diff --git a/examples/repl.rs b/examples/repl.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..bc2ee802
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/repl.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+extern crate rhai;
+
+use std::fmt::Display;
+use std::process::exit;
+use std::io::{stdin, stdout, Write};
+use rhai::{Engine, Scope, FnRegister};
+
+fn showit<T: Display>(x: &mut T) -> () {
+    println!("{}", x)
+}
+
+fn quit() { exit(0); }
+
+pub fn main() {
+	let mut engine = Engine::new();
+	let mut scope = Scope::new();
+
+	engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut i32)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut i64)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut u32)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut u64)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut f32)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut f64)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut bool)->());
+    engine.register_fn("print", showit as fn(x: &mut String)->());
+    engine.register_fn("exit", quit);
+
+	loop {
+		print!("> ");
+		let mut input = String::new();
+		stdout().flush().expect("couldn't flush stdout");
+		if let Err(e) = stdin().read_line(&mut input)  {
+			println!("input error: {}", e);
+		}
+
+		if let Err(e) = engine.consume_with_scope(&mut scope, &input) {
+			println!("error: {}", e);
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/engine.rs b/src/engine.rs
index c4c68b87..0d163813 100644
--- a/src/engine.rs
+++ b/src/engine.rs
@@ -1241,6 +1241,63 @@ impl Engine {
         }
     }
 
+    pub fn consume_file(&mut self, fname: &str) -> Result<(), EvalAltResult> {
+        use std::fs::File;
+        use std::io::prelude::*;
+
+        if let Ok(mut f) = File::open(fname) {
+            let mut contents = String::new();
+
+            if f.read_to_string(&mut contents).is_ok() {
+                if let e @ Err(_) = self.consume(&contents) {
+                    return e;
+                } else { return Ok(()); }
+            } else {
+                Err(EvalAltResult::ErrorCantOpenScriptFile)
+            }
+        } else {
+            Err(EvalAltResult::ErrorCantOpenScriptFile)
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub fn consume(&mut self, input: &str) -> Result<(), EvalAltResult> {
+        let mut scope: Scope = Scope::new();
+
+        let res = self.consume_with_scope(&mut scope, input);
+
+        res
+    }
+
+    pub fn consume_with_scope(&mut self, scope: &mut Scope, input: &str) -> Result<(), EvalAltResult> {
+        let tokens = lex(input);
+
+        let mut peekables = tokens.peekable();
+        let tree = parse(&mut peekables);
+
+        match tree {
+            Ok((ref os, ref fns)) => {
+                for f in fns {
+                    if f.params.len() > 6 {
+                        return Ok(());
+                    }
+                    let name = f.name.clone();
+                    let local_f = f.clone();
+                    let ent = self.fns.entry(name).or_insert_with(Vec::new);
+                    (*ent).push(FnType::InternalFn(local_f));
+                }
+
+                for o in os {
+                    if let Err(e) = self.eval_stmt(scope, o) {
+                        return Err(e);
+                    }
+                }
+
+                Ok(())
+            },
+            Err(_) => Err(EvalAltResult::ErrorFunctionArgMismatch),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub fn register_default_lib(engine: &mut Engine) {
         engine.register_type::<i32>();
         engine.register_type::<u32>();
@@ -1303,7 +1360,6 @@ impl Engine {
         // FIXME?  Registering array lookups are a special case because we want to return boxes
         // directly let ent = engine.fns.entry("[]".to_string()).or_insert_with(Vec::new);
         // (*ent).push(FnType::ExternalFn2(Box::new(idx)));
-
     }
 
     pub fn new() -> Engine {