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-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/abi.rs5
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ast.rs98
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ast_map.rs8
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs110
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/attr.rs10
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/codemap.rs17
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/crateid.rs6
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/asm.rs6
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs26
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs230
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/bytes.rs2
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/cfg.rs2
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/concat_idents.rs4
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/clone.rs26
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs14
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/ord.rs14
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totaleq.rs14
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totalord.rs20
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/decodable.rs51
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/default.rs19
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/encodable.rs51
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/generic.rs98
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/hash.rs18
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/primitive.rs35
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs38
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/show.rs24
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/ty.rs28
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/zero.rs22
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs88
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/format.rs161
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs104
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/registrar.rs4
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs30
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs15
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/ext/tt/transcribe.rs12
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/fold.rs8
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/opt_vec.rs18
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs24
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/parse/comments.rs36
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs18
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs66
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs247
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs6
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/print/pp.rs18
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs18
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/util/interner.rs8
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/util/parser_testing.rs12
-rw-r--r--src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs24
48 files changed, 934 insertions, 979 deletions
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/abi.rs b/src/libsyntax/abi.rs
index 861cd8ae7d3..eda71552765 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/abi.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/abi.rs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 use std::fmt;
+use std::vec_ng::Vec;
 use std::fmt::Show;
 
 #[deriving(Eq)]
@@ -117,7 +118,7 @@ pub fn lookup(name: &str) -> Option<Abi> {
     res
 }
 
-pub fn all_names() -> ~[&'static str] {
+pub fn all_names() -> Vec<&'static str> {
     AbiDatas.map(|d| d.name)
 }
 
@@ -232,7 +233,7 @@ impl AbiSet {
     }
 
     pub fn check_valid(&self) -> Option<(Abi, Abi)> {
-        let mut abis = ~[];
+        let mut abis = Vec::new();
         self.each(|abi| { abis.push(abi); true });
 
         for (i, abi) in abis.iter().enumerate() {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
index f6dca713e71..deb125a935d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast.rs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub type SyntaxContext = u32;
 // it should cut down on memory use *a lot*; applying a mark
 // to a tree containing 50 identifiers would otherwise generate
 pub struct SCTable {
-    table: RefCell<~[SyntaxContext_]>,
+    table: RefCell<Vec<SyntaxContext_> >,
     mark_memo: RefCell<HashMap<(SyntaxContext,Mrk),SyntaxContext>>,
     rename_memo: RefCell<HashMap<(SyntaxContext,Ident,Name),SyntaxContext>>,
 }
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ pub struct Path {
     /// module (like paths in an import).
     global: bool,
     /// The segments in the path: the things separated by `::`.
-    segments: ~[PathSegment],
+    segments: Vec<PathSegment> ,
 }
 
 /// A segment of a path: an identifier, an optional lifetime, and a set of
@@ -288,12 +288,12 @@ pub enum DefRegion {
 
 // The set of MetaItems that define the compilation environment of the crate,
 // used to drive conditional compilation
-pub type CrateConfig = ~[@MetaItem];
+pub type CrateConfig = Vec<@MetaItem> ;
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Crate {
     module: Mod,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     config: CrateConfig,
     span: Span,
 }
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ pub type MetaItem = Spanned<MetaItem_>;
 #[deriving(Clone, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub enum MetaItem_ {
     MetaWord(InternedString),
-    MetaList(InternedString, ~[@MetaItem]),
+    MetaList(InternedString, Vec<@MetaItem> ),
     MetaNameValue(InternedString, Lit),
 }
 
@@ -334,8 +334,8 @@ impl Eq for MetaItem_ {
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Block {
-    view_items: ~[ViewItem],
-    stmts: ~[@Stmt],
+    view_items: Vec<ViewItem> ,
+    stmts: Vec<@Stmt> ,
     expr: Option<@Expr>,
     id: NodeId,
     rules: BlockCheckMode,
@@ -373,17 +373,17 @@ pub enum Pat_ {
     // records this pattern's NodeId in an auxiliary
     // set (of "pat_idents that refer to nullary enums")
     PatIdent(BindingMode, Path, Option<@Pat>),
-    PatEnum(Path, Option<~[@Pat]>), /* "none" means a * pattern where
+    PatEnum(Path, Option<Vec<@Pat> >), /* "none" means a * pattern where
                                      * we don't bind the fields to names */
-    PatStruct(Path, ~[FieldPat], bool),
-    PatTup(~[@Pat]),
+    PatStruct(Path, Vec<FieldPat> , bool),
+    PatTup(Vec<@Pat> ),
     PatUniq(@Pat),
     PatRegion(@Pat), // reference pattern
     PatLit(@Expr),
     PatRange(@Expr, @Expr),
     // [a, b, ..i, y, z] is represented as
     // PatVec(~[a, b], Some(i), ~[y, z])
-    PatVec(~[@Pat], Option<@Pat>, ~[@Pat])
+    PatVec(Vec<@Pat> , Option<@Pat>, Vec<@Pat> )
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ pub enum Decl_ {
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Arm {
-    pats: ~[@Pat],
+    pats: Vec<@Pat> ,
     guard: Option<@Expr>,
     body: P<Block>,
 }
@@ -526,10 +526,10 @@ pub enum Expr_ {
     ExprVstore(@Expr, ExprVstore),
     // First expr is the place; second expr is the value.
     ExprBox(@Expr, @Expr),
-    ExprVec(~[@Expr], Mutability),
-    ExprCall(@Expr, ~[@Expr]),
-    ExprMethodCall(Ident, ~[P<Ty>], ~[@Expr]),
-    ExprTup(~[@Expr]),
+    ExprVec(Vec<@Expr> , Mutability),
+    ExprCall(@Expr, Vec<@Expr> ),
+    ExprMethodCall(Ident, Vec<P<Ty>> , Vec<@Expr> ),
+    ExprTup(Vec<@Expr> ),
     ExprBinary(BinOp, @Expr, @Expr),
     ExprUnary(UnOp, @Expr),
     ExprLit(@Lit),
@@ -541,14 +541,14 @@ pub enum Expr_ {
     // Conditionless loop (can be exited with break, cont, or ret)
     // FIXME #6993: change to Option<Name>
     ExprLoop(P<Block>, Option<Ident>),
-    ExprMatch(@Expr, ~[Arm]),
+    ExprMatch(@Expr, Vec<Arm> ),
     ExprFnBlock(P<FnDecl>, P<Block>),
     ExprProc(P<FnDecl>, P<Block>),
     ExprBlock(P<Block>),
 
     ExprAssign(@Expr, @Expr),
     ExprAssignOp(BinOp, @Expr, @Expr),
-    ExprField(@Expr, Ident, ~[P<Ty>]),
+    ExprField(@Expr, Ident, Vec<P<Ty>> ),
     ExprIndex(@Expr, @Expr),
 
     /// Expression that looks like a "name". For example,
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ pub enum Expr_ {
     ExprMac(Mac),
 
     // A struct literal expression.
-    ExprStruct(Path, ~[Field], Option<@Expr> /* base */),
+    ExprStruct(Path, Vec<Field> , Option<@Expr> /* base */),
 
     // A vector literal constructed from one repeated element.
     ExprRepeat(@Expr /* element */, @Expr /* count */, Mutability),
@@ -600,14 +600,14 @@ pub enum TokenTree {
     TTTok(Span, ::parse::token::Token),
     // a delimited sequence (the delimiters appear as the first
     // and last elements of the vector)
-    TTDelim(@~[TokenTree]),
+    TTDelim(@Vec<TokenTree> ),
 
     // These only make sense for right-hand-sides of MBE macros:
 
     // a kleene-style repetition sequence with a span, a TTForest,
     // an optional separator, and a boolean where true indicates
     // zero or more (..), and false indicates one or more (+).
-    TTSeq(Span, @~[TokenTree], Option<::parse::token::Token>, bool),
+    TTSeq(Span, @Vec<TokenTree> , Option<::parse::token::Token>, bool),
 
