Use arrays instead of vectors in tests

41 files changed, 254 insertions, 267 deletions

diff --git a/src/doc/trpl/macros.md b/src/doc/trpl/macros.md
index ce6fa3ce949..49da298bb3f 100644
--- a/src/doc/trpl/macros.md
+++ b/src/doc/trpl/macros.md
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ macro_rules! vec {
     };
 }
 # fn main() {
-#     assert_eq!(&[1,2,3], &vec![1,2,3]);
+#     assert_eq!([1,2,3], vec![1,2,3]);
 # }
 ```
 
diff --git a/src/libcollections/binary_heap.rs b/src/libcollections/binary_heap.rs
index 9f549fd7237..36c76dbad14 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/binary_heap.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/binary_heap.rs
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ impl<T: Ord> BinaryHeap<T> {
     /// heap.push(3);
     ///
     /// let vec = heap.into_sorted_vec();
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7]);
     /// ```
     pub fn into_sorted_vec(mut self) -> Vec<T> {
         let mut end = self.len();
diff --git a/src/libcollections/bit.rs b/src/libcollections/bit.rs
index f28f9976f0c..61bb204a443 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/bit.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/bit.rs
@@ -640,13 +640,13 @@ impl BitVec {
     /// let mut bv = BitVec::from_elem(3, true);
     /// bv.set(1, false);
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), vec!(0b10100000));
+    /// assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), [0b10100000]);
     ///
     /// let mut bv = BitVec::from_elem(9, false);
     /// bv.set(2, true);
     /// bv.set(8, true);
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), vec!(0b00100000, 0b10000000));
+    /// assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), [0b00100000, 0b10000000]);
     /// ```
     pub fn to_bytes(&self) -> Vec<u8> {
         fn bit(bit_vec: &BitVec, byte: usize, bit: usize) -> u8 {
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ impl BitVec {
     /// let mut bv = BitVec::from_bytes(&[0b01001011]);
     /// bv.grow(2, true);
     /// assert_eq!(bv.len(), 10);
-    /// assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), vec!(0b01001011, 0b11000000));
+    /// assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), [0b01001011, 0b11000000]);
     /// ```
     pub fn grow(&mut self, n: usize, value: bool) {
         // Note: we just bulk set all the bits in the last word in this fn in multiple places
@@ -2285,12 +2285,12 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_to_bytes() {
         let mut bv = BitVec::from_elem(3, true);
         bv.set(1, false);
-        assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), vec!(0b10100000));
+        assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), [0b10100000]);
 
         let mut bv = BitVec::from_elem(9, false);
         bv.set(2, true);
         bv.set(8, true);
-        assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), vec!(0b00100000, 0b10000000));
+        assert_eq!(bv.to_bytes(), [0b00100000, 0b10000000]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2675,7 +2675,7 @@ mod bit_set_test {
         let bit_vec: BitSet = usizes.into_iter().collect();
 
         let idxs: Vec<_> = bit_vec.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(idxs, vec![0, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(idxs, [0, 2, 3]);
 
         let long: BitSet = (0..10000).filter(|&n| n % 2 == 0).collect();
         let real: Vec<_> = range_step(0, 10000, 2).collect();
diff --git a/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs b/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
index 1b456eec830..6b83253faed 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/btree/map.rs
@@ -1281,7 +1281,7 @@ impl<K, V> BTreeMap<K, V> {
     /// a.insert(2, "b");
     ///
     /// let keys: Vec<usize> = a.keys().cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(keys, vec![1,2,]);
+    /// assert_eq!(keys, [1, 2]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn keys<'a>(&'a self) -> Keys<'a, K, V> {
@@ -1303,7 +1303,7 @@ impl<K, V> BTreeMap<K, V> {
     /// a.insert(2, "b");
     ///
     /// let values: Vec<&str> = a.values().cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(values, vec!["a","b"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(values, ["a", "b"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn values<'a>(&'a self) -> Values<'a, K, V> {
diff --git a/src/libcollections/btree/set.rs b/src/libcollections/btree/set.rs
index 929b2f58043..8a668a23dbb 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/btree/set.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/btree/set.rs
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ impl<T> BTreeSet<T> {
     /// }
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<usize> = set.iter().cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![1,2,3,4]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn iter(&self) -> Iter<T> {
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ impl<T> BTreeSet<T> {
     /// let set: BTreeSet<usize> = [1, 2, 3, 4].iter().cloned().collect();
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<usize> = set.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![1,2,3,4]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn into_iter(self) -> IntoIter<T> {
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ impl<T: Ord> BTreeSet<T> {
     /// b.insert(3);
     ///
     /// let diff: Vec<usize> = a.difference(&b).cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(diff, vec![1]);
+    /// assert_eq!(diff, [1]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn difference<'a>(&'a self, other: &'a BTreeSet<T>) -> Difference<'a, T> {
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ impl<T: Ord> BTreeSet<T> {
     /// b.insert(3);
     ///
     /// let sym_diff: Vec<usize> = a.symmetric_difference(&b).cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(sym_diff, vec![1,3]);
+    /// assert_eq!(sym_diff, [1, 3]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn symmetric_difference<'a>(&'a self, other: &'a BTreeSet<T>)
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ impl<T: Ord> BTreeSet<T> {
     /// b.insert(3);
     ///
     /// let intersection: Vec<usize> = a.intersection(&b).cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(intersection, vec![2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(intersection, [2]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn intersection<'a>(&'a self, other: &'a BTreeSet<T>)
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ impl<T: Ord> BTreeSet<T> {
     /// b.insert(2);
     ///
     /// let union: Vec<usize> = a.union(&b).cloned().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(union, vec![1,2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(union, [1, 2]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn union<'a>(&'a self, other: &'a BTreeSet<T>) -> Union<'a, T> {
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, T: Ord + Clone> Sub<&'b BTreeSet<T>> for &'a BTreeSet<T> {
     ///
     /// let result = &a - &b;
     /// let result_vec: Vec<_> = result.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, vec![1, 2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, [1, 2]);
     /// ```
     fn sub(self, rhs: &BTreeSet<T>) -> BTreeSet<T> {
         self.difference(rhs).cloned().collect()
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, T: Ord + Clone> BitXor<&'b BTreeSet<T>> for &'a BTreeSet<T> {
     ///
     /// let result = &a ^ &b;
     /// let result_vec: Vec<_> = result.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, vec![1, 4]);
+    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, [1, 4]);
     /// ```
     fn bitxor(self, rhs: &BTreeSet<T>) -> BTreeSet<T> {
         self.symmetric_difference(rhs).cloned().collect()
@@ -580,7 +580,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, T: Ord + Clone> BitAnd<&'b BTreeSet<T>> for &'a BTreeSet<T> {
     ///
     /// let result = &a & &b;
     /// let result_vec: Vec<_> = result.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, vec![2, 3]);
+    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, [2, 3]);
     /// ```
     fn bitand(self, rhs: &BTreeSet<T>) -> BTreeSet<T> {
         self.intersection(rhs).cloned().collect()
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ impl<'a, 'b, T: Ord + Clone> BitOr<&'b BTreeSet<T>> for &'a BTreeSet<T> {
     ///
     /// let result = &a | &b;
     /// let result_vec: Vec<_> = result.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+    /// assert_eq!(result_vec, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
     /// ```
     fn bitor(self, rhs: &BTreeSet<T>) -> BTreeSet<T> {
         self.union(rhs).cloned().collect()
diff --git a/src/libcollections/enum_set.rs b/src/libcollections/enum_set.rs
index 0c957426060..12c5d7a9cc6 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/enum_set.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/enum_set.rs
@@ -428,19 +428,19 @@ mod test {
 
         e1.insert(A);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e1.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A], elems);
 
         e1.insert(C);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e1.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,C], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,C], elems);
 
         e1.insert(C);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e1.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,C], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,C], elems);
 
         e1.insert(B);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e1.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,B,C], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,B,C], elems);
     }
 
     ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
@@ -458,35 +458,35 @@ mod test {
 
         let e_union = e1 | e2;
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_union.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,B,C], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,B,C], elems);
 
         let e_intersection = e1 & e2;
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_intersection.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![C], elems);
+        assert_eq!([C], elems);
 
         // Another way to express intersection
         let e_intersection = e1 - (e1 - e2);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_intersection.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![C], elems);
+        assert_eq!([C], elems);
 
         let e_subtract = e1 - e2;
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_subtract.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A], elems);
 
         // Bitwise XOR of two sets, aka symmetric difference
         let e_symmetric_diff = e1 ^ e2;
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_symmetric_diff.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,B], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,B], elems);
 
         // Another way to express symmetric difference
         let e_symmetric_diff = (e1 - e2) | (e2 - e1);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_symmetric_diff.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,B], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,B], elems);
 
         // Yet another way to express symmetric difference
         let e_symmetric_diff = (e1 | e2) - (e1 & e2);
         let elems: ::vec::Vec<_> = e_symmetric_diff.iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec![A,B], elems);
+        assert_eq!([A,B], elems);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libcollections/linked_list.rs b/src/libcollections/linked_list.rs
index 3c61fc3da90..aa9bd5b0fed 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/linked_list.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/linked_list.rs
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ impl<'a, A> IterMut<'a, A> {
