }
     emit.a('@-error-unsupported-at-rule', ' ', JSON.stringify(k[0]), ';\n')
 
@@ -227,31 +234,31 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Add rulesets and other CSS statements to the sheet.
+ * Add rulesets and other CSS tree to the sheet.
  *
- * @param {array|string|object} statements - a source object or sub-object.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
  * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
- * @param {string} canCompose - are we allowed to @compose here?
+ * @param {array|string|object} tree - a source object or sub-object.
+ * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
- * @param {function} state - @local helper
  */
-function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
+function sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree, local, inAtRule) {
   var k, v, inDeclaration, kk
 
-  switch (type.call(statements)) {
+  switch (type.call(tree)) {
 
   case ARRAY:
-    for (k = 0; k < statements.length; k++){
+    for (k = 0; k < tree.length; k++){
 
-      sheet(statements[k], emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree[k], local, inAtRule)
 
     }
     break
 
   case OBJECT:
-    for (k in statements) if (own.call(statements, k)) {
-      v = statements[k]
+    for (k in tree) if (own.call(tree, k)) {
+      v = tree[k]
       if (prefix && /^[-\w$]+$/.test(k)) {
         if (!inDeclaration) {
           inDeclaration = 1
@@ -262,12 +269,12 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
         if (/\$/.test(k)) {
           for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, k[kk], local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, k[kk], v, local)
 
           }
         } else {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, k, local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, k, v, local)
 
         }
       } else if (/^@/.test(k)) {
@@ -275,19 +282,24 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
 
         inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-        atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+        atRules(parser, emit,
+          /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','',''],
+          v, prefix, local, inAtRule
+        )
 
       } else {
         // selector or nested sub-selectors
 
         inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-        sheet(v, emit,
+        sheet(
+          parser, emit,
+          // prefix... Hefty. Ugly. Sadly necessary.
           (/,/.test(prefix) || prefix && /,/.test(k)) ?
           /*0*/ (kk = splitSelector(prefix), splitSelector( local ?
 
               k.replace(
-                /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
               ) :
 
               k
@@ -301,7 +313,7 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
               local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k,
@@ -311,13 +323,12 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
               local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k
               ),
-          canCompose,
-          local, state
+           v, local, inAtRule
         )
       }
     }
@@ -330,7 +341,7 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
 
     emit.s(( prefix || ':-error-no-selector' ) , ' {\n')
 
-    declarations(statements, emit, '', local, state)
+    declarations(parser, emit, '', tree, local)
 
     emit.c('}\n')
   }
@@ -351,7 +362,9 @@ function at (rule, params, block) {
   if (
     arguments.length < 3
   ) {
+    // inner curry!
     var _at = at.bind.apply(at, [null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)))
+    // So that it can be used as a key in an ES6 object literal.
     _at.toString = function(){return '@' + rule + ' ' + params}
     return _at
   }
@@ -359,7 +372,8 @@ function at (rule, params, block) {
 }
 
 function j2c() {
-  var filters = [], atHandlers = []
+  var filters = []
+  var atHandlers = []
   var instance = {
     at: at,
     global: global,
@@ -408,7 +422,7 @@ function j2c() {
     _default(instance, plugin)
   })
 
-  function makeEmitter(inline, state) {
+  function makeEmitter(inline, parser) {
     var buf = []
     function push() {
       emptyArray.push.apply(buf, arguments)
@@ -420,7 +434,7 @@ function j2c() {
       d: push, // declaration
       c: push  // close
     }
-    for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, state)
+    for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, parser)
     return emit
   }
 
@@ -433,41 +447,41 @@ function j2c() {
   localize.a = atHandlers
 
 /*/-statements-/*/
-  instance.sheet = function(statements, emit) {
-    var state = {
-      s: sheet,
+  instance.sheet = function(tree) {
+    var parser = {
+      A: atHandlers,
       a: atRules,
       d: declarations,
-      A: atHandlers,
       l: localize,
-      n: instance.names
+      n: instance.names,
+      s: sheet
     }
+    var emit = makeEmitter(false, parser)
     sheet(
-      statements,
-      emit = makeEmitter(false, state),
-      '', '',     // prefix and compose
-      1,          // local, by default
-      state
+      parser,
+      emit,
+      '',    // prefix
+      tree,
+      1,      // local, by default
+      0     // inAtRule
     )
 
