diff --git a/src/lib/diff/diff-message.hpp b/src/lib/diff/diff-message.hpp
index 0626e3236..4a2305f6d 100644
--- a/src/lib/diff/diff-message.hpp
+++ b/src/lib/diff/diff-message.hpp
@@ -117,6 +117,16 @@ namespace diff{
         : DiffMessage{iter_stl::snapshot (move(ili))}
         { }
       
+      /**
+       * Convenience builder to take an arbitrary number of DiffStep arguments
+       * @note like for the initializer_list, arguments will be copied into
+       *       a _heap allocated snapshot_
+       */
+      template<typename...ARGS>
+      DiffMessage(ARGS&& ...args)
+        : DiffMessage{ {std::forward<ARGS>(args)...} }
+        { }
+      
       /**
        * Convenience builder to piggyback any Lumiera Forward Iterator
        * @note source iterator is copied into a heap allocated IterSource
diff --git a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
index e03e848c0..8ba97c972 100644
--- a/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
+++ b/wiki/thinkPad.ichthyo.mm
@@ -11273,11 +11273,13 @@
 <node CREATED="1502453280050" ID="ID_60387485" MODIFIED="1502454672712" TEXT="DiffMessage_test">
 <linktarget COLOR="#71e5ac" DESTINATION="ID_60387485" ENDARROW="Default" ENDINCLINATION="50;-12;" ID="Arrow_ID_1384671312" SOURCE="ID_667427572" STARTARROW="None" STARTINCLINATION="12;195;"/>
 <icon BUILTIN="pencil"/>
-<node BACKGROUND_COLOR="#eee5c3" COLOR="#990000" CREATED="1502459245238" ID="ID_1193318639" MODIFIED="1502459280642" TEXT="Basisfall: Producer / Consumer">
-<icon BUILTIN="flag-yellow"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1502459245238" ID="ID_1193318639" MODIFIED="1502499469658" TEXT="Basisfall: Producer / Consumer">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
 </node>
-<node CREATED="1502459259123" ID="ID_372973959" MODIFIED="1502459264007" TEXT="Diagnose-Dekorator"/>
-<node CREATED="1502459264523" ID="ID_640036069" MODIFIED="1502459265854" TEXT="Builder"/>
+<node COLOR="#338800" CREATED="1502459264523" ID="ID_640036069" MODIFIED="1502499477449" TEXT="Builder">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1502459259123" ID="ID_372973959" MODIFIED="1502499475722" TEXT="Diagnose-Dekorator"/>
 <node CREATED="1502459266371" ID="ID_883276790" MODIFIED="1502459273222" TEXT="Integrationstest"/>
 </node>
 </node>
@@ -16712,6 +16714,12 @@
 <icon BUILTIN="pencil"/>
 <node CREATED="1502454531772" ID="ID_445867436" MODIFIED="1502454536184" TEXT="abstrakter Iterator"/>
 <node CREATED="1502454536636" ID="ID_643452930" MODIFIED="1502454542390" TEXT="opaque generation context"/>
+<node CREATED="1502499523442" ID="ID_1849662627" MODIFIED="1502499532441" TEXT="verwaltet diesen per shared_ptr">
+<icon BUILTIN="idea"/>
+</node>
+<node CREATED="1502499556422" ID="ID_914381104" MODIFIED="1502499574412" TEXT="convenience- builder">
+<icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>
+</node>
 </node>
 <node CREATED="1502452625232" ID="ID_328973433" MODIFIED="1502454510192" TEXT="Diagnose">
 <icon BUILTIN="button_ok"/>