     /// }
     /// {
     ///     let vec: Vec<_> = list.into_iter().collect();
-    ///     assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
+    ///     assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
     /// }
     /// ```
     #[inline]
@@ -1273,7 +1273,7 @@ mod tests {
         }
         check_links(&m);
         assert_eq!(m.len(), 3 + len * 2);
-        assert_eq!(m.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec![-2,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1]);
+        assert_eq!(m.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>(), [-2,0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0,1]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libcollections/macros.rs b/src/libcollections/macros.rs
index ebcfb8d1cf8..e9764547628 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/macros.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/macros.rs
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 ///
 /// ```
 /// let v = vec![1; 3];
-/// assert_eq!(v, vec![1, 1, 1]);
+/// assert_eq!(v, [1, 1, 1]);
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Note that unlike array expressions this syntax supports all elements
diff --git a/src/libcollections/slice.rs b/src/libcollections/slice.rs
index 776b8b3af14..6850e8c0f8e 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/slice.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/slice.rs
@@ -1779,10 +1779,10 @@ mod tests {
         let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
         let mut e = v.swap_remove(0);
         assert_eq!(e, 1);
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![5, 2, 3, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [5, 2, 3, 4]);
         e = v.swap_remove(3);
         assert_eq!(e, 4);
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![5, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [5, 2, 3]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_retain() {
         let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
         v.retain(is_odd);
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![1, 3, 5]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [1, 3, 5]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2159,45 +2159,45 @@ mod tests {
         let v: [Vec<i32>; 0] = [];
         let c = v.concat();
         assert_eq!(c, []);
-        let d = [vec![1], vec![2,3]].concat();
-        assert_eq!(d, vec![1, 2, 3]);
+        let d = [vec![1], vec![2, 3]].concat();
+        assert_eq!(d, [1, 2, 3]);
 
         let v: &[&[_]] = &[&[1], &[2, 3]];
-        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), vec![1, 0, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), [1, 0, 2, 3]);
         let v: &[&[_]] = &[&[1], &[2], &[3]];
-        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), vec![1, 0, 2, 0, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), [1, 0, 2, 0, 3]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_connect() {
         let v: [Vec<i32>; 0] = [];
-        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), vec![]);
-        assert_eq!([vec![1], vec![2, 3]].connect(&0), vec![1, 0, 2, 3]);
-        assert_eq!([vec![1], vec![2], vec![3]].connect(&0), vec![1, 0, 2, 0, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), []);
+        assert_eq!([vec![1i], vec![2, 3]].connect(&0), [1, 0, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!([vec![1i], vec![2], vec![3]].connect(&0), [1, 0, 2, 0, 3]);
 
         let v: [&[_]; 2] = [&[1], &[2, 3]];
-        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), vec![1, 0, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), [1, 0, 2, 3]);
         let v: [&[_]; 3] = [&[1], &[2], &[3]];
-        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), vec![1, 0, 2, 0, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(v.connect(&0), [1, 0, 2, 0, 3]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_insert() {
         let mut a = vec![1, 2, 4];
         a.insert(2, 3);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
 
         let mut a = vec![1, 2, 3];
         a.insert(0, 0);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [0, 1, 2, 3]);
 
         let mut a = vec![1, 2, 3];
         a.insert(3, 4);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
 
         let mut a = vec![];
         a.insert(0, 1);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![1]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [1]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2212,16 +2212,16 @@ mod tests {
         let mut a = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
 
         assert_eq!(a.remove(2), 3);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![1, 2, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [1, 2, 4]);
 
         assert_eq!(a.remove(2), 4);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![1, 2]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [1, 2]);
 
         assert_eq!(a.remove(0), 1);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![2]);
+        assert_eq!(a, [2]);
 
         assert_eq!(a.remove(0), 2);
-        assert_eq!(a, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(a, []);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libcollections/str.rs b/src/libcollections/str.rs
index f3b2e973897..c58cca828d8 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/str.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/str.rs
@@ -552,7 +552,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<char> = "abc åäö".chars().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!['a', 'b', 'c', ' ', 'å', 'ä', 'ö']);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ['a', 'b', 'c', ' ', 'å', 'ä', 'ö']);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn chars(&self) -> Chars {
@@ -600,20 +600,20 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "Mary had a little lamb".split(' ').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "".split('X').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![""]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [""]);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// More complex patterns with a lambda:
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "abc1def2ghi".split(|c: char| c.is_numeric()).collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["abc", "def", "ghi"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["abc", "def", "ghi"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "lionXXtigerXleopard".split('X').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["lion", "", "tiger", "leopard"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["lion", "", "tiger", "leopard"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn split<'a, P: Pattern<'a>>(&'a self, pat: P) -> Split<'a, P> {
@@ -632,23 +632,23 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "Mary had a little lambda".splitn(2, ' ').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["Mary", "had", "a little lambda"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["Mary", "had", "a little lambda"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "lionXXtigerXleopard".splitn(2, 'X').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["lion", "", "tigerXleopard"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["lion", "", "tigerXleopard"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "abcXdef".splitn(0, 'X').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["abcXdef"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["abcXdef"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "".splitn(1, 'X').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![""]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [""]);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// More complex patterns with a lambda:
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "abc1def2ghi".splitn(1, |c: char| c.is_numeric()).collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["abc", "def2ghi"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["abc", "def2ghi"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn splitn<'a, P: Pattern<'a>>(&'a self, count: usize, pat: P) -> SplitN<'a, P> {
@@ -669,17 +669,17 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "A.B.".split_terminator('.').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["A", "B"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["A", "B"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "A..B..".split_terminator('.').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["A", "", "B", ""]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["A", "", "B", ""]);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// More complex patterns with a lambda:
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "abc1def2ghi3".split_terminator(|c: char| c.is_numeric()).collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["abc", "def", "ghi"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["abc", "def", "ghi"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn split_terminator<'a, P: Pattern<'a>>(&'a self, pat: P) -> SplitTerminator<'a, P> {
@@ -699,17 +699,17 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "Mary had a little lamb".rsplitn(2, ' ').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["lamb", "little", "Mary had a"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["lamb", "little", "Mary had a"]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "lionXXtigerXleopard".rsplitn(2, 'X').collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["leopard", "tiger", "lionX"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["leopard", "tiger", "lionX"]);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// More complex patterns with a lambda:
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "abc1def2ghi".rsplitn(1, |c: char| c.is_numeric()).collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["ghi", "abc1def"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["ghi", "abc1def"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn rsplitn<'a, P: Pattern<'a>>(&'a self, count: usize, pat: P) -> RSplitN<'a, P> {
@@ -727,13 +727,13 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<(usize, usize)> = "abcXXXabcYYYabc".match_indices("abc").collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![(0,3), (6,9), (12,15)]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [(0,3), (6,9), (12,15)]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<(usize, usize)> = "1abcabc2".match_indices("abc").collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![(1,4), (4,7)]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [(1,4), (4,7)]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<(usize, usize)> = "ababa".match_indices("aba").collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![(0, 3)]); // only the first `aba`
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [(0, 3)]); // only the first `aba`
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "collections",
                reason = "might have its iterator type changed")]
@@ -749,10 +749,10 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     ///
     /// ```
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "abcXXXabcYYYabc".split_str("abc").collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["", "XXX", "YYY", ""]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["", "XXX", "YYY", ""]);
     ///
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = "1abcabc2".split_str("abc").collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["1", "", "2"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["1", "", "2"]);
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "collections")]
     #[deprecated(since = "1.0.0", reason = "use `split()` with a `&str`")]
@@ -770,7 +770,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     /// let four_lines = "foo\nbar\n\nbaz";
