diff --git a/src/kiss/FieldForms.hx b/src/kiss/FieldForms.hx
index ecd4521..11b4d70 100644
--- a/src/kiss/FieldForms.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/FieldForms.hx
@@ -84,11 +84,7 @@ class FieldForms {
         return {
             name: name,
             access: access,
-            kind: FVar(switch (args[0].def) {
-                case TypedExp(type, _):
-                    Helpers.parseComplexType(type, args[0]);
-                default: null;
-            }, if (args.length > 1) k.convert(args[1]) else null),
+            kind: FVar(Helpers.explicitType(args[0]), if (args.length > 1) k.convert(args[1]) else null),
             pos: wholeExp.macroPos()
         };
     }
@@ -103,7 +99,7 @@ class FieldForms {
         return {
             name: name,
             access: access,
-            kind: FFun(Helpers.makeFunction(args[0], returnsValue, args[1], args.slice(2), k)),
+            kind: FFun(Helpers.makeFunction(args[0], returnsValue, args[1], args.slice(2), k, formName)),
             pos: wholeExp.macroPos()
         };
     }
diff --git a/src/kiss/Helpers.hx b/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
index eeae2b5..3e1cf01 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Helpers.hx
@@ -59,33 +59,31 @@ class Helpers {
         };
     }
 
-    public static function varName(formName:String, nameExp:ReaderExp) {
+    public static function explicitType(nameExp:ReaderExp):ComplexType {
+        return switch (nameExp.def) {
+            case MetaExp(_, innerExp):
+                explicitType(innerExp);
+            case TypedExp(type, _):
+                Helpers.parseComplexType(type, nameExp);
+            default: null;
+        };
+    }
+
+    public static function varName(formName:String, nameExp:ReaderExp, nameType="variable") {
         return switch (nameExp.def) {
             case Symbol(name):
                 name;
             case MetaExp(_, nameExp) | TypedExp(_, nameExp):
                 varName(formName, nameExp);
             default:
-                throw CompileError.fromExp(nameExp, 'The first argument to $formName should be a variable name, :Typed variable name, and/or &meta variable name.');
+                throw CompileError.fromExp(nameExp, 'The first argument to $formName should be a $nameType name, :Typed $nameType name, and/or &meta $nameType name.');
         };
     }
 
     // TODO generic type parameter declarations
-    public static function makeFunction(?name:ReaderExp, returnsValue:Bool, argList:ReaderExp, body:List<ReaderExp>, k:KissState):Function {
-        if (name != null) {
-            switch (name.def) {
-                case MetaExp(_, name):
-                    return makeFunction(name, returnsValue, argList, body, k);
-                default:
-            }
-        }
+    public static function makeFunction(?name:ReaderExp, returnsValue:Bool, argList:ReaderExp, body:List<ReaderExp>, k:KissState, formName:String):Function {
         var funcName = if (name != null) {
-            switch (name.def) {
-                case Symbol(name) | TypedExp(_, {pos: _, def: Symbol(name)}):
-                    name;
-                default:
-                    throw CompileError.fromExp(name, 'function name should be a symbol or :Typed symbol');
-            };
+            varName(formName, name, "function");
         } else {
             "";
         };
@@ -129,6 +127,7 @@ class Helpers {
                         ++numArgs;
                     }
                     {
+                        // These could use varName() and explicitType() but so far there are no &meta annotations for function arguments
                         name: switch (funcArg.def) {
                             case Symbol(name) | TypedExp(_, {pos: _, def: Symbol(name)}):
                                 name;
@@ -152,13 +151,10 @@ class Helpers {
 
         // To make function args immutable by default, we would use (let...) instead of (begin...)
         // to make the body expression.
-        // But setting default arguments is so common, and arguments are not settable references,
+        // But setting null arguments to default values is so common, and arguments are not settable references,
         // so function args are not immutable.
         return {
-            ret: if (name != null) switch (name.def) {
-                case TypedExp(type, _): Helpers.parseComplexType(type, name);
-                default: null;
-            } else null,
+            ret: if (name != null) Helpers.explicitType(name) else null,
             args: switch (argList.def) {
                 case ListExp(funcArgs):
                     funcArgs.map(makeFuncArg);
diff --git a/src/kiss/Macros.hx b/src/kiss/Macros.hx
index 45a1c96..d3749bf 100644
--- a/src/kiss/Macros.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/Macros.hx
@@ -534,10 +534,16 @@ class Macros {
 
             // TODO allow &prop in the arg list to bind it directly to a same-named variable
 
+            var propertyDefs = [for (bindingPair in bindingPairs) {
+                var b = bindingPair[0].expBuilder();
+                b.call(b.symbol("defprop"), [bindingPair[0]]);
+            }];
+            var propertySetExps = [for (bindingPair in bindingPairs) {
+                var b = bindingPair[1].expBuilder();
+                b.call(b.symbol("set"), [b.symbol(Helpers.varName("a defprop property binding", bindingPair[0])), bindingPair[1]]);
+            }];
+
             var b = wholeExp.expBuilder();
-            var propertyDefs = [for (bindingPair in bindingPairs) b.call(b.symbol("defprop"), [bindingPair[0]])];
-            var propertySetExps = [for (bindingPair in bindingPairs)
-                b.call(b.symbol("set"), [b.symbol(Helpers.varName("a defprop property binding", bindingPair[0])), bindingPair[1]])];
             return b.begin(propertyDefs.concat([
                 b.call(b.symbol("defmethod"), [
                     b.symbol("new"),
diff --git a/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx b/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx
index dbd96f1..031f83d 100644
--- a/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx
+++ b/src/kiss/SpecialForms.hx
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ class SpecialForms {
                 default:
                     true;
             }
-            EFunction(FAnonymous, Helpers.makeFunction(null, returnsValue, args[0], args.slice(1), k)).withMacroPosOf(wholeExp);
+            EFunction(FAnonymous, Helpers.makeFunction(null, returnsValue, args[0], args.slice(1), k, "lambda")).withMacroPosOf(wholeExp);
         };
 
         function forExpr(formName:String, wholeExp:ReaderExp, args:Array<ReaderExp>, k:KissState) {