--- parser3/src/include/pa_request.h	2019/12/05 22:21:33	1.250
+++ parser3/src/include/pa_request.h	2020/11/03 16:25:49	1.255
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #ifndef PA_REQUEST_H
 #define PA_REQUEST_H
 
-#define IDENT_PA_REQUEST_H "$Id: pa_request.h,v 1.250 2019/12/05 22:21:33 moko Exp $"
+#define IDENT_PA_REQUEST_H "$Id: pa_request.h,v 1.255 2020/11/03 16:25:49 moko Exp $"
 
 #include "pa_pool.h"
 #include "pa_hash.h"
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public:
 		core request processing
 		BEWARE: may throw exception to you: catch it!
 	*/
-	void core(const char* config_filespec, bool config_fail_on_read_problem, bool header_only);
+	void core(const char* config_filespec, bool header_only);
 
 	/// executes ops
 	void execute(ArrayOperation& ops); // execute.C
@@ -235,10 +235,10 @@ public:
 	}
 
 	///
-	void use_file_directly(VStateless_class& aclass, const String& file_spec, bool fail_on_read_problem=true, bool fail_on_file_absence=true);
+	void use_file_directly(const String& file_spec, bool fail_on_file_absence=true, bool with_auto_p=false);
 
-	/// compiles the file, maybe forcing it's class @a name and @a base_class.
-	void use_file(VStateless_class& aclass, const String& file_name, const String* use_filespec);
+	/// compiles the file in main class context by default
+	void use_file(const String& file_name, const String* use_filespec, bool with_auto_p=false);
 
 	/// for @USE only, calls ^use (which may be user-defined)
 	void use_file(const String& file_name, const String* use_filespec, Operation::Origin origin);
@@ -341,19 +341,12 @@ public: // status read methods
 	/// public for ^reflection:copy[]
 	void put_element(Value& ncontext, const String& name, Value* value);
 
-	/// for @main[]
-	const String* execute_virtual_method(Value& aself, const String& method_name);
+	/// for @main[] and parser://method/call
+	const String* execute_method(VStateless_class& aclass, const String& method_name, Value* optional_param = 0);
 
-	//{ for @conf[filespec] and @auto[filespec] and parser://method/call
-	const String* execute_method(Value& aself, const Method& method, Value* optional_param, bool do_return_string);
+	//{ for @conf[filespec] and @auto[filespec]
+	bool execute_method_if_exists(VStateless_class& aclass, const String& method_name, Value* optional_param);
 
-	struct Execute_nonvirtual_method_result {
-		const String* string;
-		Method* method;
-		Execute_nonvirtual_method_result(): string(0), method(0) {}
-	};
-
-	Execute_nonvirtual_method_result execute_nonvirtual_method(VStateless_class& aclass, const String& method_name, VString* optional_param, bool do_return_string);
 	//}
 
 #ifdef XML