     // a syntactic variable that will be filled in by macro expansion.
     TTNonterminal(Span, Ident)
@@ -673,7 +673,7 @@ pub enum Matcher_ {
     MatchTok(::parse::token::Token),
     // match repetitions of a sequence: body, separator, zero ok?,
     // lo, hi position-in-match-array used:
-    MatchSeq(~[Matcher], Option<::parse::token::Token>, bool, uint, uint),
+    MatchSeq(Vec<Matcher> , Option<::parse::token::Token>, bool, uint, uint),
     // parse a Rust NT: name to bind, name of NT, position in match array:
     MatchNonterminal(Ident, Ident, uint)
 }
@@ -686,7 +686,7 @@ pub type Mac = Spanned<Mac_>;
 // There's only one flavor, now, so this could presumably be simplified.
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub enum Mac_ {
-    MacInvocTT(Path, ~[TokenTree], SyntaxContext),   // new macro-invocation
+    MacInvocTT(Path, Vec<TokenTree> , SyntaxContext),   // new macro-invocation
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ pub type Lit = Spanned<Lit_>;
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub enum Lit_ {
     LitStr(InternedString, StrStyle),
-    LitBinary(Rc<~[u8]>),
+    LitBinary(Rc<Vec<u8> >),
     LitChar(u32),
     LitInt(i64, IntTy),
     LitUint(u64, UintTy),
@@ -729,7 +729,7 @@ pub struct TypeField {
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct TypeMethod {
     ident: Ident,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     purity: Purity,
     decl: P<FnDecl>,
     generics: Generics,
@@ -858,7 +858,7 @@ pub enum Ty_ {
     TyRptr(Option<Lifetime>, MutTy),
     TyClosure(@ClosureTy),
     TyBareFn(@BareFnTy),
-    TyTup(~[P<Ty>]),
+    TyTup(Vec<P<Ty>> ),
     TyPath(Path, Option<OptVec<TyParamBound>>, NodeId), // for #7264; see above
     TyTypeof(@Expr),
     // TyInfer means the type should be inferred instead of it having been
@@ -878,8 +878,8 @@ pub struct InlineAsm {
     asm: InternedString,
     asm_str_style: StrStyle,
     clobbers: InternedString,
-    inputs: ~[(InternedString, @Expr)],
-    outputs: ~[(InternedString, @Expr)],
+    inputs: Vec<(InternedString, @Expr)> ,
+    outputs: Vec<(InternedString, @Expr)> ,
     volatile: bool,
     alignstack: bool,
     dialect: AsmDialect
@@ -914,7 +914,7 @@ impl Arg {
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct FnDecl {
-    inputs: ~[Arg],
+    inputs: Vec<Arg> ,
     output: P<Ty>,
     cf: RetStyle,
     variadic: bool
@@ -957,7 +957,7 @@ pub type ExplicitSelf = Spanned<ExplicitSelf_>;
 #[deriving(Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Method {
     ident: Ident,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     generics: Generics,
     explicit_self: ExplicitSelf,
     purity: Purity,
@@ -970,15 +970,15 @@ pub struct Method {
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Mod {
-    view_items: ~[ViewItem],
-    items: ~[@Item],
+    view_items: Vec<ViewItem> ,
+    items: Vec<@Item> ,
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct ForeignMod {
     abis: AbiSet,
-    view_items: ~[ViewItem],
-    items: ~[@ForeignItem],
+    view_items: Vec<ViewItem> ,
+    items: Vec<@ForeignItem> ,
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
@@ -989,19 +989,19 @@ pub struct VariantArg {
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub enum VariantKind {
-    TupleVariantKind(~[VariantArg]),
+    TupleVariantKind(Vec<VariantArg> ),
     StructVariantKind(@StructDef),
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct EnumDef {
-    variants: ~[P<Variant>],
+    variants: Vec<P<Variant>> ,
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Variant_ {
     name: Ident,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     kind: VariantKind,
     id: NodeId,
     disr_expr: Option<@Expr>,
@@ -1034,13 +1034,13 @@ pub enum ViewPath_ {
     ViewPathGlob(Path, NodeId),
 
     // foo::bar::{a,b,c}
-    ViewPathList(Path, ~[PathListIdent], NodeId)
+    ViewPathList(Path, Vec<PathListIdent> , NodeId)
 }
 
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct ViewItem {
     node: ViewItem_,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     vis: Visibility,
     span: Span,
 }
@@ -1052,7 +1052,7 @@ pub enum ViewItem_ {
     // (containing arbitrary characters) from which to fetch the crate sources
     // For example, extern crate whatever = "github.com/mozilla/rust"
     ViewItemExternMod(Ident, Option<(InternedString,StrStyle)>, NodeId),
-    ViewItemUse(~[@ViewPath]),
+    ViewItemUse(Vec<@ViewPath> ),
 }
 
 // Meta-data associated with an item
@@ -1109,7 +1109,7 @@ pub struct StructField_ {
     kind: StructFieldKind,
     id: NodeId,
     ty: P<Ty>,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
 }
 
 pub type StructField = Spanned<StructField_>;
@@ -1122,7 +1122,7 @@ pub enum StructFieldKind {
 
 #[deriving(Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct StructDef {
-    fields: ~[StructField], /* fields, not including ctor */
+    fields: Vec<StructField> , /* fields, not including ctor */
     /* ID of the constructor. This is only used for tuple- or enum-like
      * structs. */
     ctor_id: Option<NodeId>
@@ -1135,7 +1135,7 @@ pub struct StructDef {
 #[deriving(Clone, Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct Item {
     ident: Ident,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     id: NodeId,
     node: Item_,
     vis: Visibility,
@@ -1151,11 +1151,11 @@ pub enum Item_ {
     ItemTy(P<Ty>, Generics),
     ItemEnum(EnumDef, Generics),
     ItemStruct(@StructDef, Generics),
-    ItemTrait(Generics, ~[TraitRef], ~[TraitMethod]),
+    ItemTrait(Generics, Vec<TraitRef> , Vec<TraitMethod> ),
     ItemImpl(Generics,
              Option<TraitRef>, // (optional) trait this impl implements
              P<Ty>, // self
-             ~[@Method]),
+             Vec<@Method> ),
     // a macro invocation (which includes macro definition)
     ItemMac(Mac),
 }
@@ -1163,7 +1163,7 @@ pub enum Item_ {
 #[deriving(Eq, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub struct ForeignItem {
     ident: Ident,
-    attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
     node: ForeignItem_,
     id: NodeId,
     span: Span,
@@ -1205,9 +1205,9 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn check_asts_encodable() {
         let e = Crate {
-            module: Mod {view_items: ~[], items: ~[]},
-            attrs: ~[],
-            config: ~[],
+            module: Mod {view_items: Vec::new(), items: Vec::new()},
+            attrs: Vec::new(),
+            config: Vec::new(),
             span: Span {
                 lo: BytePos(10),
                 hi: BytePos(20),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast_map.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast_map.rs
index 31c258b36c0..2c2b4a6535d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast_map.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast_map.rs
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ enum MapEntry {
 }
 
 struct InlinedParent {
-    path: ~[PathElem],
+    path: Vec<PathElem> ,
     // Required by NodeTraitMethod and NodeMethod.
     def_id: DefId
 }
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ pub struct Map {
     ///
     /// Also, indexing is pretty quick when you've got a vector and
     /// plain old integers.
-    priv map: RefCell<~[MapEntry]>
+    priv map: RefCell<Vec<MapEntry> >
 }
 