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = four_lines.lines().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// Leaving off the trailing character:
@@ -779,7 +779,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     /// let four_lines = "foo\nbar\n\nbaz\n";
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = four_lines.lines().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn lines(&self) -> Lines {
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     /// let four_lines = "foo\r\nbar\n\r\nbaz";
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = four_lines.lines_any().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
     /// ```
     ///
     /// Leaving off the trailing character:
@@ -805,7 +805,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     /// let four_lines = "foo\r\nbar\n\r\nbaz\n";
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = four_lines.lines_any().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["foo", "bar", "", "baz"]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     fn lines_any(&self) -> LinesAny {
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ pub trait StrExt: Index<RangeFull, Output = str> {
     /// let some_words = " Mary   had\ta little  \n\t lamb";
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = some_words.words().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["Mary", "had", "a", "little", "lamb"]);
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "str_words",
                reason = "the precise algorithm to use is unclear")]
@@ -2400,17 +2400,17 @@ mod tests {
         let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";
 
         let split: Vec<&str> = data.splitn(3, ' ').collect();
-        assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
+        assert_eq!(split, ["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
 
         let split: Vec<&str> = data.splitn(3, |c: char| c == ' ').collect();
-        assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
+        assert_eq!(split, ["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
 
         // Unicode
         let split: Vec<&str> = data.splitn(3, 'ä').collect();
-        assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
+        assert_eq!(split, ["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
 
         let split: Vec<&str> = data.splitn(3, |c: char| c == 'ä').collect();
-        assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
+        assert_eq!(split, ["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little lämb\nLittle lämb\n"]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2418,17 +2418,17 @@ mod tests {
         let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";
 
         let split: Vec<&str> = data.split('\n').collect();
-        assert_eq!(split, vec!["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb", ""]);
+        assert_eq!(split, ["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb", ""]);
 
         let split: Vec<&str> = data.split_terminator('\n').collect();
-        assert_eq!(split, vec!["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb"]);
+        assert_eq!(split, ["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb"]);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_words() {
         let data = "\n \tMäry   häd\tä  little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";
         let words: Vec<&str> = data.words().collect();
-        assert_eq!(words, vec!["Märy", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb", "Little", "lämb"])
+        assert_eq!(words, ["Märy", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb", "Little", "lämb"])
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2513,11 +2513,11 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_lines() {
         let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb\n";
         let lines: Vec<&str> = data.lines().collect();
-        assert_eq!(lines, vec!["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "", "Little lämb"]);
+        assert_eq!(lines, ["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "", "Little lämb"]);
 
         let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\n\nLittle lämb"; // no trailing \n
         let lines: Vec<&str> = data.lines().collect();
-        assert_eq!(lines, vec!["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "", "Little lämb"]);
+        assert_eq!(lines, ["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "", "Little lämb"]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libcollections/string.rs b/src/libcollections/string.rs
index 6c2624cd204..e9070cff207 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/string.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/string.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl String {
     /// let invalid_vec = vec![240, 144, 128];
     /// let s = String::from_utf8(invalid_vec).err().unwrap();
     /// assert_eq!(s.utf8_error(), Utf8Error::TooShort);
-    /// assert_eq!(s.into_bytes(), vec![240, 144, 128]);
+    /// assert_eq!(s.into_bytes(), [240, 144, 128]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ impl String {
     /// ```
     /// let s = String::from_str("hello");
     /// let bytes = s.into_bytes();
-    /// assert_eq!(bytes, vec![104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+    /// assert_eq!(bytes, [104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ impl String {
     /// let mut s = String::from_str("hello");
     /// unsafe {
     ///     let vec = s.as_mut_vec();
-    ///     assert!(vec == &mut vec![104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
+    ///     assert!(vec == &[104, 101, 108, 108, 111]);
     ///     vec.reverse();
     /// }
     /// assert_eq!(s.as_slice(), "olleh");
diff --git a/src/libcollections/vec.rs b/src/libcollections/vec.rs
index 3f5f9288916..c446618649d 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/vec.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/vec.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ use borrow::{Cow, IntoCow};
 /// for x in vec.iter() {
 ///     println!("{}", x);
 /// }
-/// assert_eq!(vec, vec![7, 1, 2, 3]);
+/// assert_eq!(vec, [7, 1, 2, 3]);
 /// ```
 ///
 /// The `vec!` macro is provided to make initialization more convenient:
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ use borrow::{Cow, IntoCow};
 /// ```
 /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3];
 /// vec.push(4);
-/// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
+/// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
 /// ```
 ///
 /// Use a `Vec<T>` as an efficient stack:
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     ///
     ///         // Put everything back together into a Vec
     ///         let rebuilt = Vec::from_raw_parts(p, len, cap);
-    ///         assert_eq!(rebuilt, vec![4, 5, 6]);
+    ///         assert_eq!(rebuilt, [4, 5, 6]);
     ///     }
     /// }
     /// ```
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
     /// vec.truncate(2);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn truncate(&mut self, len: usize) {
@@ -505,10 +505,10 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// let mut v = vec!["foo", "bar", "baz", "qux"];
     ///
     /// assert_eq!(v.swap_remove(1), "bar");
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["foo", "qux", "baz"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["foo", "qux", "baz"]);
     ///
     /// assert_eq!(v.swap_remove(0), "foo");
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["baz", "qux"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["baz", "qux"]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -531,9 +531,9 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3];
     /// vec.insert(1, 4);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 4, 2, 3]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 4, 2, 3]);
     /// vec.insert(4, 5);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 4, 2, 3, 5]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 4, 2, 3, 5]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn insert(&mut self, index: usize, element: T) {
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut v = vec![1, 2, 3];
     /// assert_eq!(v.remove(1), 2);
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![1, 3]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [1, 3]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn remove(&mut self, index: usize) -> T {
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
     /// vec.retain(|&x| x%2 == 0);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![2, 4]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [2, 4]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn retain<F>(&mut self, mut f: F) where F: FnMut(&T) -> bool {
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```rust
     /// let mut vec = vec!(1, 2);
     /// vec.push(3);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec!(1, 2, 3));
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```rust
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3];
     /// assert_eq!(vec.pop(), Some(3));
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
@@ -701,8 +701,8 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3];
     /// let mut vec2 = vec![4, 5, 6];
     /// vec.append(&mut vec2);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec2, vec![]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec2, []);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[unstable(feature = "collections",
@@ -1019,8 +1019,8 @@ impl<T> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut vec = vec![1,2,3];
     /// let vec2 = vec.split_off(1);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1]);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec2, vec![2, 3]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec2, [2, 3]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[unstable(feature = "collections",
@@ -1057,11 +1057,11 @@ impl<T: Clone> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut vec = vec!["hello"];
     /// vec.resize(3, "world");
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec!["hello", "world", "world"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, ["hello", "world", "world"]);
     ///
     /// let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
     /// vec.resize(2, 0);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2]);
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "collections",
                reason = "matches collection reform specification; waiting for dust to settle")]
@@ -1085,7 +1085,7 @@ impl<T: Clone> Vec<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let mut vec = vec![1];
     /// vec.push_all(&[2, 3, 4]);
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[unstable(feature = "collections",
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ impl<T: PartialEq> Vec<T> {
     ///
     /// vec.dedup();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 2]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 2]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn dedup(&mut self) {
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ mod tests {
             }
         }
 
-        assert!(values == vec![2, 3, 5, 6, 7]);
+        assert_eq!(values, [2, 3, 5, 6, 7]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ mod tests {
     fn test_retain() {
         let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
         vec.retain(|&x| x % 2 == 0);
-        assert!(vec == vec![2, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(vec, [2, 4]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2207,13 +2207,13 @@ mod tests {
             let a = [1, 2, 3];
             let ptr = a.as_ptr();
             let b = Vec::from_raw_buf(ptr, 3);
-            assert_eq!(b, vec![1, 2, 3]);
+            assert_eq!(b, [1, 2, 3]);
 
             // Test on-heap copy-from-buf.