     return emit.x()
   }
 /*/-statements-/*/
-  instance.inline = function (_declarations, emit) {
-    var state = {
-      s: sheet,
-      a: atRules,
+  instance.inline = function (tree) {
+    var parser = {
       d: declarations,
-      A: atHandlers,
       l: localize,
       n: instance.names
     }
+    var emit = makeEmitter(true, parser)
     declarations(
-      _declarations,
-      emit = makeEmitter(true, state),
+      parser,
+      emit,
       '',         // prefix
-      1,          //local
-      state
+      tree,
+      1           //local
     )
     return emit.x()
   }
diff --git a/dist/j2c.commonjs.min.js b/dist/j2c.commonjs.min.js
index fa315dfe..3ab700d7 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.commonjs.min.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.commonjs.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
-"use strict";function cartesian(e,t){var n,a,r=[];for(a in t)if(own.call(t,a))for(n in e)own.call(e,n)&&r.push(e[n]+t[a]);return r}function splitSelector(e){for(var t,n=[],a=[],r=0;t=selectorTokenizer.exec(e);)switch(t[0]){case"(":r++;break;case")":r--;break;case",":if(r)break;n.push(t.index)}for(t=n.length;t--;)a.unshift(e.slice(n[t]+1)),e=e.slice(0,n[t]);return a.unshift(e),a}function ampersand(e,t){for(var n,a,r=[],l=[];a=ampersandTokenizer.exec(e);)"&"==a[0]&&r.push(a.index);for(a=r.length;a--;)l.unshift(e.slice(r[a]+1)),e=e.slice(0,r[a]);for(l.unshift(e),n=[l[0]],a=1;a<l.length;a++)n=cartesian(n,cartesian(t,[l[a]]));return n.join(",")}function flatIter(e){return function t(n){if(type.call(n)===ARRAY)for(var a=0;a<n.length;a++)t(n[a]);else e(n)}}function decamelize(e){return"-"+e.toLowerCase()}function declarations(e,t,n,a,r){var l,s,i;if(null!=e)switch(type.call(e=e.valueOf())){case ARRAY:for(l=0;l<e.length;l++)declarations(e[l],t,n,a,r);break;case OBJECT:n=n&&n+"-";for(l in 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if(e[3]&&/^(?:media|supports|page|keyframes)$/.test(e[2]))l&&"keyframes"==e[2]&&(e[3]=e[3].replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,s.l)),n.a(e[1]," ",e[3]," {\n"),"page"==e[2]?declarations(t,n,"",l,s):sheet(t,n,a,0,l,s),n.c("}\n");else{for(var i=0;i<s.A.length;i++)if(s.A[i](e,t,n,a,r,l,s))return;n.a("@-error-unsupported-at-rule"," ",JSON.stringify(e[0]),";\n")}}function sheet(e,t,n,a,r,l){var s,i,o,c;switch(type.call(e)){case ARRAY:for(s=0;s<e.length;s++)sheet(e[s],t,n,a,r,l);break;case OBJECT:for(s in e)if(own.call(e,s))if(i=e[s],n&&/^[-\w$]+$/.test(s))if(o||(o=1,t.s(n," {\n")),/\$/.test(s))for(c in s=s.split("$"))own.call(s,c)&&declarations(i,t,s[c],r,l);else declarations(i,t,s,r,l);else/^@/.test(s)?(o=o&&t.c("}\n")&&0,atRules(s,i,t,n,a,r,l)):(o=o&&t.c("}\n")&&0,sheet(i,t,/,/.test(n)||n&&/,/.test(s)?(c=splitSelector(n),splitSelector(r?s.replace(/:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g,l.l):s).map(function(e){return/&/.test(e)?ampersand(e,c):c.map(function(t){return t+e}).join(",")}).join(",")):/&/.test(s)?ampersand(r?s.replace(/:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g,l.l):s,[n]):n+(r?s.replace(/:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g,l.l):s),a,r,l));o&&t.c("}\n");break;case STRING:t.s(n||":-error-no-selector"," {\n"),declarations(e,t,"",r,l),t.c("}\n")}}function global(e){return":global("+e+")"}function kv(e,t,n){return n={},n[e]=t,n}function at(e,t,n){if(arguments.length<3){var a=at.bind.apply(at,[null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)));return a.toString=function(){return"@"+e+" "+t},a}return kv("@"+e+" "+t,n)}function j2c(){function e(t,n){for(var a in n)own.call(n,a)&&a.indexOf("$")&&(OBJECT==type.call(n[a])&&OBJECT==type.call(t[a])?e(t[a],n[a]):a in t||(t[a]=n[a]))}function t(e,t){function n(){emptyArray.push.apply(r,arguments)}for(var r=[],l={x:function(e){return e?r:r.join("")},a:n,s:n,d:n,c:n},s=a.length;s--;)l=a[s](l,e,t);return l}function n(e,t,n,a){return t?t:(l.names[a]||(l.names[a]=a+l.suffix),n+l.names[a].match(/^\S+/))}var a=[],r=[],l={at:at,global:global,kv:kv,names:{},suffix:"__j2c-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36)+"-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36)+"-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36)+"-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36),use:function(){return s(emptyArray.slice.call(arguments)),l},$plugins:[]},s=flatIter(function(t){~l.$plugins.indexOf(t)||(l.$plugins.push(t),type.call(t)===FUNCTION&&(t=t(l)),t&&(flatIter(function(e){a.push(e)})(t.$filter||[]),flatIter(function(e){r.push(e)})(t.$at||[]),e(l,t)))});return n.a=r,l.sheet=function(e,a){var 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+"use strict";function cartesian(e,t){var n,a,r=[];for(a in t)if(own.call(t,a))for(n in e)own.call(e,n)&&r.push(e[n]+t[a]);return r}function splitSelector(e){for(var t,n=[],a=[],r=0;t=selectorTokenizer.exec(e);)switch(t[0]){case"(":r++;break;case")":r--;break;case",":if(r)break;n.push(t.index)}for(t=n.length;t--;)a.unshift(e.slice(n[t]+1)),e=e.slice(0,n[t]);return a.unshift(e),a}function ampersand(e,t){for(var n,a,r=[],l=[];a=ampersandTokenizer.exec(e);)"&"==a[0]&&r.push(a.index);for(a=r.length;a--;)l.unshift(e.slice(r[a]+1)),e=e.slice(0,r[a]);for(l.unshift(e),n=[l[0]],a=1;a<l.length;a++)n=cartesian(n,cartesian(t,[l[a]]));return n.join(",")}function flatIter(e){return function t(n){if(type.call(n)===ARRAY)for(var a=0;a<n.length;a++)t(n[a]);else e(n)}}function decamelize(e){return"-"+e.toLowerCase()}function declarations(e,t,n,a,r){var l,s,i;if(null!=a)switch(type.call(a=a.valueOf())){case ARRAY:for(l=0;l<a.length;l++)declarations(e,t,n,a[l],r);break;case OBJECT:n=n&&n+"-";for(l in 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diff --git a/dist/j2c.es6.js b/dist/j2c.es6.js
index d55111d3..2afec147 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.es6.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.es6.js
@@ -85,15 +85,15 @@ function decamelize(match) {
 /**
  * Handles the property:value; pairs.
  *
- * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
  * @param {string} prefix - the current property or a prefix in case of nested
  *                          sub-properties.
+ * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope.
- * @param {function} state - @local helper.
  */
 
-function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
+function declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o, local) {
   var k, v, kk
   if (o==null) return
 
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
   case ARRAY:
     for (k = 0; k < o.length; k++)
 
-      declarations(o[k], emit, prefix, local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o[k], local)
 
     break
   case OBJECT:
@@ -113,12 +113,12 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
       if (/\$/.test(k)) {
         for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, prefix + k[kk], local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k[kk], v, local)
 