 impl Map {
@@ -522,7 +522,7 @@ impl<'a, F: FoldOps> Folder for Ctx<'a, F> {
 }
 
 pub fn map_crate<F: FoldOps>(krate: Crate, fold_ops: F) -> (Crate, Map) {
-    let map = Map { map: RefCell::new(~[]) };
+    let map = Map { map: RefCell::new(Vec::new()) };
     let krate = {
         let mut cx = Ctx {
             map: &map,
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ pub fn map_crate<F: FoldOps>(krate: Crate, fold_ops: F) -> (Crate, Map) {
 // crate.  The `path` should be the path to the item but should not include
 // the item itself.
 pub fn map_decoded_item<F: FoldOps>(map: &Map,
-                                    path: ~[PathElem],
+                                    path: Vec<PathElem> ,
                                     fold_ops: F,
                                     fold: |&mut Ctx<F>| -> InlinedItem)
                                     -> InlinedItem {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
index 4cf4aefa0e2..1386ac5404b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
@@ -180,8 +180,8 @@ pub fn is_call_expr(e: @Expr) -> bool {
 
 pub fn block_from_expr(e: @Expr) -> P<Block> {
     P(Block {
-        view_items: ~[],
-        stmts: ~[],
+        view_items: Vec::new(),
+        stmts: Vec::new(),
         expr: Some(e),
         id: e.id,
         rules: DefaultBlock,
@@ -193,13 +193,13 @@ pub fn ident_to_path(s: Span, identifier: Ident) -> Path {
     ast::Path {
         span: s,
         global: false,
-        segments: ~[
+        segments: vec!(
             ast::PathSegment {
                 identifier: identifier,
                 lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                 types: opt_vec::Empty,
             }
-        ],
+        ),
     }
 }
 
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ pub fn is_unguarded(a: &Arm) -> bool {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn unguarded_pat(a: &Arm) -> Option<~[@Pat]> {
+pub fn unguarded_pat(a: &Arm) -> Option<Vec<@Pat> > {
     if is_unguarded(a) {
         Some(/* FIXME (#2543) */ a.pats.clone())
     } else {
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ pub fn impl_pretty_name(trait_ref: &Option<TraitRef>, ty: &Ty) -> Ident {
     token::gensym_ident(pretty)
 }
 
-pub fn public_methods(ms: ~[@Method]) -> ~[@Method] {
+pub fn public_methods(ms: Vec<@Method> ) -> Vec<@Method> {
     ms.move_iter().filter(|m| {
         match m.vis {
             Public => true,
@@ -271,9 +271,9 @@ pub fn trait_method_to_ty_method(method: &TraitMethod) -> TypeMethod {
 }
 
 pub fn split_trait_methods(trait_methods: &[TraitMethod])
-    -> (~[TypeMethod], ~[@Method]) {
-    let mut reqd = ~[];
-    let mut provd = ~[];
+    -> (Vec<TypeMethod> , Vec<@Method> ) {
+    let mut reqd = Vec::new();
+    let mut provd = Vec::new();
     for trt_method in trait_methods.iter() {
         match *trt_method {
             Required(ref tm) => reqd.push((*tm).clone()),
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ pub fn new_rename_internal(id: Ident,
 // FIXME #8215 : currently pub to allow testing
 pub fn new_sctable_internal() -> SCTable {
     SCTable {
-        table: RefCell::new(~[EmptyCtxt,IllegalCtxt]),
+        table: RefCell::new(vec!(EmptyCtxt,IllegalCtxt)),
         mark_memo: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
         rename_memo: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
     }
@@ -754,7 +754,7 @@ pub fn display_sctable(table : &SCTable) {
 
 
 /// Add a value to the end of a vec, return its index
-fn idx_push<T>(vec: &mut ~[T], val: T) -> u32 {
+fn idx_push<T>(vec: &mut Vec<T> , val: T) -> u32 {
     vec.push(val);
     (vec.len() - 1) as u32
 }
@@ -831,15 +831,15 @@ pub fn resolve_internal(id : Ident,
 }
 
 /// Compute the marks associated with a syntax context.
-pub fn mtwt_marksof(ctxt: SyntaxContext, stopname: Name) -> ~[Mrk] {
+pub fn mtwt_marksof(ctxt: SyntaxContext, stopname: Name) -> Vec<Mrk> {
     marksof(ctxt, stopname, get_sctable())
 }
 
 // the internal function for computing marks
 // it's not clear to me whether it's better to use a [] mutable
 // vector or a cons-list for this.
-pub fn marksof(ctxt: SyntaxContext, stopname: Name, table: &SCTable) -> ~[Mrk] {
-    let mut result = ~[];
+pub fn marksof(ctxt: SyntaxContext, stopname: Name, table: &SCTable) -> Vec<Mrk> {
+    let mut result = Vec::new();
     let mut loopvar = ctxt;
     loop {
         let table_entry = {
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ pub fn mtwt_outer_mark(ctxt: SyntaxContext) -> Mrk {
 
 /// Push a name... unless it matches the one on top, in which
 /// case pop and discard (so two of the same marks cancel)
-pub fn xorPush(marks: &mut ~[Mrk], mark: Mrk) {
+pub fn xorPush(marks: &mut Vec<Mrk> , mark: Mrk) {
     if (marks.len() > 0) && (getLast(marks) == mark) {
         marks.pop().unwrap();
     } else {
@@ -891,7 +891,7 @@ pub fn xorPush(marks: &mut ~[Mrk], mark: Mrk) {
 
 // get the last element of a mutable array.
 // FIXME #4903: , must be a separate procedure for now.
-pub fn getLast(arr: &~[Mrk]) -> Mrk {
+pub fn getLast(arr: &Vec<Mrk> ) -> Mrk {
     *arr.last().unwrap()
 }
 
@@ -956,21 +956,21 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     #[test] fn xorpush_test () {
-        let mut s = ~[];
+        let mut s = Vec::new();
         xorPush(&mut s, 14);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[14]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14));
         xorPush(&mut s, 14);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), Vec::new());
         xorPush(&mut s, 14);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[14]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14));
         xorPush(&mut s, 15);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[14, 15]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14, 15));
         xorPush(&mut s, 16);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[14, 15, 16]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14, 15, 16));
         xorPush(&mut s, 16);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[14, 15]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14, 15));
         xorPush(&mut s, 15);
-        assert_eq!(s.clone(), ~[14]);
+        assert_eq!(s.clone(), vec!(14));
     }
 
     fn id(n: Name, s: SyntaxContext) -> Ident {
@@ -987,7 +987,7 @@ mod test {
 
     // unfold a vector of TestSC values into a SCTable,
     // returning the resulting index
-    fn unfold_test_sc(tscs : ~[TestSC], tail: SyntaxContext, table: &SCTable)
+    fn unfold_test_sc(tscs : Vec<TestSC> , tail: SyntaxContext, table: &SCTable)
         -> SyntaxContext {
         tscs.rev_iter().fold(tail, |tail : SyntaxContext, tsc : &TestSC|
                   {match *tsc {
@@ -996,8 +996,8 @@ mod test {
     }
 
     // gather a SyntaxContext back into a vector of TestSCs
-    fn refold_test_sc(mut sc: SyntaxContext, table : &SCTable) -> ~[TestSC] {
-        let mut result = ~[];
+    fn refold_test_sc(mut sc: SyntaxContext, table : &SCTable) -> Vec<TestSC> {
+        let mut result = Vec::new();
         loop {
             let table = table.table.borrow();
             match table.get()[sc] {
@@ -1020,7 +1020,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test] fn test_unfold_refold(){
         let mut t = new_sctable_internal();
 
-        let test_sc = ~[M(3),R(id(101,0),14),M(9)];
+        let test_sc = vec!(M(3),R(id(101,0),14),M(9));
         assert_eq!(unfold_test_sc(test_sc.clone(),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t),4);
         {
             let table = t.table.borrow();
@@ -1033,7 +1033,7 @@ mod test {
 