             let c = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
             let ptr = c.as_ptr();
             let d = Vec::from_raw_buf(ptr, 5);
-            assert_eq!(d, vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
+            assert_eq!(d, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
         }
     }
 
@@ -2375,7 +2375,7 @@ mod tests {
         for i in vec {
             vec2.push(i);
         }
-        assert!(vec2 == vec![1, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(vec2, [1, 2, 3]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2385,7 +2385,7 @@ mod tests {
         for i in vec.into_iter().rev() {
             vec2.push(i);
         }
-        assert!(vec2 == vec![3, 2, 1]);
+        assert_eq!(vec2, [3, 2, 1]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2395,7 +2395,7 @@ mod tests {
         for i in vec {
             vec2.push(i);
         }
-        assert!(vec2 == vec![(), (), ()]);
+        assert_eq!(vec2, [(), (), ()]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2443,16 +2443,16 @@ mod tests {
         let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3];
         let mut vec2 = vec![4, 5, 6];
         vec.append(&mut vec2);
-        assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
-        assert_eq!(vec2, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(vec2, []);
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_split_off() {
         let mut vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6];
         let vec2 = vec.split_off(4);
-        assert_eq!(vec, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
-        assert_eq!(vec2, vec![5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(vec, [1, 2, 3, 4]);
+        assert_eq!(vec2, [5, 6]);
     }
 
     #[bench]
diff --git a/src/libcollections/vec_deque.rs b/src/libcollections/vec_deque.rs
index f65e644fa52..9476b98eb82 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/vec_deque.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/vec_deque.rs
@@ -2105,7 +2105,7 @@ mod tests {
         let mut d: VecDeque<_> = (0..5).collect();
         d.pop_front();
         d.swap(0, 3);
-        assert_eq!(d.iter().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>(), vec!(4, 2, 3, 1));
+        assert_eq!(d.iter().cloned().collect::<Vec<_>>(), [4, 2, 3, 1]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -2868,17 +2868,17 @@ mod tests {
 
         // normal append
         a.append(&mut b);
-        assert_eq!(a.iter().cloned().collect(), vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
-        assert_eq!(b.iter().cloned().collect(), vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(a.iter().cloned().collect(), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(b.iter().cloned().collect(), []);
 
         // append nothing to something
         a.append(&mut b);
-        assert_eq!(a.iter().cloned().collect(), vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
-        assert_eq!(b.iter().cloned().collect(), vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(a.iter().cloned().collect(), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(b.iter().cloned().collect(), []);
 
         // append something to nothing
         b.append(&mut a);
-        assert_eq!(b.iter().cloned().collect(), vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
-        assert_eq!(a.iter().cloned().collect(), vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(b.iter().cloned().collect(), [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]);
+        assert_eq!(a.iter().cloned().collect(), []);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libcollections/vec_map.rs b/src/libcollections/vec_map.rs
index d92249379fa..1c497c86dfd 100644
--- a/src/libcollections/vec_map.rs
+++ b/src/libcollections/vec_map.rs
@@ -308,7 +308,7 @@ impl<V> VecMap<V> {
     ///
     /// let vec: Vec<(usize, &str)> = map.into_iter().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![(1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [(1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")]);
     /// ```
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
     pub fn into_iter(self) -> IntoIter<V> {
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ impl<V> VecMap<V> {
     ///
     /// let vec: Vec<(usize, &str)> = map.drain().collect();
     ///
-    /// assert_eq!(vec, vec![(1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")]);
+    /// assert_eq!(vec, [(1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")]);
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "collections",
                reason = "matches collection reform specification, waiting for dust to settle")]
@@ -1226,7 +1226,7 @@ mod test_map {
 
         let vec: Vec<_> = map.drain().collect();
 
-        assert_eq!(vec, vec![(1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")]);
+        assert_eq!(vec, [(1, "a"), (2, "b"), (3, "c")]);
         assert_eq!(map.len(), 0);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libcore/iter.rs b/src/libcore/iter.rs
index 09089f2d04c..6d8e04d97dd 100644
--- a/src/libcore/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/iter.rs
@@ -582,8 +582,8 @@ pub trait IteratorExt: Iterator + Sized {
     /// ```
     /// let vec = vec![1, 2, 3, 4];
     /// let (even, odd): (Vec<_>, Vec<_>) = vec.into_iter().partition(|&n| n % 2 == 0);
-    /// assert_eq!(even, vec![2, 4]);
-    /// assert_eq!(odd, vec![1, 3]);
+    /// assert_eq!(even, [2, 4]);
+    /// assert_eq!(odd, [1, 3]);
     /// ```
     #[unstable(feature = "core",
                reason = "recently added as part of collections reform")]
diff --git a/src/libcore/option.rs b/src/libcore/option.rs
index abfef72a5db..1ecbd8fae8c 100644
--- a/src/libcore/option.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/option.rs
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ impl<T> Option<T> {
     /// ```
     /// let x = Some("string");
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = x.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec!["string"]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, ["string"]);
     ///
     /// let x = None;
     /// let v: Vec<&str> = x.into_iter().collect();
diff --git a/src/libcore/result.rs b/src/libcore/result.rs
index 23e936a75d7..bca73782491 100644
--- a/src/libcore/result.rs
+++ b/src/libcore/result.rs
@@ -548,11 +548,11 @@ impl<T, E> Result<T, E> {
     /// ```
     /// let x: Result<u32, &str> = Ok(5);
     /// let v: Vec<u32> = x.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![5]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, [5]);
     ///
     /// let x: Result<u32, &str> = Err("nothing!");
     /// let v: Vec<u32> = x.into_iter().collect();
-    /// assert_eq!(v, vec![]);
+    /// assert_eq!(v, []);
     /// ```
     #[inline]
     #[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
index 6cbc7bf1bbc..8a27400389f 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/iter.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ fn test_multi_iter() {
 fn test_counter_from_iter() {
     let it = count(0, 5).take(10);
     let xs: Vec<int> = FromIterator::from_iter(it);
-    assert!(xs == vec![0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45]);
+    assert_eq!(xs, [0, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45]);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ fn test_iterator_chain() {
 fn test_filter_map() {
     let it = count(0, 1).take(10)
         .filter_map(|x| if x % 2 == 0 { Some(x*x) } else { None });
-    assert!(it.collect::<Vec<uint>>() == vec![0*0, 2*2, 4*4, 6*6, 8*8]);
+    assert_eq!(it.collect::<Vec<uint>>(), [0*0, 2*2, 4*4, 6*6, 8*8]);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -730,12 +730,12 @@ fn test_random_access_cycle() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_double_ended_range() {
-    assert!((11..14).rev().collect::<Vec<_>>() == vec![13, 12, 11]);
+    assert_eq!((11..14).rev().collect::<Vec<_>>(), [13, 12, 11]);
     for _ in (10..0).rev() {
         panic!("unreachable");
     }
 
-    assert!((11..14).rev().collect::<Vec<_>>() == vec![13, 12, 11]);
+    assert_eq!((11..14).rev().collect::<Vec<_>>(), [13, 12, 11]);
     for _ in (10..0).rev() {
         panic!("unreachable");
     }
@@ -743,10 +743,9 @@ fn test_double_ended_range() {
 
 #[test]
 fn test_range() {
-    assert!((0..5).collect::<Vec<_>>() == vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
-    assert!((-10..-1).collect::<Vec<_>>() ==