         }
       } else {
 
-        declarations(v, emit, prefix + k, local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k, v, local)
 
       }
     }
@@ -136,10 +136,10 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
 
     if (local && (k == 'animation-name' || k == 'animation' || k == 'list-style')) {
       // no need to tokenize here a plain `.split(',')` has all bases covered.
-      // We may 'state' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
+      // We may 'parser' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
       o = o.split(',').map(function (o) {
 
-        return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, state.l)
+        return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, parser.l)
 
       }).join(',')
     }
@@ -152,25 +152,28 @@ function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
 /**
  * Hanldes at-rules
  *
- * @param {string} k - The at-rule name, and, if takes both parameters and a
- *                     block, the parameters.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
- * @param {string[]} v - Either parameters for block-less rules or their block
- *                       for the others.
- * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {array} k - The parsed at-rule, including the parameters,
+ *                    if takes both parameters and a block.
+ * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or the selector prefix
+ *                          in case of nested rules
+ * @param {string|string[]|object|object[]} v - Either parameters for
+ *                                              block-less rules or
+ *                                              their block
+ *                                              for the others.
  * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
- * @param {function} state - @local helper
  */
 
-function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
-  k = /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','','']
+function atRules(parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule) {
   if (!k[3] && /^global$/.test(k[2])) {
-    sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 0, state)
+
+    sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 0, inAtRule)
 
   } else if (!k[3] && /^local$/.test(k[2])) {
 
-    sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 1, state)
+    sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 1, inAtRule)
 
   } else if (!k[3] && /^(?:namespace|import|charset)$/.test(k[2])) {
     flatIter(function(v) {
@@ -184,7 +187,7 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 
       emit.a(k[1], '', '', ' {\n')
 
-      declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
       emit.c('}\n')
 
@@ -196,7 +199,7 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
       k[3] = k[3].replace(
         // generated by script/regexps.js
         /:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,
-        state.l
+        parser.l
       )
     }
 
@@ -205,19 +208,23 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 
     if ('page' == k[2]) {
 
-      declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
     } else {
 
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, 0, local, state)
+      sheet(
+        parser, emit,
+        'keyframes' == k[2] ? '' : prefix,
+        v, local, 1
+      )
 
     }
 
     emit.c('}\n')
 
   } else {
-    for (var i = 0; i < state.A.length; i++) {
-      if (state.A[i](k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state)) return
+    for (var i = 0; i < parser.A.length; i++) {
+      if (parser.A[i](parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule)) return
     }
     emit.a('@-error-unsupported-at-rule', ' ', JSON.stringify(k[0]), ';\n')
 
@@ -225,31 +232,31 @@ function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 }
 
 /**
- * Add rulesets and other CSS statements to the sheet.
+ * Add rulesets and other CSS tree to the sheet.
  *
- * @param {array|string|object} statements - a source object or sub-object.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
  * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
- * @param {string} canCompose - are we allowed to @compose here?
+ * @param {array|string|object} tree - a source object or sub-object.
+ * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
- * @param {function} state - @local helper
  */
-function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
+function sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree, local, inAtRule) {
   var k, v, inDeclaration, kk
 
-  switch (type.call(statements)) {
+  switch (type.call(tree)) {
 
   case ARRAY:
-    for (k = 0; k < statements.length; k++){
+    for (k = 0; k < tree.length; k++){
 
-      sheet(statements[k], emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree[k], local, inAtRule)
 
     }
     break
 
   case OBJECT:
-    for (k in statements) if (own.call(statements, k)) {
-      v = statements[k]
+    for (k in tree) if (own.call(tree, k)) {
+      v = tree[k]
       if (prefix && /^[-\w$]+$/.test(k)) {
         if (!inDeclaration) {
           inDeclaration = 1
@@ -260,12 +267,12 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
         if (/\$/.test(k)) {
           for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, k[kk], local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, k[kk], v, local)
 
           }
         } else {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, k, local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, k, v, local)
 
         }
       } else if (/^@/.test(k)) {
@@ -273,19 +280,24 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
 
         inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-        atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+        atRules(parser, emit,
+          /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','',''],
+          v, prefix, local, inAtRule
+        )
 
       } else {
         // selector or nested sub-selectors
 
         inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-        sheet(v, emit,
+        sheet(
+          parser, emit,
+          // prefix... Hefty. Ugly. Sadly necessary.
           (/,/.test(prefix) || prefix && /,/.test(k)) ?
           /*0*/ (kk = splitSelector(prefix), splitSelector( local ?
 
               k.replace(
-                /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
               ) :
 
               k
@@ -299,7 +311,7 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
               local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k,
@@ -309,13 +321,12 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
               local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k
               ),
-          canCompose,
-          local, state
+           v, local, inAtRule
         )
       }
     }
@@ -328,7 +339,7 @@ function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
 
     emit.s(( prefix || ':-error-no-selector' ) , ' {\n')
 
-    declarations(statements, emit, '', local, state)
+    declarations(parser, emit, '', tree, local)
 
     emit.c('}\n')
   }
@@ -349,7 +360,9 @@ function at (rule, params, block) {
   if (
     arguments.length < 3
   ) {
+    // inner curry!
     var _at = at.bind.apply(at, [null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)))
+    // So that it can be used as a key in an ES6 object literal.
     _at.toString = function(){return '@' + rule + ' ' + params}
     return _at
   }
@@ -357,7 +370,8 @@ function at (rule, params, block) {
 }
 
 function j2c() {
-  var filters = [], atHandlers = []
+  var filters = []
+  var atHandlers = []
   var instance = {
     at: at,
     global: global,
@@ -406,7 +420,7 @@ function j2c() {
     _default(instance, plugin)
   })
 
-  function makeEmitter(inline, state) {
+  function makeEmitter(inline, parser) {
     var buf = []
     function push() {
       emptyArray.push.apply(buf, arguments)
@@ -418,7 +432,7 @@ function j2c() {
       d: push, // declaration
       c: push  // close
     }
-    for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, state)
+    for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, parser)
     return emit
   }
 