     // extend a syntax context with a sequence of marks given
     // in a vector. v[0] will be the outermost mark.
-    fn unfold_marks(mrks: ~[Mrk], tail: SyntaxContext, table: &SCTable)
+    fn unfold_marks(mrks: Vec<Mrk> , tail: SyntaxContext, table: &SCTable)
                     -> SyntaxContext {
         mrks.rev_iter().fold(tail, |tail:SyntaxContext, mrk:&Mrk|
                    {new_mark_internal(*mrk,tail,table)})
@@ -1042,7 +1042,7 @@ mod test {
     #[test] fn unfold_marks_test() {
         let mut t = new_sctable_internal();
 
-        assert_eq!(unfold_marks(~[3,7],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t),3);
+        assert_eq!(unfold_marks(vec!(3,7),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t),3);
         {
             let table = t.table.borrow();
             assert!(table.get()[2] == Mark(7,0));
@@ -1054,32 +1054,32 @@ mod test {
         let stopname = 242;
         let name1 = 243;
         let mut t = new_sctable_internal();
-        assert_eq!(marksof (EMPTY_CTXT,stopname,&t),~[]);
+        assert_eq!(marksof (EMPTY_CTXT,stopname,&t),Vec::new());
         // FIXME #5074: ANF'd to dodge nested calls
-        { let ans = unfold_marks(~[4,98],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof (ans,stopname,&t),~[4,98]);}
+        { let ans = unfold_marks(vec!(4,98),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+         assert_eq! (marksof (ans,stopname,&t),vec!(4,98));}
         // does xoring work?
-        { let ans = unfold_marks(~[5,5,16],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof (ans,stopname,&t), ~[16]);}
+        { let ans = unfold_marks(vec!(5,5,16),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+         assert_eq! (marksof (ans,stopname,&t), vec!(16));}
         // does nested xoring work?
-        { let ans = unfold_marks(~[5,10,10,5,16],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof (ans, stopname,&t), ~[16]);}
+        { let ans = unfold_marks(vec!(5,10,10,5,16),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+         assert_eq! (marksof (ans, stopname,&t), vec!(16));}
         // rename where stop doesn't match:
-        { let chain = ~[M(9),
+        { let chain = vec!(M(9),
                         R(id(name1,
                              new_mark_internal (4, EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t)),
                           100101102),
-                        M(14)];
+                        M(14));
          let ans = unfold_test_sc(chain,EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof (ans, stopname, &t), ~[9,14]);}
+         assert_eq! (marksof (ans, stopname, &t), vec!(9,14));}
         // rename where stop does match
         { let name1sc = new_mark_internal(4, EMPTY_CTXT, &mut t);
-         let chain = ~[M(9),
+         let chain = vec!(M(9),
                        R(id(name1, name1sc),
                          stopname),
-                       M(14)];
+                       M(14));
          let ans = unfold_test_sc(chain,EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         assert_eq! (marksof (ans, stopname, &t), ~[9]); }
+         assert_eq! (marksof (ans, stopname, &t), vec!(9)); }
     }
 
 
@@ -1090,32 +1090,32 @@ mod test {
         // - ctxt is MT
         assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,EMPTY_CTXT),&mut t, &mut rt),a);
         // - simple ignored marks
-        { let sc = unfold_marks(~[1,2,3],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+        { let sc = unfold_marks(vec!(1,2,3),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt),a);}
         // - orthogonal rename where names don't match
-        { let sc = unfold_test_sc(~[R(id(50,EMPTY_CTXT),51),M(12)],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+        { let sc = unfold_test_sc(vec!(R(id(50,EMPTY_CTXT),51),M(12)),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt),a);}
         // - rename where names do match, but marks don't
         { let sc1 = new_mark_internal(1,EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         let sc = unfold_test_sc(~[R(id(a,sc1),50),
+         let sc = unfold_test_sc(vec!(R(id(a,sc1),50),
                                    M(1),
-                                   M(2)],
+                                   M(2)),
                                  EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
         assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt), a);}
         // - rename where names and marks match
-        { let sc1 = unfold_test_sc(~[M(1),M(2)],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         let sc = unfold_test_sc(~[R(id(a,sc1),50),M(1),M(2)],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+        { let sc1 = unfold_test_sc(vec!(M(1),M(2)),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+         let sc = unfold_test_sc(vec!(R(id(a,sc1),50),M(1),M(2)),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt), 50); }
         // - rename where names and marks match by literal sharing
-        { let sc1 = unfold_test_sc(~[M(1),M(2)],EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
-         let sc = unfold_test_sc(~[R(id(a,sc1),50)],sc1,&mut t);
+        { let sc1 = unfold_test_sc(vec!(M(1),M(2)),EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
+         let sc = unfold_test_sc(vec!(R(id(a,sc1),50)),sc1,&mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt), 50); }
         // - two renames of the same var.. can only happen if you use
         // local-expand to prevent the inner binding from being renamed
         // during the rename-pass caused by the first:
         println!("about to run bad test");
-        { let sc = unfold_test_sc(~[R(id(a,EMPTY_CTXT),50),
-                                    R(id(a,EMPTY_CTXT),51)],
+        { let sc = unfold_test_sc(vec!(R(id(a,EMPTY_CTXT),50),
+                                    R(id(a,EMPTY_CTXT),51)),
                                   EMPTY_CTXT,&mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt), 51); }
         // the simplest double-rename:
@@ -1126,8 +1126,8 @@ mod test {
          let sc = new_mark_internal(9,a50_to_a51,&mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,sc),&mut t, &mut rt),51);
          // but mark on the inside does:
-         let a50_to_a51_b = unfold_test_sc(~[R(id(a,a_to_a50),51),
-                                              M(9)],
+         let a50_to_a51_b = unfold_test_sc(vec!(R(id(a,a_to_a50),51),
+                                              M(9)),
                                            a_to_a50,
                                            &mut t);
          assert_eq!(resolve_internal(id(a,a50_to_a51_b),&mut t, &mut rt),50);}
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
index 6a3ca911d76..df1ad6381de 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/attr.rs
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ pub fn mk_name_value_item(name: InternedString, value: ast::Lit)
     @dummy_spanned(MetaNameValue(name, value))
 }
 
-pub fn mk_list_item(name: InternedString, items: ~[@MetaItem]) -> @MetaItem {
+pub fn mk_list_item(name: InternedString, items: Vec<@MetaItem> ) -> @MetaItem {
     @dummy_spanned(MetaList(name, items))
 }
 
@@ -212,12 +212,12 @@ pub fn last_meta_item_value_str_by_name(items: &[@MetaItem], name: &str)
 
 /* Higher-level applications */
 
-pub fn sort_meta_items(items: &[@MetaItem]) -> ~[@MetaItem] {
+pub fn sort_meta_items(items: &[@MetaItem]) -> Vec<@MetaItem> {
     // This is sort of stupid here, but we need to sort by
     // human-readable strings.
     let mut v = items.iter()
         .map(|&mi| (mi.name(), mi))
-        .collect::<~[(InternedString, @MetaItem)]>();
+        .collect::<Vec<(InternedString, @MetaItem)> >();
 
     v.sort_by(|&(ref a, _), &(ref b, _)| a.cmp(b));
 
@@ -239,8 +239,8 @@ pub fn sort_meta_items(items: &[@MetaItem]) -> ~[@MetaItem] {
  * From a list of crate attributes get only the meta_items that affect crate
  * linkage
  */
-pub fn find_linkage_metas(attrs: &[Attribute]) -> ~[@MetaItem] {
-    let mut result = ~[];
+pub fn find_linkage_metas(attrs: &[Attribute]) -> Vec<@MetaItem> {
+    let mut result = Vec::new();
     for attr in attrs.iter().filter(|at| at.name().equiv(&("link"))) {
         match attr.meta().node {
             MetaList(_, ref items) => result.push_all(*items),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs b/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs
index d114d8971f7..8cea8f72786 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/codemap.rs
@@ -188,8 +188,7 @@ pub type FileName = ~str;
 pub struct FileLines
 {
     file: @FileMap,
-    lines: ~[uint]
-}
+    lines: Vec<uint> }
 
