// name currently not used, we only call a method called "_wrap" in
// the main class with the to-wrapped object as first argument and
// a list of other parameters as second argument.
static <A> A wrapStuff(S name, A object, O... args) {
  //ret or(object, (A) callOpt(mc(), "wrap" + name,
  //  toObjectArray(concatLists(litlist((O) object), toList(args)))));
  ret or((A) callOpt(mc(), "_wrap", object, asList(args)), object);
}