@@ -431,41 +445,41 @@ function j2c() {
   localize.a = atHandlers
 
 /*/-statements-/*/
-  instance.sheet = function(statements, emit) {
-    var state = {
-      s: sheet,
+  instance.sheet = function(tree) {
+    var parser = {
+      A: atHandlers,
       a: atRules,
       d: declarations,
-      A: atHandlers,
       l: localize,
-      n: instance.names
+      n: instance.names,
+      s: sheet
     }
+    var emit = makeEmitter(false, parser)
     sheet(
-      statements,
-      emit = makeEmitter(false, state),
-      '', '',     // prefix and compose
-      1,          // local, by default
-      state
+      parser,
+      emit,
+      '',    // prefix
+      tree,
+      1,      // local, by default
+      0     // inAtRule
     )
 
     return emit.x()
   }
 /*/-statements-/*/
-  instance.inline = function (_declarations, emit) {
-    var state = {
-      s: sheet,
-      a: atRules,
+  instance.inline = function (tree) {
+    var parser = {
       d: declarations,
-      A: atHandlers,
       l: localize,
       n: instance.names
     }
+    var emit = makeEmitter(true, parser)
     declarations(
-      _declarations,
-      emit = makeEmitter(true, state),
+      parser,
+      emit,
       '',         // prefix
-      1,          //local
-      state
+      tree,
+      1           //local
     )
     return emit.x()
   }
diff --git a/dist/j2c.global.js b/dist/j2c.global.js
index 0f2f9d00..3ee46c76 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.global.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.global.js
@@ -88,15 +88,15 @@ var j2c = (function () {
   /**
    * Handles the property:value; pairs.
    *
-   * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
-   * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+   * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+   * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
    * @param {string} prefix - the current property or a prefix in case of nested
    *                          sub-properties.
+   * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
    * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope.
-   * @param {function} state - @local helper.
    */
 
-  function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
+  function declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o, local) {
     var k, v, kk
     if (o==null) return
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
     case ARRAY:
       for (k = 0; k < o.length; k++)
 
-        declarations(o[k], emit, prefix, local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o[k], local)
 
       break
     case OBJECT:
@@ -116,12 +116,12 @@ var j2c = (function () {
         if (/\$/.test(k)) {
           for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, prefix + k[kk], local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k[kk], v, local)
 
           }
         } else {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, prefix + k, local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k, v, local)
 
         }
       }
@@ -139,10 +139,10 @@ var j2c = (function () {
 
       if (local && (k == 'animation-name' || k == 'animation' || k == 'list-style')) {
         // no need to tokenize here a plain `.split(',')` has all bases covered.
-        // We may 'state' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
+        // We may 'parser' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
         o = o.split(',').map(function (o) {
 
-          return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, state.l)
+          return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, parser.l)
 
         }).join(',')
       }
@@ -155,25 +155,28 @@ var j2c = (function () {
   /**
    * Hanldes at-rules
    *
-   * @param {string} k - The at-rule name, and, if takes both parameters and a
-   *                     block, the parameters.
-   * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
-   * @param {string[]} v - Either parameters for block-less rules or their block
-   *                       for the others.
-   * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
+   * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+   * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+   * @param {array} k - The parsed at-rule, including the parameters,
+   *                    if takes both parameters and a block.
+   * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or the selector prefix
+   *                          in case of nested rules
+   * @param {string|string[]|object|object[]} v - Either parameters for
+   *                                              block-less rules or
+   *                                              their block
+   *                                              for the others.
    * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
    * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
-   * @param {function} state - @local helper
    */
 
-  function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
-    k = /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','','']
+  function atRules(parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule) {
     if (!k[3] && /^global$/.test(k[2])) {
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 0, state)
+
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 0, inAtRule)
 
     } else if (!k[3] && /^local$/.test(k[2])) {
 
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 1, state)
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 1, inAtRule)
 
     } else if (!k[3] && /^(?:namespace|import|charset)$/.test(k[2])) {
       flatIter(function(v) {
@@ -187,7 +190,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
 
         emit.a(k[1], '', '', ' {\n')
 
-        declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
         emit.c('}\n')
 
@@ -199,7 +202,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
         k[3] = k[3].replace(
           // generated by script/regexps.js
           /:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,
-          state.l
+          parser.l
         )
       }
 
@@ -208,19 +211,23 @@ var j2c = (function () {
 
       if ('page' == k[2]) {
 
-        declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
       } else {
 
-        sheet(v, emit, prefix, 0, local, state)
+        sheet(
+          parser, emit,
+          'keyframes' == k[2] ? '' : prefix,
+          v, local, 1
+        )
 
       }
 
       emit.c('}\n')
 
     } else {
-      for (var i = 0; i < state.A.length; i++) {
-        if (state.A[i](k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state)) return
+      for (var i = 0; i < parser.A.length; i++) {
+        if (parser.A[i](parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule)) return
       }
       emit.a('@-error-unsupported-at-rule', ' ', JSON.stringify(k[0]), ';\n')
 
@@ -228,31 +235,31 @@ var j2c = (function () {
   }
 
   /**
-   * Add rulesets and other CSS statements to the sheet.
+   * Add rulesets and other CSS tree to the sheet.
    *
-   * @param {array|string|object} statements - a source object or sub-object.
-   * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+   * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+   * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
    * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
-   * @param {string} canCompose - are we allowed to @compose here?
+   * @param {array|string|object} tree - a source object or sub-object.
+   * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
    * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
-   * @param {function} state - @local helper
    */
-  function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
+  function sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree, local, inAtRule) {
     var k, v, inDeclaration, kk
 
-    switch (type.call(statements)) {
+    switch (type.call(tree)) {
 
     case ARRAY:
-      for (k = 0; k < statements.length; k++){
+      for (k = 0; k < tree.length; k++){
 
-        sheet(statements[k], emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+        sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree[k], local, inAtRule)
 