 /// Identifies an offset of a multi-byte character in a FileMap
 pub struct MultiByteChar {
@@ -210,9 +209,9 @@ pub struct FileMap {
     /// The start position of this source in the CodeMap
     start_pos: BytePos,
     /// Locations of lines beginnings in the source code
-    lines: RefCell<~[BytePos]>,
+    lines: RefCell<Vec<BytePos> >,
     /// Locations of multi-byte characters in the source code
-    multibyte_chars: RefCell<~[MultiByteChar]>,
+    multibyte_chars: RefCell<Vec<MultiByteChar> >,
 }
 
 impl FileMap {
@@ -257,13 +256,13 @@ impl FileMap {
 }
 
 pub struct CodeMap {
-    files: RefCell<~[@FileMap]>
+    files: RefCell<Vec<@FileMap> >
 }
 
 impl CodeMap {
     pub fn new() -> CodeMap {
         CodeMap {
-            files: RefCell::new(~[]),
+            files: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -278,8 +277,8 @@ impl CodeMap {
             name: filename,
             src: src,
             start_pos: Pos::from_uint(start_pos),
-            lines: RefCell::new(~[]),
-            multibyte_chars: RefCell::new(~[]),
+            lines: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
+            multibyte_chars: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         };
 
         files.get().push(filemap);
@@ -330,7 +329,7 @@ impl CodeMap {
     pub fn span_to_lines(&self, sp: Span) -> @FileLines {
         let lo = self.lookup_char_pos(sp.lo);
         let hi = self.lookup_char_pos(sp.hi);
-        let mut lines = ~[];
+        let mut lines = Vec::new();
         for i in range(lo.line - 1u, hi.line as uint) {
             lines.push(i);
         };
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/crateid.rs b/src/libsyntax/crateid.rs
index b5f02fb7e64..f3dcd61f240 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/crateid.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/crateid.rs
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ impl fmt::Show for CrateId {
 
 impl FromStr for CrateId {
     fn from_str(s: &str) -> Option<CrateId> {
-        let pieces: ~[&str] = s.splitn('#', 1).collect();
+        let pieces: Vec<&str> = s.splitn('#', 1).collect();
         let path = pieces[0].to_owned();
 
         if path.starts_with("/") || path.ends_with("/") ||
@@ -56,13 +56,13 @@ impl FromStr for CrateId {
             return None;
         }
 
-        let path_pieces: ~[&str] = path.rsplitn('/', 1).collect();
+        let path_pieces: Vec<&str> = path.rsplitn('/', 1).collect();
         let inferred_name = path_pieces[0];
 
         let (name, version) = if pieces.len() == 1 {
             (inferred_name.to_owned(), None)
         } else {
-            let hash_pieces: ~[&str] = pieces[1].splitn(':', 1).collect();
+            let hash_pieces: Vec<&str> = pieces[1].splitn(':', 1).collect();
             let (hash_name, hash_version) = if hash_pieces.len() == 1 {
                 ("", hash_pieces[0])
             } else {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/asm.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/asm.rs
index 1bf82573c49..c2d16d83301 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/asm.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/asm.rs
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ pub fn expand_asm(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
 
     let mut asm = InternedString::new("");
     let mut asm_str_style = None;
-    let mut outputs = ~[];
-    let mut inputs = ~[];
+    let mut outputs = Vec::new();
+    let mut inputs = Vec::new();
     let mut cons = ~"";
     let mut volatile = false;
     let mut alignstack = false;
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn expand_asm(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
                 }
             }
             Clobbers => {
-                let mut clobs = ~[];
+                let mut clobs = Vec::new();
                 while p.token != token::EOF &&
                       p.token != token::COLON &&
                       p.token != token::MOD_SEP {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
index 0636d19163e..85a8be1c876 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/base.rs
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ pub trait IdentMacroExpander {
               cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
               sp: Span,
               ident: ast::Ident,
-              token_tree: ~[ast::TokenTree])
+              token_tree: Vec<ast::TokenTree> )
               -> MacResult;
 }
 
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ impl IdentMacroExpander for BasicIdentMacroExpander {
               cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
               sp: Span,
               ident: ast::Ident,
-              token_tree: ~[ast::TokenTree])
+              token_tree: Vec<ast::TokenTree> )
               -> MacResult {
         (self.expander)(cx, sp, ident, token_tree)
     }
 }
 
 pub type IdentMacroExpanderFn =
-    fn(&mut ExtCtxt, Span, ast::Ident, ~[ast::TokenTree]) -> MacResult;
+    fn(&mut ExtCtxt, Span, ast::Ident, Vec<ast::TokenTree> ) -> MacResult;
 
 pub type MacroCrateRegistrationFun =
     fn(|ast::Name, SyntaxExtension|);
@@ -154,13 +154,13 @@ impl BlockInfo {
     pub fn new() -> BlockInfo {
         BlockInfo {
             macros_escape: false,
-            pending_renames: ~[],
+            pending_renames: Vec::new(),
         }
     }
 }
 
 // a list of ident->name renamings
-pub type RenameList = ~[(ast::Ident,Name)];
+pub type RenameList = Vec<(ast::Ident,Name)> ;
 
 // The base map of methods for expanding syntax extension
 // AST nodes into full ASTs
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ pub struct MacroCrate {
 
 pub trait CrateLoader {
     fn load_crate(&mut self, krate: &ast::ViewItem) -> MacroCrate;
-    fn get_exported_macros(&mut self, crate_num: ast::CrateNum) -> ~[~str];
+    fn get_exported_macros(&mut self, crate_num: ast::CrateNum) -> Vec<~str> ;
     fn get_registrar_symbol(&mut self, crate_num: ast::CrateNum) -> Option<~str>;
 }
 
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ pub struct ExtCtxt<'a> {
     backtrace: Option<@ExpnInfo>,
     loader: &'a mut CrateLoader,
 
-    mod_path: ~[ast::Ident],
+    mod_path: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
     trace_mac: bool
 }
 
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ impl<'a> ExtCtxt<'a> {
             cfg: cfg,
             backtrace: None,
             loader: loader,
-            mod_path: ~[],
+            mod_path: Vec::new(),
             trace_mac: false
         }
     }
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ impl<'a> ExtCtxt<'a> {
     pub fn backtrace(&self) -> Option<@ExpnInfo> { self.backtrace }
     pub fn mod_push(&mut self, i: ast::Ident) { self.mod_path.push(i); }
     pub fn mod_pop(&mut self) { self.mod_path.pop().unwrap(); }
-    pub fn mod_path(&self) -> ~[ast::Ident] { self.mod_path.clone() }
+    pub fn mod_path(&self) -> Vec<ast::Ident> { self.mod_path.clone() }
     pub fn bt_push(&mut self, ei: codemap::ExpnInfo) {
         match ei {
             ExpnInfo {call_site: cs, callee: ref callee} => {
@@ -458,11 +458,11 @@ pub fn get_single_str_from_tts(cx: &ExtCtxt,
 /// parsing error, emit a non-fatal error and return None.
 pub fn get_exprs_from_tts(cx: &ExtCtxt,
                           sp: Span,
-                          tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> Option<~[@ast::Expr]> {
+                          tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> Option<Vec<@ast::Expr> > {
     let mut p = parse::new_parser_from_tts(cx.parse_sess(),
                                            cx.cfg(),
                                            tts.to_owned());
-    let mut es = ~[];
+    let mut es = Vec::new();
     while p.token != token::EOF {
         if es.len() != 0 && !p.eat(&token::COMMA) {
             cx.span_err(sp, "expected token: `,`");
@@ -507,12 +507,12 @@ impl Drop for MapChainFrame {
 
