Index: generic/nsf.c
===================================================================
diff -u -rbef777ff411770b97736e35a87cb23e23c7d7f83 -r2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a
--- generic/nsf.c	(.../nsf.c)	(revision bef777ff411770b97736e35a87cb23e23c7d7f83)
+++ generic/nsf.c	(.../nsf.c)	(revision 2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a)
@@ -2840,9 +2840,9 @@
  *
  *----------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
-static CONST char *
+CONST char *
 MethodName(Tcl_Obj *methodObj) {
-  char *methodName;;
+  char *methodName;
 
   assert(methodObj);
   methodName = ObjStr(methodObj);
Index: generic/nsfError.c
===================================================================
diff -u -rffd5b8ff74134cc891b9715cf1dd949193065b61 -r2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a
--- generic/nsfError.c	(.../nsfError.c)	(revision ffd5b8ff74134cc891b9715cf1dd949193065b61)
+++ generic/nsfError.c	(.../nsfError.c)	(revision 2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a)
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
-/* -*- Mode: c++ -*-
- *  
- *  Extended Object Tcl (XOTcl)
+/*  
+ *  Next Scripting Framework
  *
  *  Copyright (C) 1999-2010 Gustaf Neumann, Uwe Zdun
  *
  *
  *  nsfError.c --
  *  
- *  error return functions for XOTcl
+ *  error return functions for the Next Scripting Framework
  *  
  */
 
 #include "nsfInt.h"
+
+/* function prototypes */
 Tcl_Obj *NsfParamDefsSyntax(INTERP_DECL Nsf_Param CONST *paramPtr);
 
 /*
@@ -178,7 +179,7 @@
   }
   if (methodName) {
     if (need_space) Tcl_AppendResult(interp, " ", (char *) NULL);
-    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, ObjStr(methodName), (char *) NULL);
+    Tcl_AppendResult(interp, MethodName(methodName), (char *) NULL);
     need_space = 1;
   }
   if (arglist != NULL) {
Index: generic/nsfInt.h
===================================================================
diff -u -r9ab7249b16aeb0ea906e3d614fee429edab1cfda -r2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a
--- generic/nsfInt.h	(.../nsfInt.h)	(revision 9ab7249b16aeb0ea906e3d614fee429edab1cfda)
+++ generic/nsfInt.h	(.../nsfInt.h)	(revision 2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a)
@@ -929,6 +929,8 @@
 NsfObjWrongArgs(Tcl_Interp *interp, CONST char *msg, Tcl_Obj *cmdName, 
 		Tcl_Obj *methodName, char *arglist);
 
+CONST char *MethodName(Tcl_Obj *methodObj);
+
 /* functions from nsfUtil.c */
 char *Nsf_ltoa(char *buf, long i, int *len);
 char *NsfStringIncr(NsfStringIncrStruct *iss);
Index: tests/parameters.test
===================================================================
diff -u -rdf4493971c95da9eba468c207ac8891f9c9d14c4 -r2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a
--- tests/parameters.test	(.../parameters.test)	(revision df4493971c95da9eba468c207ac8891f9c9d14c4)
+++ tests/parameters.test	(.../parameters.test)	(revision 2e7f0b2256363d70c78778c9ed401f9450622a6a)
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@
 
   ? {::nsf::method::alias C foo ::set 1} \
       {Invalid argument '1', maybe too many arguments; should be "::nsf::method::alias object ?-per-object? methodName ?-frame method|object|default? cmdName"}
+
+  ? {C eval {:attribute x -class D}} {Invalid argument 'D', maybe too many arguments; should be "::C attribute ?-class value? ?-incremental? spec ?initblock?"} "Test whether the colon prefix is suppressed"
 }
 
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