-               vec![-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2]);
-    assert!((0..5).rev().collect::<Vec<_>>() == vec![4, 3, 2, 1, 0]);
+    assert_eq!((0..5).collect::<Vec<_>>(), [0, 1, 2, 3, 4]);
+    assert_eq!((-10..-1).collect::<Vec<_>>(), [-10, -9, -8, -7, -6, -5, -4, -3, -2]);
+    assert_eq!((0..5).rev().collect::<Vec<_>>(), [4, 3, 2, 1, 0]);
     assert_eq!((200..-5).count(), 0);
     assert_eq!((200..-5).rev().count(), 0);
     assert_eq!((200..200).count(), 0);
@@ -767,38 +766,28 @@ fn test_range_inclusive() {
             vec![5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0]);
     assert_eq!(range_inclusive(200, -5).count(), 0);
     assert_eq!(range_inclusive(200, -5).rev().count(), 0);
-    assert!(range_inclusive(200, 200).collect::<Vec<int>>() == vec![200]);
-    assert!(range_inclusive(200, 200).rev().collect::<Vec<int>>() == vec![200]);
+    assert_eq!(range_inclusive(200, 200).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [200]);
+    assert_eq!(range_inclusive(200, 200).rev().collect::<Vec<int>>(), [200]);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_range_step() {
-    assert!(range_step(0, 20, 5).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![0, 5, 10, 15]);
-    assert!(range_step(20, 0, -5).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![20, 15, 10, 5]);
-    assert!(range_step(20, 0, -6).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![20, 14, 8, 2]);
-    assert!(range_step(200u8, 255, 50).collect::<Vec<u8>>() ==
-            vec![200u8, 250]);
-    assert!(range_step(200, -5, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>() == vec![]);
-    assert!(range_step(200, 200, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>() == vec![]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step(0, 20, 5).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [0, 5, 10, 15]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step(20, 0, -5).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [20, 15, 10, 5]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step(20, 0, -6).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [20, 14, 8, 2]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step(200u8, 255, 50).collect::<Vec<u8>>(), [200u8, 250]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step(200i, -5, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>(), []);
+    assert_eq!(range_step(200i, 200, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>(), []);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_range_step_inclusive() {
-    assert!(range_step_inclusive(0, 20, 5).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![0, 5, 10, 15, 20]);
-    assert!(range_step_inclusive(20, 0, -5).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![20, 15, 10, 5, 0]);
-    assert!(range_step_inclusive(20, 0, -6).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![20, 14, 8, 2]);
-    assert!(range_step_inclusive(200u8, 255, 50).collect::<Vec<u8>>() ==
-            vec![200u8, 250]);
-    assert!(range_step_inclusive(200, -5, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![]);
-    assert!(range_step_inclusive(200, 200, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>() ==
-            vec![200]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step_inclusive(0, 20, 5).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [0, 5, 10, 15, 20]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step_inclusive(20, 0, -5).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [20, 15, 10, 5, 0]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step_inclusive(20, 0, -6).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [20, 14, 8, 2]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step_inclusive(200u8, 255, 50).collect::<Vec<u8>>(), [200u8, 250]);
+    assert_eq!(range_step_inclusive(200, -5, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>(), []);
+    assert_eq!(range_step_inclusive(200, 200, 1).collect::<Vec<int>>(), [200]);
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/mem.rs b/src/libcoretest/mem.rs
index 5aeb330b78b..73000670c61 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/mem.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/mem.rs
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ fn test_transmute() {
     }
 
     unsafe {
-        assert!(vec![76u8] == transmute::<_, Vec<u8>>("L".to_string()));
+        assert_eq!([76u8], transmute::<_, Vec<u8>>("L".to_string()));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/nonzero.rs b/src/libcoretest/nonzero.rs
index be4c83d23e8..f60570eaaf4 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/nonzero.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/nonzero.rs
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ fn test_match_option_empty_vec() {
 fn test_match_option_vec() {
     let a = Some(vec![1, 2, 3, 4]);
     match a {
-        Some(v) => assert_eq!(v, vec![1, 2, 3, 4]),
+        Some(v) => assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3, 4]),
         None => panic!("unexpected None while matching on Some(vec![1, 2, 3, 4])")
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/ptr.rs b/src/libcoretest/ptr.rs
index 57456bfb1a7..c8a54ef59ab 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/ptr.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/ptr.rs
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ fn test_ptr_subtraction() {
             m_ptr = m_ptr.offset(-1);
         }
 
-        assert!(xs_mut == vec![0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18]);
+        assert_eq!(xs_mut, [0,2,4,6,8,10,12,14,16,18]);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libcoretest/str.rs b/src/libcoretest/str.rs
index beb746d25b6..019f935911f 100644
--- a/src/libcoretest/str.rs
+++ b/src/libcoretest/str.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ fn test_pattern_deref_forward() {
 fn test_empty_match_indices() {
     let data = "aä中!";
     let vec: Vec<_> = data.match_indices("").collect();
-    assert_eq!(vec, vec![(0, 0), (1, 1), (3, 3), (6, 6), (7, 7)]);
+    assert_eq!(vec, [(0, 0), (1, 1), (3, 3), (6, 6), (7, 7)]);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -69,20 +69,20 @@ fn test_rsplitn_char_iterator() {
 
     let mut split: Vec<&str> = data.rsplitn(3, ' ').collect();
     split.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nMäry häd ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(split, ["\nMäry häd ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
 
     let mut split: Vec<&str> = data.rsplitn(3, |c: char| c == ' ').collect();
     split.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nMäry häd ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(split, ["\nMäry häd ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
 
     // Unicode
     let mut split: Vec<&str> = data.rsplitn(3, 'ä').collect();
     split.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nMäry häd ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(split, ["\nMäry häd ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
 
     let mut split: Vec<&str> = data.rsplitn(3, |c: char| c == 'ä').collect();
     split.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(split, vec!["\nMäry häd ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(split, ["\nMäry häd ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -90,33 +90,33 @@ fn test_split_char_iterator() {
     let data = "\nMäry häd ä little lämb\nLittle lämb\n";
 
     let split: Vec<&str> = data.split(' ').collect();
-    assert_eq!( split, vec!["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!( split, ["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
 
     let mut rsplit: Vec<&str> = data.split(' ').rev().collect();
     rsplit.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(rsplit, vec!["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(rsplit, ["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
 
     let split: Vec<&str> = data.split(|c: char| c == ' ').collect();
-    assert_eq!( split, vec!["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!( split, ["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
 
     let mut rsplit: Vec<&str> = data.split(|c: char| c == ' ').rev().collect();
     rsplit.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(rsplit, vec!["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(rsplit, ["\nMäry", "häd", "ä", "little", "lämb\nLittle", "lämb\n"]);
 
     // Unicode
     let split: Vec<&str> = data.split('ä').collect();