       }
       break
 
     case OBJECT:
-      for (k in statements) if (own.call(statements, k)) {
-        v = statements[k]
+      for (k in tree) if (own.call(tree, k)) {
+        v = tree[k]
         if (prefix && /^[-\w$]+$/.test(k)) {
           if (!inDeclaration) {
             inDeclaration = 1
@@ -263,12 +270,12 @@ var j2c = (function () {
           if (/\$/.test(k)) {
             for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-              declarations(v, emit, k[kk], local, state)
+              declarations(parser, emit, k[kk], v, local)
 
             }
           } else {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, k, local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, k, v, local)
 
           }
         } else if (/^@/.test(k)) {
@@ -276,19 +283,24 @@ var j2c = (function () {
 
           inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-          atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+          atRules(parser, emit,
+            /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','',''],
+            v, prefix, local, inAtRule
+          )
 
         } else {
           // selector or nested sub-selectors
 
           inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-          sheet(v, emit,
+          sheet(
+            parser, emit,
+            // prefix... Hefty. Ugly. Sadly necessary.
             (/,/.test(prefix) || prefix && /,/.test(k)) ?
             /*0*/ (kk = splitSelector(prefix), splitSelector( local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k
@@ -302,7 +314,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
                 local ?
 
                   k.replace(
-                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                   ) :
 
                   k,
@@ -312,13 +324,12 @@ var j2c = (function () {
                 local ?
 
                   k.replace(
-                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                    /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                   ) :
 
                   k
                 ),
-            canCompose,
-            local, state
+             v, local, inAtRule
           )
         }
       }
@@ -331,7 +342,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
 
       emit.s(( prefix || ':-error-no-selector' ) , ' {\n')
 
-      declarations(statements, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', tree, local)
 
       emit.c('}\n')
     }
@@ -352,7 +363,9 @@ var j2c = (function () {
     if (
       arguments.length < 3
     ) {
+      // inner curry!
       var _at = at.bind.apply(at, [null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)))
+      // So that it can be used as a key in an ES6 object literal.
       _at.toString = function(){return '@' + rule + ' ' + params}
       return _at
     }
@@ -360,7 +373,8 @@ var j2c = (function () {
   }
 
   function j2c() {
-    var filters = [], atHandlers = []
+    var filters = []
+    var atHandlers = []
     var instance = {
       at: at,
       global: global,
@@ -409,7 +423,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
       _default(instance, plugin)
     })
 
-    function makeEmitter(inline, state) {
+    function makeEmitter(inline, parser) {
       var buf = []
       function push() {
         emptyArray.push.apply(buf, arguments)
@@ -421,7 +435,7 @@ var j2c = (function () {
         d: push, // declaration
         c: push  // close
       }
-      for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, state)
+      for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, parser)
       return emit
     }
 
@@ -434,41 +448,41 @@ var j2c = (function () {
     localize.a = atHandlers
 
   /*/-statements-/*/
-    instance.sheet = function(statements, emit) {
-      var state = {
-        s: sheet,
+    instance.sheet = function(tree) {
+      var parser = {
+        A: atHandlers,
         a: atRules,
         d: declarations,
-        A: atHandlers,
         l: localize,
-        n: instance.names
+        n: instance.names,
+        s: sheet
       }
+      var emit = makeEmitter(false, parser)
       sheet(
-        statements,
-        emit = makeEmitter(false, state),
-        '', '',     // prefix and compose
-        1,          // local, by default
-        state
+        parser,
+        emit,
+        '',    // prefix
+        tree,
+        1,      // local, by default
+        0     // inAtRule
       )
 