 // Only generic to make it easy to test
 pub struct SyntaxEnv {
-    priv chain: ~[MapChainFrame],
+    priv chain: Vec<MapChainFrame> ,
 }
 
 impl SyntaxEnv {
     pub fn new() -> SyntaxEnv {
-        let mut map = SyntaxEnv { chain: ~[] };
+        let mut map = SyntaxEnv { chain: Vec::new() };
         map.push_frame();
         map
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
index 1ddd579a2f1..2dc94253a35 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/build.rs
@@ -34,14 +34,14 @@ mod syntax {
 
 pub trait AstBuilder {
     // paths
-    fn path(&self, span: Span, strs: ~[ast::Ident]) -> ast::Path;
+    fn path(&self, span: Span, strs: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::Path;
     fn path_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident) -> ast::Path;
-    fn path_global(&self, span: Span, strs: ~[ast::Ident]) -> ast::Path;
+    fn path_global(&self, span: Span, strs: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::Path;
     fn path_all(&self, sp: Span,
                 global: bool,
-                idents: ~[ast::Ident],
+                idents: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
                 lifetimes: OptVec<ast::Lifetime>,
-                types: ~[P<ast::Ty>])
+                types: Vec<P<ast::Ty>> )
         -> ast::Path;
 
     // types
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn ty_infer(&self, sp: Span) -> P<ast::Ty>;
     fn ty_nil(&self) -> P<ast::Ty>;
 
-    fn ty_vars(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> ~[P<ast::Ty>];
-    fn ty_vars_global(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> ~[P<ast::Ty>];
+    fn ty_vars(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> Vec<P<ast::Ty>> ;
+    fn ty_vars_global(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> Vec<P<ast::Ty>> ;
     fn ty_field_imm(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::TypeField;
     fn strip_bounds(&self, bounds: &Generics) -> Generics;
 
@@ -87,11 +87,11 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
                       -> @ast::Stmt;
 
     // blocks
-    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt], expr: Option<@ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block>;
+    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> , expr: Option<@ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block>;
     fn block_expr(&self, expr: @ast::Expr) -> P<ast::Block>;
     fn block_all(&self, span: Span,
-                 view_items: ~[ast::ViewItem],
-                 stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt],
+                 view_items: Vec<ast::ViewItem> ,
+                 stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> ,
                  expr: Option<@ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block>;
 
     // expressions
@@ -109,19 +109,19 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn expr_addr_of(&self, sp: Span, e: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_mut_addr_of(&self, sp: Span, e: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_field_access(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_call(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_call_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident, args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_call_global(&self, sp: Span, fn_path: ~[ast::Ident],
-                        args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_call(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_call_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident, args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_call_global(&self, sp: Span, fn_path: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
+                        args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_method_call(&self, span: Span,
                         expr: @ast::Expr, ident: ast::Ident,
-                        args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
+                        args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_block(&self, b: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_cast(&self, sp: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> @ast::Expr;
 
     fn field_imm(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, e: @ast::Expr) -> ast::Field;
-    fn expr_struct(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, fields: ~[ast::Field]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_struct_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident, fields: ~[ast::Field]) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_struct(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, fields: Vec<ast::Field> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_struct_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident, fields: Vec<ast::Field> ) -> @ast::Expr;
 
     fn expr_lit(&self, sp: Span, lit: ast::Lit_) -> @ast::Expr;
 
@@ -131,9 +131,9 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn expr_bool(&self, sp: Span, value: bool) -> @ast::Expr;
 
     fn expr_vstore(&self, sp: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, vst: ast::ExprVstore) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_vec(&self, sp: Span, exprs: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_vec_uniq(&self, sp: Span, exprs: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn expr_vec_slice(&self, sp: Span, exprs: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_vec(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_vec_uniq(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_vec_slice(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_str(&self, sp: Span, s: InternedString) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_str_uniq(&self, sp: Span, s: InternedString) -> @ast::Expr;
 
@@ -152,55 +152,55 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
                               span: Span,
                               ident: ast::Ident,
                               bm: ast::BindingMode) -> @ast::Pat;
-    fn pat_enum(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, subpats: ~[@ast::Pat]) -> @ast::Pat;
+    fn pat_enum(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, subpats: Vec<@ast::Pat> ) -> @ast::Pat;
     fn pat_struct(&self, span: Span,
-                  path: ast::Path, field_pats: ~[ast::FieldPat]) -> @ast::Pat;
+                  path: ast::Path, field_pats: Vec<ast::FieldPat> ) -> @ast::Pat;
 
-    fn arm(&self, span: Span, pats: ~[@ast::Pat], expr: @ast::Expr) -> ast::Arm;
+    fn arm(&self, span: Span, pats: Vec<@ast::Pat> , expr: @ast::Expr) -> ast::Arm;
     fn arm_unreachable(&self, span: Span) -> ast::Arm;
 
-    fn expr_match(&self, span: Span, arg: @ast::Expr, arms: ~[ast::Arm]) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn expr_match(&self, span: Span, arg: @ast::Expr, arms: Vec<ast::Arm> ) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn expr_if(&self, span: Span,
                cond: @ast::Expr, then: @ast::Expr, els: Option<@ast::Expr>) -> @ast::Expr;
 
     fn lambda_fn_decl(&self, span: Span,
                       fn_decl: P<ast::FnDecl>, blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr;
 
-    fn lambda(&self, span: Span, ids: ~[ast::Ident], blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn lambda(&self, span: Span, ids: Vec<ast::Ident> , blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn lambda0(&self, span: Span, blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn lambda1(&self, span: Span, blk: P<ast::Block>, ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr;
 
-    fn lambda_expr(&self, span: Span, ids: ~[ast::Ident], blk: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn lambda_expr(&self, span: Span, ids: Vec<ast::Ident> , blk: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn lambda_expr_0(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr;
     fn lambda_expr_1(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr;
 
-    fn lambda_stmts(&self, span: Span, ids: ~[ast::Ident], blk: ~[@ast::Stmt]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn lambda_stmts_0(&self, span: Span, stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt]) -> @ast::Expr;
-    fn lambda_stmts_1(&self, span: Span, stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt], ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn lambda_stmts(&self, span: Span, ids: Vec<ast::Ident> , blk: Vec<@ast::Stmt> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn lambda_stmts_0(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> ) -> @ast::Expr;
+    fn lambda_stmts_1(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> , ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr;
 
     // items
     fn item(&self, span: Span,
-            name: Ident, attrs: ~[ast::Attribute], node: ast::Item_) -> @ast::Item;
+            name: Ident, attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> , node: ast::Item_) -> @ast::Item;
 
     fn arg(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::Arg;
     // FIXME unused self
-    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: ~[ast::Arg], output: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::FnDecl>;
+    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> , output: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::FnDecl>;
 
     fn item_fn_poly(&self,
                     span: Span,
                     name: Ident,
-                    inputs: ~[ast::Arg],
+                    inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> ,
                     output: P<ast::Ty>,
                     generics: Generics,
                     body: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Item;
     fn item_fn(&self,
                span: Span,
                name: Ident,
-               inputs: ~[ast::Arg],
+               inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> ,
                output: P<ast::Ty>,
                body: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Item;
 
