diff --git a/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/mod.rs b/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/mod.rs
index 31dac84..7a6a760 100644
--- a/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/mod.rs
+++ b/schala-lang/language/src/symbol_table/mod.rs
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ impl ScopeSegment {
 pub struct SymbolTable {
   decl_locations: DeclLocations, //TODO delete this
   symbol_path_to_symbol: HashMap<FullyQualifiedSymbolName, Symbol>,
+
+
+  /// Used for import resolution.
   symbol_trie: SymbolTrie,
 
   /// These tables are responsible for preventing duplicate names.
@@ -131,6 +134,7 @@ pub struct SymbolTable {
   types: NameTable<TypeKind>,
 
   /// A map of the `ItemId`s of instances of use of names to their fully-canonicalized FQSN form.
+  /// Updated by the item id resolver.
   id_to_fqsn: HashMap<ItemId, FQSN>,
 
   /// A map of the FQSN of an AST definition to a Symbol data structure, which contains
@@ -153,6 +157,16 @@ impl SymbolTable {
     }
   }
 
+  /// The main entry point into the symbol table. This will traverse the AST in several
+  /// different ways and populate subtables with information that will be used further in the
+  /// compilation process.
+  pub fn process_ast(&mut self, ast: &ast::AST) -> Result<(), String> {
+
+    self.populate_name_tables(ast)?;
+    self.resolve_symbol_ids(ast)?;
+    Ok(())
+  }
+
   pub fn lookup_symbol(&self, id: &ItemId) -> Option<&Symbol> {
     let fqsn = self.id_to_fqsn.get(id);
     fqsn.and_then(|fqsn| self.fqsn_to_symbol.get(fqsn))
@@ -220,15 +234,6 @@ impl SymbolTable {
    * later */
 
 
-  /// The main entry point into the symbol table. This will traverse the AST in several
-  /// different ways and populate subtables with information that will be used further in the
-  /// compilation process.
-  pub fn process_ast(&mut self, ast: &ast::AST) -> Result<(), String> {
-
-    self.populate_name_tables(ast)?;
-    self.resolve_symbol_ids(ast)?;
-    Ok(())
-  }
 
   /// Walks the AST, matching the ID of an identifier used in some expression to
   /// the corresponding Symbol.
@@ -249,6 +254,12 @@ impl SymbolTable {
     Ok(())
   }
 
+  fn add_symbol(&mut self, fqsn: FQSN, symbol: Symbol) {
+    self.symbol_trie.insert(&fqsn);
+    self.fqsn_to_symbol.insert(fqsn, symbol);
+
+  }
+
   //TODO this should probably return a vector of duplicate name errors
   fn add_from_scope<'a>(&'a mut self, statements: &[Statement], scope_stack: &mut Vec<Scope>) -> Result<(), DuplicateName> {
     for statement in statements {
@@ -262,7 +273,7 @@ impl SymbolTable {
           self.fq_names.register(fq_function.clone(), NameSpec { location, kind: NameKind::Function })?;
           self.types.register(fq_function.clone(), NameSpec { location, kind: TypeKind } )?;
 
-          self.fqsn_to_symbol.insert(fq_function, Symbol {
+          self.add_symbol(fq_function, Symbol {
             local_name: signature.name.clone(),
             spec: SymbolSpec::Func(vec![]), //TODO does this inner vec need to exist at all?
           });
@@ -274,7 +285,7 @@ impl SymbolTable {
           self.fq_names.register(fq_function.clone(), NameSpec { location, kind: NameKind::Function })?;
           self.types.register(fq_function.clone(), NameSpec { location, kind: TypeKind } )?;
 
-          self.fqsn_to_symbol.insert(fq_function, Symbol {
+          self.add_symbol(fq_function, Symbol {
             local_name: signature.name.clone(),
             spec: SymbolSpec::Func(vec![]), //TODO does this inner vec need to exist at all?
           });
@@ -294,7 +305,7 @@ impl SymbolTable {
         StatementKind::Declaration(Declaration::Binding { name, .. }) => {
           let fq_binding = FQSN::from_scope_stack(scope_stack.as_ref(), name.as_str().to_owned());
           self.fq_names.register(fq_binding.clone(), NameSpec { location, kind: NameKind::Binding })?;
-          self.fqsn_to_symbol.insert(fq_binding, Symbol {
+          self.add_symbol(fq_binding, Symbol {
             local_name: name.clone(),
             spec: SymbolSpec::Binding,
           });
@@ -328,7 +339,7 @@ impl SymbolTable {
           _ => panic!("This should never happen"),
         };
         let symbol = Symbol { local_name, spec };
-        self.fqsn_to_symbol.insert(fqsn, symbol);
+        self.add_symbol(fqsn, symbol);
       };
     };