       return emit.x()
     }
   /*/-statements-/*/
-    instance.inline = function (_declarations, emit) {
-      var state = {
-        s: sheet,
-        a: atRules,
+    instance.inline = function (tree) {
+      var parser = {
         d: declarations,
-        A: atHandlers,
         l: localize,
         n: instance.names
       }
+      var emit = makeEmitter(true, parser)
       declarations(
-        _declarations,
-        emit = makeEmitter(true, state),
+        parser,
+        emit,
         '',         // prefix
-        1,          //local
-        state
+        tree,
+        1           //local
       )
       return emit.x()
     }
diff --git a/dist/j2c.global.min.js b/dist/j2c.global.min.js
index 86d3d107..4140ce35 100644
--- a/dist/j2c.global.min.js
+++ b/dist/j2c.global.min.js
@@ -1 +1 @@
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+var j2c=function(){"use strict";function n(n,e){var t,a,r=[];for(a in e)if($.call(e,a))for(t in n)$.call(n,t)&&r.push(n[t]+e[a]);return r}function e(n){for(var e,t=[],a=[],r=0;e=d.exec(n);)switch(e[0]){case"(":r++;break;case")":r--;break;case",":if(r)break;t.push(e.index)}for(e=t.length;e--;)a.unshift(n.slice(t[e]+1)),n=n.slice(0,t[e]);return a.unshift(n),a}function t(e,t){for(var a,r,l=[],i=[];r=A.exec(e);)"&"==r[0]&&l.push(r.index);for(r=l.length;r--;)i.unshift(e.slice(l[r]+1)),e=e.slice(0,l[r]);for(i.unshift(e),a=[i[0]],r=1;r<i.length;r++)a=n(a,n(t,[i[r]]));return a.join(",")}function a(n){return function e(t){if(h.call(t)===m)for(var a=0;a<t.length;a++)e(t[a]);else n(t)}}function r(n){return"-"+n.toLowerCase()}function l(n,e,t,a,i){var s,o,c;if(null!=a)switch(h.call(a=a.valueOf())){case m:for(s=0;s<a.length;s++)l(n,e,t,a[s],i);break;case v:t=t&&t+"-";for(s in a)if($.call(a,s))if(o=a[s],/\$/.test(s))for(c in s=s.split("$"))$.call(s,c)&&l(n,e,t+s[c],o,i);else l(n,e,t+s,o,i);break;default:s=t.replace(/_/g,"-").replace(/[A-Z]/g,r),!i||"animation-name"!=s&&"animation"!=s&&"list-style"!=s||(a=a.split(",").map(function(e){return e.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,n.l)}).join(",")),e.d(s,s?":":"",a,";\n")}}function i(n,e,t,r,i,o,c){if(!t[3]&&/^global$/.test(t[2]))s(n,e,i,r,0,c);else if(!t[3]&&/^local$/.test(t[2]))s(n,e,i,r,1,c);else if(!t[3]&&/^(?:namespace|import|charset)$/.test(t[2]))a(function(n){e.a(t[0]," ",n,";\n")})(r);else if(!t[3]&&/^(?:font-face|viewport)$/.test(t[2]))a(function(a){e.a(t[1],"",""," {\n"),l(n,e,"",a,o),e.c("}\n")})(r);else if(t[3]&&/^(?:media|supports|page|keyframes)$/.test(t[2]))o&&"keyframes"==t[2]&&(t[3]=t[3].replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,n.l)),e.a(t[1]," ",t[3]," {\n"),"page"==t[2]?l(n,e,"",r,o):s(n,e,"keyframes"==t[2]?"":i,r,o,1),e.c("}\n");else{for(var f=0;f<n.A.length;f++)if(n.A[f](n,e,t,r,i,o,c))return;e.a("@-error-unsupported-at-rule"," ",JSON.stringify(t[0]),";\n")}}function s(n,a,r,o,c,f){var u,g,p,b;switch(h.call(o)){case m:for(u=0;u<o.length;u++)s(n,a,r,o[u],c,f);break;case v:for(u in o)if($.call(o,u))if(g=o[u],r&&/^[-\w$]+$/.test(u))if(p||(p=1,a.s(r," {\n")),/\$/.test(u))for(b in u=u.split("$"))$.call(u,b)&&l(n,a,u[b],g,c);else l(n,a,u,g,c);else/^@/.test(u)?(p=p&&a.c("}\n")&&0,i(n,a,/^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(u)||["@","@","",""],g,r,c,f)):(p=p&&a.c("}\n")&&0,s(n,a,/,/.test(r)||r&&/,/.test(u)?(b=e(r),e(c?u.replace(/:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g,n.l):u).map(function(n){return/&/.test(n)?t(n,b):b.map(function(e){return e+n}).join(",")}).join(",")):/&/.test(u)?t(c?u.replace(/:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g,n.l):u,[r]):r+(c?u.replace(/:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g,n.l):u),g,c,f));p&&a.c("}\n");break;case w:a.s(r||":-error-no-selector"," {\n"),l(n,a,"",o,c),a.c("}\n")}}function o(n){return":global("+n+")"}function c(n,e,t){return t={},t[n]=e,t}function f(n,e,t){if(arguments.length<3){var a=f.bind.apply(f,[null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)));return a.toString=function(){return"@"+n+" "+e},a}return c("@"+n+" "+e,t)}function u(){function n(e,t){for(var a in t)$.call(t,a)&&a.indexOf("$")&&(v==h.call(t[a])&&v==h.call(e[a])?n(e[a],t[a]):a in e||(e[a]=t[a]))}function e(n,e){function t(){g.push.apply(a,arguments)}for(var a=[],l={x:function(n){return n?a:a.join("")},a:t,s:t,d:t,c:t},i=r.length;i--;)l=r[i](l,n,e);return l}function t(n,e,t,a){return e?e:(p.names[a]||(p.names[a]=a+p.suffix),t+p.names[a].match(/^\S+/))}var r=[],u=[],p={at:f,global:o,kv:c,names:{},suffix:"__j2c-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36)+"-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36)+"-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36)+"-"+Math.floor(4294967296*Math.random()).toString(36),use:function(){return m(g.slice.call(arguments)),p},$plugins:[]},m=a(function(e){~p.$plugins.indexOf(e)||(p.$plugins.push(e),h.call(e)===b&&(e=e(p)),e&&(a(function(n){r.push(n)})(e.$filter||[]),a(function(n){u.push(n)})(e.$at||[]),n(p,e)))});return t.a=u,p.sheet=function(n){var a={A:u,a:i,d:l,l:t,n:p.names,s:s},r=e(!1,a);return s(a,r,"",n,1,0),r.x()},p.inline=function(n){var a={d:l,l:t,n:p.names},r=e(!0,a);return l(a,r,"",n,1),r.x()},p}var g=[],p={},h=p.toString,m=h.call(g),v=h.call(p),w=h.call(""),b=h.call(h),$=p.hasOwnProperty,d=/[(),]|"(?:\\.|[^"\n])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\n])*'|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g,A=/&|"(?:\\.|[^"\n])*"|'(?:\\.|[^'\n])*'|\/\*[\s\S]*?\*\//g,_=u();return"sheet|inline|names|at|global|kv|suffix".split("|").map(function(n){u[n]=_[n]}),u}();
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diff --git a/dist/j2c.global.min.js.gz b/dist/j2c.global.min.js.gz
index 683b7e54..d0868882 100644
Binary files a/dist/j2c.global.min.js.gz and b/dist/j2c.global.min.js.gz differ
diff --git a/src/at-rules.js b/src/at-rules.js
index a0c8338c..77708e7a 100644
--- a/src/at-rules.js
+++ b/src/at-rules.js
@@ -5,25 +5,28 @@ import {declarations} from './declarations'
 /**
  * Hanldes at-rules
  *
- * @param {string} k - The at-rule name, and, if takes both parameters and a
- *                     block, the parameters.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
- * @param {string[]} v - Either parameters for block-less rules or their block
- *                       for the others.
- * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {array} k - The parsed at-rule, including the parameters,
+ *                    if takes both parameters and a block.
+ * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or the selector prefix
+ *                          in case of nested rules
+ * @param {string|string[]|object|object[]} v - Either parameters for
+ *                                              block-less rules or
+ *                                              their block
+ *                                              for the others.
  * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
- * @param {function} state - @local helper
  */
 
-export function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
-  k = /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','','']
+export function atRules(parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule) {
   if (!k[3] && /^global$/.test(k[2])) {
-    sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 0, state)
+
+    sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 0, inAtRule)
 