-    fn variant(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, tys: ~[P<ast::Ty>]) -> ast::Variant;
+    fn variant(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, tys: Vec<P<ast::Ty>> ) -> ast::Variant;
     fn item_enum_poly(&self,
                       span: Span,
                       name: Ident,
@@ -216,8 +216,8 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn item_struct(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, struct_def: ast::StructDef) -> @ast::Item;
 
     fn item_mod(&self, span: Span,
-                name: Ident, attrs: ~[ast::Attribute],
-                vi: ~[ast::ViewItem], items: ~[@ast::Item]) -> @ast::Item;
+                name: Ident, attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> ,
+                vi: Vec<ast::ViewItem> , items: Vec<@ast::Item> ) -> @ast::Item;
 
     fn item_ty_poly(&self,
                     span: Span,
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
     fn meta_list(&self,
                  sp: Span,
                  name: InternedString,
-                 mis: ~[@ast::MetaItem])
+                 mis: Vec<@ast::MetaItem> )
                  -> @ast::MetaItem;
     fn meta_name_value(&self,
                        sp: Span,
@@ -241,35 +241,35 @@ pub trait AstBuilder {
                        -> @ast::MetaItem;
 
     fn view_use(&self, sp: Span,
-                vis: ast::Visibility, vp: ~[@ast::ViewPath]) -> ast::ViewItem;
+                vis: ast::Visibility, vp: Vec<@ast::ViewPath> ) -> ast::ViewItem;
     fn view_use_simple(&self, sp: Span, vis: ast::Visibility, path: ast::Path) -> ast::ViewItem;
     fn view_use_simple_(&self, sp: Span, vis: ast::Visibility,
                         ident: ast::Ident, path: ast::Path) -> ast::ViewItem;
     fn view_use_list(&self, sp: Span, vis: ast::Visibility,
-                     path: ~[ast::Ident], imports: &[ast::Ident]) -> ast::ViewItem;
+                     path: Vec<ast::Ident> , imports: &[ast::Ident]) -> ast::ViewItem;
     fn view_use_glob(&self, sp: Span,
-                     vis: ast::Visibility, path: ~[ast::Ident]) -> ast::ViewItem;
+                     vis: ast::Visibility, path: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::ViewItem;
 }
 
 impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
-    fn path(&self, span: Span, strs: ~[ast::Ident]) -> ast::Path {
-        self.path_all(span, false, strs, opt_vec::Empty, ~[])
+    fn path(&self, span: Span, strs: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::Path {
+        self.path_all(span, false, strs, opt_vec::Empty, Vec::new())
     }
     fn path_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident) -> ast::Path {
-        self.path(span, ~[id])
+        self.path(span, vec!(id))
     }
-    fn path_global(&self, span: Span, strs: ~[ast::Ident]) -> ast::Path {
-        self.path_all(span, true, strs, opt_vec::Empty, ~[])
+    fn path_global(&self, span: Span, strs: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::Path {
+        self.path_all(span, true, strs, opt_vec::Empty, Vec::new())
     }
     fn path_all(&self,
                 sp: Span,
                 global: bool,
-                mut idents: ~[ast::Ident],
+                mut idents: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
                 lifetimes: OptVec<ast::Lifetime>,
-                types: ~[P<ast::Ty>])
+                types: Vec<P<ast::Ty>> )
                 -> ast::Path {
         let last_identifier = idents.pop().unwrap();
-        let mut segments: ~[ast::PathSegment] = idents.move_iter()
+        let mut segments: Vec<ast::PathSegment> = idents.move_iter()
                                                       .map(|ident| {
             ast::PathSegment {
                 identifier: ident,
@@ -335,13 +335,13 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         self.ty_path(
             self.path_all(DUMMY_SP,
                           true,
-                          ~[
+                          vec!(
                               self.ident_of("std"),
                               self.ident_of("option"),
                               self.ident_of("Option")
-                          ],
+                          ),
                           opt_vec::Empty,
-                          ~[ ty ]), None)
+                          vec!( ty )), None)
     }
 
     fn ty_field_imm(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> ast::TypeField {
@@ -379,15 +379,15 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     // these are strange, and probably shouldn't be used outside of
     // pipes. Specifically, the global version possible generates
     // incorrect code.
-    fn ty_vars(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> ~[P<ast::Ty>] {
+    fn ty_vars(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> Vec<P<ast::Ty>> {
         opt_vec::take_vec(
             ty_params.map(|p| self.ty_ident(DUMMY_SP, p.ident)))
     }
 
-    fn ty_vars_global(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> ~[P<ast::Ty>] {
+    fn ty_vars_global(&self, ty_params: &OptVec<ast::TyParam>) -> Vec<P<ast::Ty>> {
         opt_vec::take_vec(
             ty_params.map(|p| self.ty_path(
-                self.path_global(DUMMY_SP, ~[p.ident]), None)))
+                self.path_global(DUMMY_SP, vec!(p.ident)), None)))
     }
 
     fn strip_bounds(&self, generics: &Generics) -> Generics {
@@ -459,17 +459,17 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         @respan(sp, ast::StmtDecl(@decl, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))
     }
 
-    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt], expr: Option<@Expr>) -> P<ast::Block> {
-        self.block_all(span, ~[], stmts, expr)
+    fn block(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> , expr: Option<@Expr>) -> P<ast::Block> {
+        self.block_all(span, Vec::new(), stmts, expr)
     }
 
     fn block_expr(&self, expr: @ast::Expr) -> P<ast::Block> {
-        self.block_all(expr.span, ~[], ~[], Some(expr))
+        self.block_all(expr.span, Vec::new(), Vec::new(), Some(expr))
     }
     fn block_all(&self,
                  span: Span,
-                 view_items: ~[ast::ViewItem],
-                 stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt],
+                 view_items: Vec<ast::ViewItem> ,
+                 stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> ,
                  expr: Option<@ast::Expr>) -> P<ast::Block> {
             P(ast::Block {
                view_items: view_items,
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     fn expr_field_access(&self, sp: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr {
-        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprField(expr, ident, ~[]))
+        self.expr(sp, ast::ExprField(expr, ident, Vec::new()))
     }
     fn expr_addr_of(&self, sp: Span, e: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(sp, ast::ExprAddrOf(ast::MutImmutable, e))
@@ -526,23 +526,23 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         self.expr(sp, ast::ExprAddrOf(ast::MutMutable, e))
     }
 
-    fn expr_call(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_call(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(span, ast::ExprCall(expr, args))
     }
-    fn expr_call_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident, args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_call_ident(&self, span: Span, id: ast::Ident, args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(span, ast::ExprCall(self.expr_ident(span, id), args))
     }
-    fn expr_call_global(&self, sp: Span, fn_path: ~[ast::Ident],
-                      args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_call_global(&self, sp: Span, fn_path: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
+                      args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         let pathexpr = self.expr_path(self.path_global(sp, fn_path));
         self.expr_call(sp, pathexpr, args)
     }
     fn expr_method_call(&self, span: Span,
                         expr: @ast::Expr,
                         ident: ast::Ident,
-                        mut args: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+                        mut args: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         args.unshift(expr);
-        self.expr(span, ast::ExprMethodCall(ident, ~[], args))
+        self.expr(span, ast::ExprMethodCall(ident, Vec::new(), args))
     }
     fn expr_block(&self, b: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(b.span, ast::ExprBlock(b))
@@ -550,11 +550,11 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn field_imm(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, e: @ast::Expr) -> ast::Field {
         ast::Field { ident: respan(span, name), expr: e, span: span }
     }
-    fn expr_struct(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, fields: ~[ast::Field]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_struct(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, fields: Vec<ast::Field> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(span, ast::ExprStruct(path, fields, None))
     }
     fn expr_struct_ident(&self, span: Span,
-                         id: ast::Ident, fields: ~[ast::Field]) -> @ast::Expr {
+                         id: ast::Ident, fields: Vec<ast::Field> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr_struct(span, self.path_ident(span, id), fields)
     }
 
