diff --git a/codecs/mod.ts b/codecs/mod.ts
index f8c231b..bf641fb 100644
--- a/codecs/mod.ts
+++ b/codecs/mod.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export * from "./object.ts"
 export * from "./option.ts"
 export * from "./optionBool.ts"
 export * from "./promise.ts"
+export * from "./record.ts"
 export * from "./result.ts"
 export * from "./str.ts"
 export * from "./transform.ts"
diff --git a/codecs/record.ts b/codecs/record.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb85aec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecs/record.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import { Codec } from "../common/mod.ts"
+import { array } from "./array.ts"
+import { str } from "./str.ts"
+import { transform } from "./transform.ts"
+import { tuple } from "./tuple.ts"
+
+export function record<V>($value: Codec<V>) {
+  return transform<[string, V][], Record<string, V>>({
+    $base: array(tuple(str, $value)),
+    encode: Object.entries,
+    decode: Object.fromEntries,
+  })
+}
diff --git a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/bitSequence.test.ts.snap b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/bitSequence.test.ts.snap
index dda7cc6..3fe2aee 100644
--- a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/bitSequence.test.ts.snap
+++ b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/bitSequence.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 export const snapshot = {};
 
-snapshot[`\$.bitSequence BitSequence { data: Uint8Array(0) [], length: 0 } 1`] = `00`;
+snapshot[`\$.bitSequence BitSequence { length: 0, data: Uint8Array(0) [] } 1`] = `00`;
 
-snapshot[`\$.bitSequence BitSequence { data: Uint8Array(2) [ 106, 40 ], length: 13 } 1`] = `
+snapshot[`\$.bitSequence BitSequence { length: 13, data: Uint8Array(2) [ 106, 40 ] } 1`] = `
 34
 6a
 28
diff --git a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/object.test.ts.snap b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/object.test.ts.snap
index cd65e37..254998c 100644
--- a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/object.test.ts.snap
+++ b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/object.test.ts.snap
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ snapshot[`\$person invalid undefined 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "
 
 snapshot[`\$person invalid 123 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "object"`;
 
-snapshot[`\$person invalid [Function] 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "object"`;
+snapshot[`\$person invalid [Function (anonymous)] 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "object"`;
 
 snapshot[`\$person invalid {} 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: !("name" in value)`;
 
diff --git a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/record.test.ts.snap b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/record.test.ts.snap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4247a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/record.test.ts.snap
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+export const snapshot = {};
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.str)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) { a: "hi", b: "sup", c: "yo" } 1`] = `
+0c
+04
+61
+08
+68
+69
+04
+62
+0c
+73
+75
+70
+04
+63
+08
+79
+6f
+`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.str)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) { the: "quick", brown: "fox", jumped: "over", theLazy: "hen" } 1`] = `
+10
+0c
+74
+68
+65
+14
+71
+75
+69
+63
+6b
+14
+62
+72
+6f
+77
+6e
+0c
+66
+6f
+78
+18
+6a
+75
+6d
+70
+65
+64
+10
+6f
+76
+65
+72
+1c
+74
+68
+65
+4c
+61
+7a
+79
+0c
+68
+65
+6e
+`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.transform(Array))),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) { one: { two: 3 }, four: { five: 6 }, seven: { eight: 9 } } 1`] = `
+0c
+0c
+6f
+6e
+65
+04
+0c
+74
+77
+6f
+03
+10
+66
+6f
+75
+72
+04
+10
+66
+69
+76
+65
+06
+14
+73
+65
+76
+65
+6e
+04
+14
+65
+69
+67
+68
+74
+09
+`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.str)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) invalid [ true, false ] 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#encode[0][1] !== "string"`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.str)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) invalid [ 1, 2, 3, -1, 4 ] 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#encode[0][1] !== "string"`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.u8)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) invalid { this: "should" } 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#encode[0][1] !== "number"`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.u8)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) invalid { be: "invalid" } 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#encode[0][1] !== "number"`;
+
+snapshot[`\$.transform(
+  {
+    "\$base": \$.array(\$.tuple(\$.str, \$.u8)),
+    encode: [Function: entries],
+    decode: [Function: fromEntries]
+  }
+) invalid { and: "this" } 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#encode[0][1] !== "number"`;
diff --git a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/result.test.ts.snap b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/result.test.ts.snap
index e7f13a6..627aaa3 100644
--- a/codecs/test/__snapshots__/result.test.ts.snap
+++ b/codecs/test/__snapshots__/result.test.ts.snap
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 export const snapshot = {};
 
-snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function])) "ok" 1`] = `
+snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function (anonymous)])) "ok" 1`] = `
 00
 08
 6f
 6b
 `;
 
-snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function])) StrErr: err 1`] = `
+snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function (anonymous)])) StrErr: err 1`] = `
 01
 0c
 65
@@ -15,10 +15,10 @@ snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Func
 72
 `;
 
-snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function])) invalid null 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "string"`;
+snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function (anonymous)])) invalid null 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "string"`;
 
-snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function])) invalid undefined 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "string"`;
+snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function (anonymous)])) invalid undefined 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value !== "string"`;
 
-snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function])) invalid Error: foo 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: !(value instanceof StrErr)`;
+snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function (anonymous)])) invalid Error: foo 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: !(value instanceof StrErr)`;
 
-snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function])) invalid StrErr: null 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#arguments[0] !== "string"`;
+snapshot[`\$.result(\$.str, \$.instance([Class: StrErr], \$.tuple(\$.str), [Function (anonymous)])) invalid StrErr: null 1`] = `ScaleAssertError: typeof value#arguments[0] !== "string"`;
diff --git a/codecs/test/record.test.ts b/codecs/test/record.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..586a7ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/codecs/test/record.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import * as $ from "../../mod.ts"
+import { testCodec, testInvalid } from "../../test-util.ts"
+
+testCodec($.record($.str), [
+  { a: "hi", b: "sup", c: "yo" },
+  { the: "quick", brown: "fox", jumped: "over", theLazy: "hen" },
+])
+
+testCodec($.record($.record($.u8)), [{
+  one: { two: 3 },
+  four: { five: 6 },
+  seven: { eight: 9 },
+}])
+
+testInvalid($.record($.str), [[true, false], [1, 2, 3, -1, 4]])
+testInvalid($.record($.u8), [{ this: "should" }, { be: "invalid" }, { and: "this" }])
diff --git a/examples/assertions.eg.ts b/examples/assertions.eg.ts
index fd879ea..1c8beab 100644
--- a/examples/assertions.eg.ts
+++ b/examples/assertions.eg.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+// import * as $ from "https://deno.land/x/scale/mod.ts";
 import * as $ from "../mod.ts"
 
 // using `$.assert` (no explicit typing required)
diff --git a/examples/collections.eg.ts b/examples/collections.eg.ts
index 1de8291..38c377b 100644
--- a/examples/collections.eg.ts
+++ b/examples/collections.eg.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,4 @@ $.set($.u32) // Codec<Set<number>>
 
 $.map($.str, $.u32) // Codec<Map<string, number>>
 
-export const $record = $.transform<
-  [string, number][],
-  Record<string, number>
->({
-  $base: $.array($.tuple($.str, $.u32)),
-  encode: Object.entries,
-  decode: Object.fromEntries,
-})
-
-$record // Codec<Record<string, number>>
+$.record($.u8) // Codec<Partial<Record<string, number>>>