   } else if (!k[3] && /^local$/.test(k[2])) {
 
-    sheet(v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, 1, state)
+    sheet(parser, emit, prefix, v, 1, inAtRule)
 
   } else if (!k[3] && /^(?:namespace|import|charset)$/.test(k[2])) {
     flatIter(function(v) {
@@ -37,7 +40,7 @@ export function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 
       emit.a(k[1], '', '', ' {\n')
 
-      declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
       emit.c('}\n')
 
@@ -49,7 +52,7 @@ export function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
       k[3] = k[3].replace(
         // generated by script/regexps.js
         /:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/,
-        state.l
+        parser.l
       )
     }
 
@@ -58,19 +61,23 @@ export function atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state) {
 
     if ('page' == k[2]) {
 
-      declarations(v, emit, '', local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, '', v, local)
 
     } else {
 
-      sheet(v, emit, prefix, 0, local, state)
+      sheet(
+        parser, emit,
+        'keyframes' == k[2] ? '' : prefix,
+        v, local, 1
+      )
 
     }
 
     emit.c('}\n')
 
   } else {
-    for (var i = 0; i < state.A.length; i++) {
-      if (state.A[i](k, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state)) return
+    for (var i = 0; i < parser.A.length; i++) {
+      if (parser.A[i](parser, emit, k, v, prefix, local, inAtRule)) return
     }
     emit.a('@-error-unsupported-at-rule', ' ', JSON.stringify(k[0]), ';\n')
 
diff --git a/src/declarations.js b/src/declarations.js
index dbf3a76c..73d5cc2f 100644
--- a/src/declarations.js
+++ b/src/declarations.js
@@ -7,15 +7,15 @@ function decamelize(match) {
 /**
  * Handles the property:value; pairs.
  *
- * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
  * @param {string} prefix - the current property or a prefix in case of nested
  *                          sub-properties.
+ * @param {array|object|string} o - the declarations.
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope.
- * @param {function} state - @local helper.
  */
 
-export function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
+export function declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o, local) {
   var k, v, kk
   if (o==null) return
 
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ export function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
   case ARRAY:
     for (k = 0; k < o.length; k++)
 
-      declarations(o[k], emit, prefix, local, state)
+      declarations(parser, emit, prefix, o[k], local)
 
     break
   case OBJECT:
@@ -35,12 +35,12 @@ export function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
       if (/\$/.test(k)) {
         for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, prefix + k[kk], local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k[kk], v, local)
 
         }
       } else {
 
-        declarations(v, emit, prefix + k, local, state)
+        declarations(parser, emit, prefix + k, v, local)
 
       }
     }
@@ -58,10 +58,10 @@ export function declarations(o, emit, prefix, local, state) {
 
     if (local && (k == 'animation-name' || k == 'animation' || k == 'list-style')) {
       // no need to tokenize here a plain `.split(',')` has all bases covered.
-      // We may 'state' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
+      // We may 'parser' a comment, but it's not a big deal.
       o = o.split(',').map(function (o) {
 
-        return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, state.l)
+        return o.replace(/:?global\(\s*([_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|()(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/, parser.l)
 
       }).join(',')
     }
diff --git a/src/main.js b/src/main.js
index b69fe1b9..50c35b09 100644
--- a/src/main.js
+++ b/src/main.js
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ function at (rule, params, block) {
   if (
     arguments.length < 3
   ) {
+    // inner curry!
     var _at = at.bind.apply(at, [null].concat([].slice.call(arguments,0)))
+    // So that it can be used as a key in an ES6 object literal.
     _at.toString = function(){return '@' + rule + ' ' + params}
     return _at
   }
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ function at (rule, params, block) {
 }
 
 export default function j2c() {
-  var filters = [], atHandlers = []
+  var filters = []
+  var atHandlers = []
   var instance = {
     at: at,
     global: global,
@@ -75,7 +78,7 @@ export default function j2c() {
     _default(instance, plugin)
   })
 
-  function makeEmitter(inline, state) {
+  function makeEmitter(inline, parser) {
     var buf = []
     function push() {
       emptyArray.push.apply(buf, arguments)
@@ -87,7 +90,7 @@ export default function j2c() {
       d: push, // declaration
       c: push  // close
     }
-    for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, state)
+    for (var i = filters.length; i--;) emit = filters[i](emit, inline, parser)
     return emit
   }
 
@@ -100,41 +103,41 @@ export default function j2c() {
   localize.a = atHandlers
 
 /*/-statements-/*/
-  instance.sheet = function(statements, emit) {
-    var state = {
-      s: sheet,
+  instance.sheet = function(tree) {
+    var parser = {
+      A: atHandlers,
       a: atRules,
       d: declarations,
-      A: atHandlers,
       l: localize,
-      n: instance.names
+      n: instance.names,
+      s: sheet
     }
+    var emit = makeEmitter(false, parser)
     sheet(
-      statements,
-      emit = makeEmitter(false, state),
-      '', '',     // prefix and compose
-      1,          // local, by default
-      state
+      parser,
+      emit,
+      '',    // prefix
+      tree,
+      1,      // local, by default
+      0     // inAtRule
     )
 
     return emit.x()
   }
 /*/-statements-/*/
-  instance.inline = function (_declarations, emit) {
-    var state = {
-      s: sheet,
-      a: atRules,
+  instance.inline = function (tree) {
+    var parser = {
       d: declarations,
-      A: atHandlers,
       l: localize,
       n: instance.names
     }
+    var emit = makeEmitter(true, parser)
     declarations(
-      _declarations,
-      emit = makeEmitter(true, state),
+      parser,
+      emit,
       '',         // prefix
-      1,          //local
-      state
+      tree,
+      1           //local
     )
     return emit.x()
   }
diff --git a/src/sheet.js b/src/sheet.js
index c5c837ec..dbfacedc 100644
--- a/src/sheet.js
+++ b/src/sheet.js
@@ -5,31 +5,31 @@ import {atRules} from './at-rules'
 
