# File rbot/keywords.rb, line 167
    def [](key)
      debug "keywords module: looking up key #{key}"
      if(@keywords.has_key?(key))
        return Keyword.restore(@keywords[key])
      else
        # key name order for the lookup through these
        @statickeywords.keys.sort.each {|k|
          v = @statickeywords[k]
          if v.has_key?(key)
            return Keyword.restore(v[key])
          end
        }
      end
      return nil
    end