-    assert_eq!( split, vec!["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!( split, ["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
 
     let mut rsplit: Vec<&str> = data.split('ä').rev().collect();
     rsplit.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(rsplit, vec!["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(rsplit, ["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
 
     let split: Vec<&str> = data.split(|c: char| c == 'ä').collect();
-    assert_eq!( split, vec!["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!( split, ["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
 
     let mut rsplit: Vec<&str> = data.split(|c: char| c == 'ä').rev().collect();
     rsplit.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(rsplit, vec!["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
+    assert_eq!(rsplit, ["\nM", "ry h", "d ", " little l", "mb\nLittle l", "mb\n"]);
 }
 
 #[test]
@@ -125,18 +125,18 @@ fn test_rev_split_char_iterator_no_trailing() {
 
     let mut split: Vec<&str> = data.split('\n').rev().collect();
     split.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(split, vec!["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb", ""]);
+    assert_eq!(split, ["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb", ""]);
 
     let mut split: Vec<&str> = data.split_terminator('\n').rev().collect();
     split.reverse();
-    assert_eq!(split, vec!["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb"]);
+    assert_eq!(split, ["", "Märy häd ä little lämb", "Little lämb"]);
 }
 
 #[test]
 fn test_utf16_code_units() {
     use unicode::str::Utf16Encoder;
     assert_eq!(Utf16Encoder::new(vec!['é', '\u{1F4A9}'].into_iter()).collect::<Vec<u16>>(),
-               vec![0xE9, 0xD83D, 0xDCA9])
+               [0xE9, 0xD83D, 0xDCA9])
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/librbml/io.rs b/src/librbml/io.rs
index 230fda11ab5..c52465a8899 100644
--- a/src/librbml/io.rs
+++ b/src/librbml/io.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ fn combine(seek: SeekStyle, cur: uint, end: uint, offset: i64) -> IoResult<u64>
 /// let mut w = SeekableMemWriter::new();
 /// w.write(&[0, 1, 2]);
 ///
-/// assert_eq!(w.unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2));
+/// assert_eq!(w.unwrap(), [0, 1, 2]);
 /// ```
 pub struct SeekableMemWriter {
     buf: Vec<u8>,
diff --git a/src/librustc_driver/test.rs b/src/librustc_driver/test.rs
index cdcc9850e42..d9cedc48298 100644
--- a/src/librustc_driver/test.rs
+++ b/src/librustc_driver/test.rs
@@ -806,11 +806,11 @@ fn walk_ty() {
         let tup2_ty = ty::mk_tup(tcx, vec!(tup1_ty, tup1_ty, uint_ty));
         let uniq_ty = ty::mk_uniq(tcx, tup2_ty);
         let walked: Vec<_> = uniq_ty.walk().collect();
-        assert_eq!(vec!(uniq_ty,
-                        tup2_ty,
-                        tup1_ty, int_ty, uint_ty, int_ty, uint_ty,
-                        tup1_ty, int_ty, uint_ty, int_ty, uint_ty,
-                        uint_ty),
+        assert_eq!([uniq_ty,
+                    tup2_ty,
+                    tup1_ty, int_ty, uint_ty, int_ty, uint_ty,
+                    tup1_ty, int_ty, uint_ty, int_ty, uint_ty,
+                    uint_ty],
                    walked);
     })
 }
diff --git a/src/libserialize/json.rs b/src/libserialize/json.rs
index a0f42815b43..05d4e0f59fe 100644
--- a/src/libserialize/json.rs
+++ b/src/libserialize/json.rs
@@ -3074,19 +3074,19 @@ mod tests {
     #[test]
     fn test_decode_array() {
         let v: Vec<()> = super::decode("[]").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![]);
+        assert_eq!(v, []);
 
         let v: Vec<()> = super::decode("[null]").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![()]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [()]);
 
         let v: Vec<bool> = super::decode("[true]").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![true]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [true]);
 
         let v: Vec<int> = super::decode("[3, 1]").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![3, 1]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [3, 1]);
 
         let v: Vec<Vec<uint>> = super::decode("[[3], [1, 2]]").unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(v, vec![vec![3], vec![1, 2]]);
+        assert_eq!(v, [vec![3], vec![1, 2]]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libstd/old_io/extensions.rs b/src/libstd/old_io/extensions.rs
index c2a6c515acc..8bd19f063f0 100644
--- a/src/libstd/old_io/extensions.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/old_io/extensions.rs
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ mod test {
     fn read_bytes() {
         let mut reader = MemReader::new(vec!(10, 11, 12, 13));
         let bytes = reader.read_exact(4).unwrap();
-        assert!(bytes == vec!(10, 11, 12, 13));
+        assert_eq!(bytes, [10, 11, 12, 13]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ mod test {
             count: 0,
         };
         let bytes = reader.read_exact(4).unwrap();
-        assert!(bytes == vec!(10, 11, 12, 13));
+        assert_eq!(bytes, [10, 11, 12, 13]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut reader = MemReader::new(vec![10, 11, 12, 13]);
         let mut buf = vec![8, 9];
         assert!(reader.push_at_least(4, 4, &mut buf).is_ok());
-        assert!(buf == vec![8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]);
+        assert_eq!(buf, [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ mod test {
         };
         let mut buf = vec![8, 9];
         assert!(reader.push_at_least(4, 4, &mut buf).is_ok());
-        assert!(buf == vec![8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]);
+        assert_eq!(buf, [8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut reader = MemReader::new(vec![10, 11]);
         let mut buf = vec![8, 9];
         assert!(reader.push_at_least(4, 4, &mut buf).is_err());
-        assert!(buf == vec![8, 9, 10, 11]);
+        assert_eq!(buf, [8, 9, 10, 11]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -379,7 +379,7 @@ mod test {
         };
         let mut buf = vec![8, 9];
         assert!(reader.push_at_least(4, 4, &mut buf).is_err());
-        assert!(buf == vec![8, 9, 10]);
+        assert_eq!(buf, [8, 9, 10]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ mod test {
             count: 0,
         };
         let buf = reader.read_to_end().unwrap();
-        assert!(buf == vec!(10, 11, 12, 13));
+        assert_eq!(buf, [10, 11, 12, 13]);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ mod test {
             count: 0,
         };
         let buf = reader.read_to_end().unwrap();
-        assert!(buf == vec!(10, 11));
+        assert_eq!(buf, [10, 11]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libstd/old_io/mem.rs b/src/libstd/old_io/mem.rs
index 1fd527014a3..c08a2c1f477 100644
--- a/src/libstd/old_io/mem.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/old_io/mem.rs
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ impl Writer for Vec<u8> {
 /// let mut w = MemWriter::new();
 /// w.write(&[0, 1, 2]);
 ///
-/// assert_eq!(w.into_inner(), vec!(0, 1, 2));
+/// assert_eq!(w.into_inner(), [0, 1, 2]);
 /// ```
 #[unstable(feature = "io")]
 #[deprecated(since = "1.0.0",
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ impl Writer for MemWriter {
 ///
 /// let mut r = MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2));
 ///
-/// assert_eq!(r.read_to_end().unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2));
+/// assert_eq!(r.read_to_end().unwrap(), [0, 1, 2]);
 /// ```
 pub struct MemReader {
     buf: Vec<u8>,
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ impl<'a> Seek for BufWriter<'a> {
 /// let buf = [0, 1, 2, 3];
 /// let mut r = BufReader::new(&buf);
 ///
-/// assert_eq!(r.read_to_end().unwrap(), vec![0, 1, 2, 3]);
+/// assert_eq!(r.read_to_end().unwrap(), [0, 1, 2, 3]);
 /// ```
 pub struct BufReader<'a> {
     buf: &'a [u8],
@@ -504,8 +504,8 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(&buf[..3], b);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
         let mut reader = MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7));
-        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2, 3));
-        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(4, 5, 6, 7));
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), [0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), [4, 5, 6, 7]);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
     }
 