 
 /**
- * Add rulesets and other CSS statements to the sheet.
+ * Add rulesets and other CSS tree to the sheet.
  *
- * @param {array|string|object} statements - a source object or sub-object.
- * @param {string[]} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
+ * @param {object} parser - holds the parser-related methods and state
+ * @param {object} emit - the contextual emitters to the final buffer
  * @param {string} prefix - the current selector or a prefix in case of nested rules
- * @param {string} canCompose - are we allowed to @compose here?
+ * @param {array|string|object} tree - a source object or sub-object.
+ * @param {string} inAtRule - are we nested in an at-rule?
  * @param {boolean} local - are we in @local or in @global scope?
- * @param {function} state - @local helper
  */
-export function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
+export function sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree, local, inAtRule) {
   var k, v, inDeclaration, kk
 
-  switch (type.call(statements)) {
+  switch (type.call(tree)) {
 
   case ARRAY:
-    for (k = 0; k < statements.length; k++){
+    for (k = 0; k < tree.length; k++){
 
-      sheet(statements[k], emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+      sheet(parser, emit, prefix, tree[k], local, inAtRule)
 
     }
     break
 
   case OBJECT:
-    for (k in statements) if (own.call(statements, k)) {
-      v = statements[k]
+    for (k in tree) if (own.call(tree, k)) {
+      v = tree[k]
       if (prefix && /^[-\w$]+$/.test(k)) {
         if (!inDeclaration) {
           inDeclaration = 1
@@ -40,12 +40,12 @@ export function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
         if (/\$/.test(k)) {
           for (kk in (k = k.split('$'))) if (own.call(k, kk)) {
 
-            declarations(v, emit, k[kk], local, state)
+            declarations(parser, emit, k[kk], v, local)
 
           }
         } else {
 
-          declarations(v, emit, k, local, state)
+          declarations(parser, emit, k, v, local)
 
         }
       } else if (/^@/.test(k)) {
@@ -53,19 +53,24 @@ export function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
 
         inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-        atRules(k, v, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state)
+        atRules(parser, emit,
+          /^(.(?:-[\w]+-)?([_A-Za-z][-\w]*))\b\s*(.*?)\s*$/.exec(k) || ['@','@','',''],
+          v, prefix, local, inAtRule
+        )
 
       } else {
         // selector or nested sub-selectors
 
         inDeclaration = (inDeclaration && emit.c('}\n') && 0)
 
-        sheet(v, emit,
+        sheet(
+          parser, emit,
+          // prefix... Hefty. Ugly. Sadly necessary.
           (/,/.test(prefix) || prefix && /,/.test(k)) ?
           /*0*/ (kk = splitSelector(prefix), splitSelector( local ?
 
               k.replace(
-                /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
               ) :
 
               k
@@ -79,7 +84,7 @@ export function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
               local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k,
@@ -89,13 +94,12 @@ export function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
               local ?
 
                 k.replace(
-                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, state.l
+                  /:global\(\s*(\.-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)\s*\)|(\.)(-?[_A-Za-z][-\w]*)/g, parser.l
                 ) :
 
                 k
               ),
-          canCompose,
-          local, state
+           v, local, inAtRule
         )
       }
     }
@@ -108,7 +112,7 @@ export function sheet(statements, emit, prefix, canCompose, local, state) {
 
     emit.s(( prefix || ':-error-no-selector' ) , ' {\n')
 
-    declarations(statements, emit, '', local, state)
+    declarations(parser, emit, '', tree, local)
 
     emit.c('}\n')
   }
diff --git a/test/test.js b/test/test.js
index 3ebe215c..26870ef5 100644
--- a/test/test.js
+++ b/test/test.js
@@ -1519,25 +1519,25 @@ function randInt() {
   ////////////////////////////////////
 
 
-  test('one $at filter', function() {
+  test('one $at plugin', function() {
     function plugin(name) {
-      return {$at: function(match, v, emit, prefix, inAtRule, local, state){
+      return {$at: function(parser, emit, match, v, prefix, inAtRule, local){
         expect(match).to.be.an(Array)
-        // `v` can be many things
+        expect(parser).to.be.an(Object)
+        expect(parser).to.have.key('A')
+        expect(parser).to.have.key('a')
+        expect(parser).to.have.key('d')
+        expect(parser).to.have.key('l')
+        expect(parser).to.have.key('n')
+        expect(parser).to.have.key('s')
         expect(emit).to.be.an(Object)
         expect(emit).to.have.key('a')
+        // `v` can be many things
         expect(prefix).to.be.a('string')
         // `inAtRule` can be many things, the only things that matters is its truthiness
         expect(!!inAtRule).to.be(false)
         // `local` can be many things, the only things that matters is its truthiness
         expect(!!local).to.be(true)
-        expect(state).to.be.an(Object)
-        expect(state).to.have.key('A')
-        expect(state).to.have.key('a')
-        expect(state).to.have.key('d')
-        expect(state).to.have.key('l')
-        expect(state).to.have.key('n')
-        expect(state).to.have.key('s')
         if (match[2] !== name) return false
         emit.a(match[1], ' ', v, ';\n')
         return true
@@ -1553,9 +1553,9 @@ function randInt() {
     )
   })
 
-  test('two $at filters', function() {
+  test('two $at plugins', function() {
     function plugin(name) {
-      return {$at: function(match, v, emit){
+      return {$at: function(parser, emit, match, v){
         if (match[2] !== name) return false
         emit.a(match[1], ' ', v, ';\n')
         return true
@@ -1581,4 +1581,7 @@ function randInt() {
 // in these native functions.
 // - verify that all at-rules behave properly in filters
 // (wrt selectors and definitions)
-// - verify that CSS variables are not localized as if they were names.
\ No newline at end of file
+// - verify that CSS variables are not localized as if they were names.
+// - test `inAtRule` from $at plugins (is it set appropriately?
+// - test the `parser` object from within $at and $filter plugins
+// - verify that custom at rules take precedence over default ones.
\ No newline at end of file