diff --git a/src/built-ins.go b/src/built-ins.go
index 81baebc..6cf3d52 100644
--- a/src/built-ins.go
+++ b/src/built-ins.go
@@ -163,6 +163,26 @@ func makeGlobal() ArObject {
 			for key := range x.obj {
 				newarray = append(newarray, key)
 			}
+			if callable, ok := x.obj["__dir__"]; ok {
+				resp, err := runCall(
+					call{
+						callable: callable,
+						args:     []any{},
+					},
+					stack{newscope()},
+					0,
+				)
+				if err.EXISTS {
+					return nil, err
+				}
+				resp = ArValidToAny(resp)
+				switch x := resp.(type) {
+				case []any:
+					newarray = append(newarray, x...)
+				default:
+					return nil, ArErr{TYPE: "TypeError", message: "__dir__ returned type '" + typeof(x) + "'", EXISTS: true}
+				}
+			}
 			return ArArray(newarray), ArErr{}
 		}
 		return ArArray([]any{}), ArErr{}
diff --git a/src/map.go b/src/map.go
index be38b83..7fc754f 100644
--- a/src/map.go
+++ b/src/map.go
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-var mapCompiled = makeRegex(`( *)\{(((( *).+( *):( *).+( *))|(` + spacelessVariable + `))(( *)\,(( *).+( *):( *).+( *))|(` + spacelessVariable + `)))*\}( *)`)
+var mapCompiled = makeRegex(`( )*<( |\n)*(((.|\n)+)(,(.|\n)+)*)?( |\n)*>( )*`)
 
 type createMap struct {
 	body anymap
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ func isMap(code UNPARSEcode) bool {
 	return mapCompiled.MatchString(code.code)
 }
 
-func parseMap(code UNPARSEcode) (any, UNPARSEcode) {
+func parseMap(code UNPARSEcode, index int, codelines []UNPARSEcode) (any, bool, ArErr, int) {
 	trimmed := strings.Trim(code.code, " ")
 	trimmed = trimmed[1 : len(trimmed)-1]
 	debugPrintln(trimmed)
-	return nil, UNPARSEcode{}
+	return Map(anymap{}), true, ArErr{}, 1
 }
 
 func Map(m anymap) ArObject {
@@ -211,5 +211,14 @@ func Map(m anymap) ArObject {
 			return true, ArErr{}
 		},
 	}
+	obj.obj["__dir__"] = builtinFunc{
+		"__dir__",
+		func(args ...any) (any, ArErr) {
+			x := []any{}
+			for k := range m {
+				x = append(x, k)
+			}
+			return x, ArErr{}
+		}}
 	return obj
 }
diff --git a/src/to-argon.go b/src/to-argon.go
index c45307f..d174825 100644
--- a/src/to-argon.go
+++ b/src/to-argon.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func anyToArgon(x any, quote bool, simplify bool, depth int, indent int, colored
 		}
 	case anymap:
 		if len(x) == 0 {
-			return "{}"
+			return "<>"
 		}
 		keys := make([]any, len(x))
 		sort.Slice(keys, func(i, j int) bool {
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ func anyToArgon(x any, quote bool, simplify bool, depth int, indent int, colored
 			}
 			output = append(output, keyval+": "+anyToArgon(x[key], true, true, depth-1, indent+1, colored, plain))
 		}
-		return "{" + maybenewline + (strings.Repeat("    ", (indent+1)*plain)) + strings.Join(output, ","+maybenewline+(strings.Repeat("    ", (indent+1)*plain))) + maybenewline + (strings.Repeat("    ", indent*plain)) + "}"
+		return "<" + maybenewline + (strings.Repeat("    ", (indent+1)*plain)) + strings.Join(output, ","+maybenewline+(strings.Repeat("    ", (indent+1)*plain))) + maybenewline + (strings.Repeat("    ", indent*plain)) + ">"
 	case []any:
 		singleline := len(x) <= 3
 		output := []string{}
diff --git a/src/translate.go b/src/translate.go
index 89c3ab9..e5e70c3 100644
--- a/src/translate.go
+++ b/src/translate.go
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ func translateVal(code UNPARSEcode, index int, codelines []UNPARSEcode, isLine i
 		if worked {
 			return resp, worked, err, i
 		}
+	} else if isMap(code) {
+		resp, worked, err, i = parseMap(code, index, codelines)
 	}
 	{
 		operation, worked, err, step := parseOperations(code, index, codelines)