@@ -530,8 +530,8 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(&buf[..3], b);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
         let mut reader = &mut &*in_buf;
-        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2, 3));
-        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(4, 5, 6, 7));
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), [0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), [4, 5, 6, 7]);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
     }
 
@@ -557,8 +557,8 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(&buf[..3], b);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
         let mut reader = BufReader::new(&in_buf);
-        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2, 3));
-        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), vec!(4, 5, 6, 7));
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), [0, 1, 2, 3]);
+        assert_eq!(reader.read_until(3).unwrap(), [4, 5, 6, 7]);
         assert!(reader.read(&mut buf).is_err());
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/old_io/result.rs b/src/libstd/old_io/result.rs
index f42cb6ce8c9..cdf2bae1cba 100644
--- a/src/libstd/old_io/result.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/old_io/result.rs
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut writer: old_io::IoResult<Vec<u8>> = Ok(Vec::new());
         writer.write_all(&[0, 1, 2]).unwrap();
         writer.flush().unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(writer.unwrap(), vec!(0, 1, 2));
+        assert_eq!(writer.unwrap(), [0, 1, 2]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libstd/old_io/util.rs b/src/libstd/old_io/util.rs
index 5ae239014d1..8e49335ed54 100644
--- a/src/libstd/old_io/util.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/old_io/util.rs
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut r = MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2));
         {
             let mut r = LimitReader::new(r.by_ref(), 4);
-            assert_eq!(vec!(0, 1, 2), r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+            assert_eq!([0, 1, 2], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
         }
     }
 
@@ -293,9 +293,9 @@ mod test {
         let mut r = MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2));
         {
             let mut r = LimitReader::new(r.by_ref(), 2);
-            assert_eq!(vec!(0, 1), r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+            assert_eq!([0, 1], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
         }
-        assert_eq!(vec!(2), r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!([2], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(3, r.limit());
         assert_eq!(0, r.read_byte().unwrap());
         assert_eq!(2, r.limit());
-        assert_eq!(vec!(1, 2), r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!([1, 2], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
         assert_eq!(0, r.limit());
     }
 
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut r = MemReader::new(vec![0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]);
         let mut r = LimitReader::new(r.by_ref(), 1);
         r.consume(2);
-        assert_eq!(vec![], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!([], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut s = ZeroReader;
         let mut buf = vec![1, 2, 3];
         assert_eq!(s.read(&mut buf), Ok(3));
-        assert_eq!(vec![0, 0, 0], buf);
+        assert_eq!([0, 0, 0], buf);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -373,16 +373,16 @@ mod test {
         let rs = vec!(MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1)), MemReader::new(vec!()),
                       MemReader::new(vec!(2, 3)));
         let mut r = ChainedReader::new(rs.into_iter());
-        assert_eq!(vec!(0, 1, 2, 3), r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!([0, 1, 2, 3], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_tee_reader() {
         let mut r = TeeReader::new(MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2)),
                                    Vec::new());
-        assert_eq!(vec!(0, 1, 2), r.read_to_end().unwrap());
+        assert_eq!([0, 1, 2], r.read_to_end().unwrap());
         let (_, w) = r.into_inner();
-        assert_eq!(vec!(0, 1, 2), w);
+        assert_eq!([0, 1, 2], w);
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ mod test {
         let mut r = MemReader::new(vec!(0, 1, 2, 3, 4));
         let mut w = Vec::new();
         copy(&mut r, &mut w).unwrap();
-        assert_eq!(vec!(0, 1, 2, 3, 4), w);
+        assert_eq!([0, 1, 2, 3, 4], w);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libstd/sys/common/wtf8.rs b/src/libstd/sys/common/wtf8.rs
index 9119a3c60d8..fb9d6fef1fa 100644
--- a/src/libstd/sys/common/wtf8.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/sys/common/wtf8.rs
@@ -1202,11 +1202,11 @@ mod tests {
             string.code_points().map(|c| c.to_char()).collect::<Vec<_>>()
         }
         let mut string = Wtf8Buf::from_str("é ");
-        assert_eq!(cp(&string), vec![Some('é'), Some(' ')]);
+        assert_eq!(cp(&string), [Some('é'), Some(' ')]);
         string.push(c(0xD83D));
-        assert_eq!(cp(&string), vec![Some('é'), Some(' '), None]);
+        assert_eq!(cp(&string), [Some('é'), Some(' '), None]);
         string.push(c(0xDCA9));
-        assert_eq!(cp(&string), vec![Some('é'), Some(' '), Some('💩')]);
+        assert_eq!(cp(&string), [Some('é'), Some(' '), Some('💩')]);
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index bc239d0c7c2..91bfe6f32dc 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@ foo_module!();
         let renamed_crate = renamer.fold_crate(the_crate);
         let idents = crate_idents(&renamed_crate);
         let resolved : Vec<ast::Name> = idents.iter().map(|id| mtwt::resolve(*id)).collect();
-        assert_eq!(resolved,vec!(f_ident.name,Name(16),int_ident.name,Name(16),Name(16),Name(16)));
+        assert_eq!(resolved, [f_ident.name,Name(16),int_ident.name,Name(16),Name(16),Name(16)]);
     }
 
     // test the PatIdentRenamer; only PatIdents get renamed
@@ -2044,8 +2044,6 @@ foo_module!();
         let idents = crate_idents(&renamed_crate);
         let resolved : Vec<ast::Name> = idents.iter().map(|id| mtwt::resolve(*id)).collect();
         let x_name = x_ident.name;
-        assert_eq!(resolved,vec!(f_ident.name,Name(16),int_ident.name,Name(16),x_name,x_name));
+        assert_eq!(resolved, [f_ident.name,Name(16),int_ident.name,Name(16),x_name,x_name]);
     }
-
-
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/mtwt.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/mtwt.rs
index b6563d77b88..72431d8e6aa 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/mtwt.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/mtwt.rs
@@ -288,19 +288,19 @@ mod tests {
     fn xorpush_test () {
         let mut s = Vec::new();
         xor_push(&mut s, 14);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14));
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), [14]);
         xor_push(&mut s, 14);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), Vec::new());
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), []);
         xor_push(&mut s, 14);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14));
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), [14]);
         xor_push(&mut s, 15);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14, 15));
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), [14, 15]);
         xor_push(&mut s, 16);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14, 15, 16));
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), [14, 15, 16]);
         xor_push(&mut s, 16);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14, 15));
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), [14, 15]);
         xor_push(&mut s, 15);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14));
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), [14]);
     }
 
     fn id(n: u32, s: SyntaxContext) -> Ident {
@@ -389,13 +389,13 @@ mod tests {
         assert_eq!(marksof_internal (EMPTY_CTXT,stopname,&t),Vec::new());
         // FIXME #5074: ANF'd to dodge nested calls
         { let ans = unfold_marks(vec!(4,98),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans,stopname,&t),vec!(4,98));}
+         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans,stopname,&t), [4, 98]);}
         // does xoring work?
