diff --git a/extra/tuple-syntax/about.txt b/extra/tuple-syntax/about.txt
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+Tuple literals with named slots
diff --git a/extra/tuple-syntax/authors.txt b/extra/tuple-syntax/authors.txt
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+Daniel Ehrenberg
diff --git a/extra/tuple-syntax/tags.txt b/extra/tuple-syntax/tags.txt
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+syntax
diff --git a/extra/tuple-syntax/tuple-syntax-docs.factor b/extra/tuple-syntax/tuple-syntax-docs.factor
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+USING: help.markup help.syntax tuple-syntax ;
+
+HELP: TUPLE{
+{ $syntax "TUPLE{ class slot-name: value... }" }
+{ $values { "class" "a tuple class word" } { "slot-name" "the name of a slot, without the tuple class name" } { "value" "the value for a slot" } }
+{ $description "Marks the beginning of a literal tuple. Literal tuples are terminated by " { $link POSTPONE: } } ". The class word must be specified. Slots which aren't specified are set to f. If slot names are duplicated, the latest one is used." }
+{ $see-also POSTPONE: T{ } ;
+
+IN: tuple-syntax
+ABOUT: POSTPONE: TUPLE{
diff --git a/extra/tuple-syntax/tuple-syntax-tests.factor b/extra/tuple-syntax/tuple-syntax-tests.factor
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+USING: tools.test tuple-syntax ;
+
+TUPLE: foo bar baz ;
+
+[ T{ foo } ] [ TUPLE{ foo } ] unit-test
+[ T{ foo 1 { 2 3 } { 4 { 5 } } } ]
+[ TUPLE{ foo bar: { 2 3 } delegate: 1 baz: { 4 { 5 } } } ] unit-test
diff --git a/extra/tuple-syntax/tuple-syntax.factor b/extra/tuple-syntax/tuple-syntax.factor
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+USING: kernel sequences slots parser words classes ;
+IN: tuple-syntax
+
+! TUPLE: foo bar baz ;
+! TUPLE{ foo bar: 1 baz: 2 }
+
+: parse-object ( -- object )
+    scan-word dup parsing? [ V{ } clone swap execute first ] when ;
+
+: parse-slot-writer ( tuple -- slot-setter )
+    scan dup "}" = [ 2drop f ] [
+        1 head* swap class "slots" word-prop
+        [ slot-spec-name = ] curry* find nip slot-spec-writer
+    ] if ;
+
+: parse-slots ( accum tuple -- accum tuple )
+    dup parse-slot-writer
+    [ parse-object pick rot execute parse-slots ] when* ;
+
+: TUPLE{
+    scan-word construct-empty parse-slots parsed ; parsing