         { let ans = unfold_marks(vec!(5,5,16),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans,stopname,&t), vec!(16));}
+         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans,stopname,&t), [16]);}
         // does nested xoring work?
         { let ans = unfold_marks(vec!(5,10,10,5,16),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans, stopname,&t), vec!(16));}
+         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans, stopname,&t), [16]);}
         // rename where stop doesn't match:
         { let chain = vec!(M(9),
                         R(id(name1.usize() as u32,
@@ -403,7 +403,7 @@ mod tests {
                           Name(100101102)),
                         M(14));
          let ans = unfold_test_sc(chain,EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans, stopname, &t), vec!(9,14));}
+         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans, stopname, &t), [9, 14]);}
         // rename where stop does match
         { let name1sc = apply_mark_internal(4, EMPTY_CTXT, &mut t);
          let chain = vec!(M(9),
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ mod tests {
                          stopname),
                        M(14));
          let ans = unfold_test_sc(chain,EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans, stopname, &t), vec!(9)); }
+         assert_eq! (marksof_internal (ans, stopname, &t), [9]); }
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs b/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs
index 0a39d380904..90df23882a1 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs
@@ -229,10 +229,10 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(Vec::new(), v);
 
         let v = SmallVector::one(1);
-        assert_eq!(vec![1], v.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>());
+        assert_eq!([1], v.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>());
 
         let v = SmallVector::many(vec![1, 2, 3]);
-        assert_eq!(vec!(1, 2, 3), v.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>());
+        assert_eq!([1, 2, 3], v.into_iter().collect::<Vec<_>>());
     }
 
     #[test]
diff --git a/src/libterm/terminfo/parm.rs b/src/libterm/terminfo/parm.rs
index 0b577f8de74..112525fcce9 100644
--- a/src/libterm/terminfo/parm.rs
+++ b/src/libterm/terminfo/parm.rs
@@ -652,15 +652,15 @@ mod test {
             let s = format!("%{{1}}%{{2}}%{}%d", op);
             let res = expand(s.as_bytes(), &[], &mut Variables::new());
             assert!(res.is_ok(), res.err().unwrap());
-            assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), vec!(b'0' + bs[0]));
+            assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), [b'0' + bs[0]]);
             let s = format!("%{{1}}%{{1}}%{}%d", op);
             let res = expand(s.as_bytes(), &[], &mut Variables::new());
             assert!(res.is_ok(), res.err().unwrap());
-            assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), vec!(b'0' + bs[1]));
+            assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), [b'0' + bs[1]]);
             let s = format!("%{{2}}%{{1}}%{}%d", op);
             let res = expand(s.as_bytes(), &[], &mut Variables::new());
             assert!(res.is_ok(), res.err().unwrap());
-            assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), vec!(b'0' + bs[2]));
+            assert_eq!(res.unwrap(), [b'0' + bs[2]]);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/auto-ref-sliceable.rs b/src/test/run-pass/auto-ref-sliceable.rs
index 652f21c2ae3..d2e9bc2efe7 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/auto-ref-sliceable.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/auto-ref-sliceable.rs
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ pub fn main() {
     let mut v = vec!(1);
     v.push_val(2);
     v.push_val(3);
-    assert_eq!(v, vec!(1, 2, 3));
+    assert_eq!(v, [1, 2, 3]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-arg.rs b/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-arg.rs
index f87f2e07c9d..2473b4b674e 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-arg.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-arg.rs
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ fn bar(v: &mut [uint]) {
 pub fn main() {
     let mut the_vec = vec!(1, 2, 3, 100);
     bar(&mut the_vec);
-    assert_eq!(the_vec, vec!(100, 3, 2, 1));
+    assert_eq!(the_vec, [100, 3, 2, 1]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-rcvr.rs b/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-rcvr.rs
index 4f97e6a2081..ea09bb3904d 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-rcvr.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/coerce-reborrow-mut-vec-rcvr.rs
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ fn bar(v: &mut [uint]) {
 pub fn main() {
     let mut the_vec = vec!(1, 2, 3, 100);
     bar(&mut the_vec);
-    assert_eq!(the_vec, vec!(100, 3, 2, 1));
+    assert_eq!(the_vec, [100, 3, 2, 1]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/generic-static-methods.rs b/src/test/run-pass/generic-static-methods.rs
index 7f84efcdd5d..010f54dd559 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/generic-static-methods.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/generic-static-methods.rs
@@ -24,5 +24,5 @@ impl<T> vec_utils<T> for Vec<T> {
 }
 
 pub fn main() {
-    assert_eq!(vec_utils::map_(&vec!(1,2,3), |&x| x+1), vec!(2,3,4));
+    assert_eq!(vec_utils::map_(&vec!(1,2,3), |&x| x+1), [2,3,4]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/monad.rs b/src/test/run-pass/monad.rs
index 457c0a35fd7..0d563f1a714 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/monad.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/monad.rs
@@ -44,11 +44,11 @@ fn transform(x: Option<int>) -> Option<String> {
 pub fn main() {
     assert_eq!(transform(Some(10)), Some("11".to_string()));
     assert_eq!(transform(None), None);
-    assert!((vec!("hi".to_string()))
+    assert_eq!((vec!("hi".to_string()))
         .bind(|x| vec!(x.clone(), format!("{}!", x)) )
-        .bind(|x| vec!(x.clone(), format!("{}?", x)) ) ==
-        vec!("hi".to_string(),
-             "hi?".to_string(),
-             "hi!".to_string(),
-             "hi!?".to_string()));
+        .bind(|x| vec!(x.clone(), format!("{}?", x)) ),
+        ["hi".to_string(),
+         "hi?".to_string(),
+         "hi!".to_string(),
+         "hi!?".to_string()]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/trait-generic.rs b/src/test/run-pass/trait-generic.rs
index 5f4b18df6e1..0dedf621a4f 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/trait-generic.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/trait-generic.rs
@@ -44,9 +44,9 @@ fn bar<U:to_str,T:map<U>>(x: T) -> Vec<String> {
 }
 
 pub fn main() {
-    assert_eq!(foo(vec!(1)), vec!("hi".to_string()));
-    assert_eq!(bar::<int, Vec<int> >(vec!(4, 5)), vec!("4".to_string(), "5".to_string()));
+    assert_eq!(foo(vec!(1)), ["hi".to_string()]);
+    assert_eq!(bar::<int, Vec<int> >(vec!(4, 5)), ["4".to_string(), "5".to_string()]);
     assert_eq!(bar::<String, Vec<String> >(vec!("x".to_string(), "y".to_string())),
-               vec!("x".to_string(), "y".to_string()));
-    assert_eq!(bar::<(), Vec<()>>(vec!(())), vec!("()".to_string()));
+               ["x".to_string(), "y".to_string()]);
+    assert_eq!(bar::<(), Vec<()>>(vec!(())), ["()".to_string()]);
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/unboxed-closures-infer-upvar.rs b/src/test/run-pass/unboxed-closures-infer-upvar.rs
index 087ef5dcf05..1401fe7470b 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/unboxed-closures-infer-upvar.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/unboxed-closures-infer-upvar.rs
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@ fn f<F: FnMut()>(mut f: F) {
 fn main() {
     let mut v: Vec<_> = vec![];
     f(|| v.push(0));
-    assert_eq!(v, vec![0]);
+    assert_eq!(v, [0]);
 }