@@ -577,13 +577,13 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn expr_vstore(&self, sp: Span, expr: @ast::Expr, vst: ast::ExprVstore) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(sp, ast::ExprVstore(expr, vst))
     }
-    fn expr_vec(&self, sp: Span, exprs: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_vec(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(sp, ast::ExprVec(exprs, ast::MutImmutable))
     }
-    fn expr_vec_uniq(&self, sp: Span, exprs: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_vec_uniq(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr_vstore(sp, self.expr_vec(sp, exprs), ast::ExprVstoreUniq)
     }
-    fn expr_vec_slice(&self, sp: Span, exprs: ~[@ast::Expr]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn expr_vec_slice(&self, sp: Span, exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr_vstore(sp, self.expr_vec(sp, exprs), ast::ExprVstoreSlice)
     }
     fn expr_str(&self, sp: Span, s: InternedString) -> @ast::Expr {
@@ -600,20 +600,18 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
 
 
     fn expr_some(&self, sp: Span, expr: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
-        let some = ~[
+        let some = vec!(
             self.ident_of("std"),
             self.ident_of("option"),
-            self.ident_of("Some"),
-        ];
-        self.expr_call_global(sp, some, ~[expr])
+            self.ident_of("Some"));
+        self.expr_call_global(sp, some, vec!(expr))
     }
 
     fn expr_none(&self, sp: Span) -> @ast::Expr {
-        let none = self.path_global(sp, ~[
+        let none = self.path_global(sp, vec!(
             self.ident_of("std"),
             self.ident_of("option"),
-            self.ident_of("None"),
-        ]);
+            self.ident_of("None")));
         self.expr_path(none)
     }
 
@@ -621,17 +619,15 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         let loc = self.codemap().lookup_char_pos(span.lo);
         self.expr_call_global(
             span,
-            ~[
+            vec!(
                 self.ident_of("std"),
                 self.ident_of("rt"),
-                self.ident_of("begin_unwind"),
-            ],
-            ~[
+                self.ident_of("begin_unwind")),
+            vec!(
                 self.expr_str(span, msg),
                 self.expr_str(span,
                               token::intern_and_get_ident(loc.file.name)),
-                self.expr_uint(span, loc.line),
-            ])
+                self.expr_uint(span, loc.line)))
     }
 
     fn expr_unreachable(&self, span: Span) -> @ast::Expr {
@@ -662,17 +658,17 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         let pat = ast::PatIdent(bm, path, None);
         self.pat(span, pat)
     }
-    fn pat_enum(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, subpats: ~[@ast::Pat]) -> @ast::Pat {
+    fn pat_enum(&self, span: Span, path: ast::Path, subpats: Vec<@ast::Pat> ) -> @ast::Pat {
         let pat = ast::PatEnum(path, Some(subpats));
         self.pat(span, pat)
     }
     fn pat_struct(&self, span: Span,
-                  path: ast::Path, field_pats: ~[ast::FieldPat]) -> @ast::Pat {
+                  path: ast::Path, field_pats: Vec<ast::FieldPat> ) -> @ast::Pat {
         let pat = ast::PatStruct(path, field_pats, false);
         self.pat(span, pat)
     }
 
-    fn arm(&self, _span: Span, pats: ~[@ast::Pat], expr: @ast::Expr) -> ast::Arm {
+    fn arm(&self, _span: Span, pats: Vec<@ast::Pat> , expr: @ast::Expr) -> ast::Arm {
         ast::Arm {
             pats: pats,
             guard: None,
@@ -681,10 +677,10 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     fn arm_unreachable(&self, span: Span) -> ast::Arm {
-        self.arm(span, ~[self.pat_wild(span)], self.expr_unreachable(span))
+        self.arm(span, vec!(self.pat_wild(span)), self.expr_unreachable(span))
     }
 
-    fn expr_match(&self, span: Span, arg: @ast::Expr, arms: ~[ast::Arm]) -> @Expr {
+    fn expr_match(&self, span: Span, arg: @ast::Expr, arms: Vec<ast::Arm> ) -> @Expr {
         self.expr(span, ast::ExprMatch(arg, arms))
     }
 
@@ -698,7 +694,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
                       fn_decl: P<ast::FnDecl>, blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.expr(span, ast::ExprFnBlock(fn_decl, blk))
     }
-    fn lambda(&self, span: Span, ids: ~[ast::Ident], blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn lambda(&self, span: Span, ids: Vec<ast::Ident> , blk: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Expr {
         let fn_decl = self.fn_decl(
             ids.map(|id| self.arg(span, *id, self.ty_infer(span))),
             self.ty_infer(span));
@@ -715,7 +711,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         quote_expr!(self, |$ident| $blk_e )
     }
 
-    fn lambda_expr(&self, span: Span, ids: ~[ast::Ident], expr: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn lambda_expr(&self, span: Span, ids: Vec<ast::Ident> , expr: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.lambda(span, ids, self.block_expr(expr))
     }
     fn lambda_expr_0(&self, span: Span, expr: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
@@ -725,13 +721,13 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         self.lambda1(span, self.block_expr(expr), ident)
     }
 
-    fn lambda_stmts(&self, span: Span, ids: ~[ast::Ident], stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn lambda_stmts(&self, span: Span, ids: Vec<ast::Ident> , stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.lambda(span, ids, self.block(span, stmts, None))
     }
-    fn lambda_stmts_0(&self, span: Span, stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt]) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn lambda_stmts_0(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> ) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.lambda0(span, self.block(span, stmts, None))
     }
-    fn lambda_stmts_1(&self, span: Span, stmts: ~[@ast::Stmt], ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr {
+    fn lambda_stmts_1(&self, span: Span, stmts: Vec<@ast::Stmt> , ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr {
         self.lambda1(span, self.block(span, stmts, None), ident)
     }
 
@@ -745,7 +741,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     // FIXME unused self
-    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: ~[ast::Arg], output: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::FnDecl> {
+    fn fn_decl(&self, inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> , output: P<ast::Ty>) -> P<ast::FnDecl> {
         P(ast::FnDecl {
             inputs: inputs,
             output: output,
@@ -755,7 +751,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     fn item(&self, span: Span,
-            name: Ident, attrs: ~[ast::Attribute], node: ast::Item_) -> @ast::Item {
+            name: Ident, attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> , node: ast::Item_) -> @ast::Item {
         // FIXME: Would be nice if our generated code didn't violate
         // Rust coding conventions
         @ast::Item { ident: name,
@@ -769,13 +765,13 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn item_fn_poly(&self,
                     span: Span,
                     name: Ident,
-                    inputs: ~[ast::Arg],
+                    inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> ,
                     output: P<ast::Ty>,
                     generics: Generics,
                     body: P<ast::Block>) -> @ast::Item {
         self.item(span,
                   name,
-                  ~[],
+                  Vec::new(),
                   ast::ItemFn(self.fn_decl(inputs, output),
                               ast::ImpureFn,
                               AbiSet::Rust(),
@@ -786,7 +782,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn item_fn(&self,
                span: Span,
                name: Ident,
-               inputs: ~[ast::Arg],
+               inputs: Vec<ast::Arg> ,
                output: P<ast::Ty>,
                body: P<ast::Block>
               ) -> @ast::Item {
@@ -799,7 +795,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
             body)
     }
 
-    fn variant(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, tys: ~[P<ast::Ty>]) -> ast::Variant {
+    fn variant(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, tys: Vec<P<ast::Ty>> ) -> ast::Variant {
         let args = tys.move_iter().map(|ty| {
             ast::VariantArg { ty: ty, id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID }
         }).collect();
@@ -807,7 +803,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
         respan(span,
                ast::Variant_ {
                    name: name,
-                   attrs: ~[],
+                   attrs: Vec::new(),
                    kind: ast::TupleVariantKind(args),
                    id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                    disr_expr: None,
@@ -818,7 +814,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn item_enum_poly(&self, span: Span, name: Ident,
                       enum_definition: ast::EnumDef,
                       generics: Generics) -> @ast::Item {
-        self.item(span, name, ~[], ast::ItemEnum(enum_definition, generics))
+        self.item(span, name, Vec::new(), ast::ItemEnum(enum_definition, generics))
     }
 
     fn item_enum(&self, span: Span, name: Ident,
@@ -839,13 +835,13 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
 
     fn item_struct_poly(&self, span: Span, name: Ident,
         struct_def: ast::StructDef, generics: Generics) -> @ast::Item {
-        self.item(span, name, ~[], ast::ItemStruct(@struct_def, generics))
+        self.item(span, name, Vec::new(), ast::ItemStruct(@struct_def, generics))
     }
 
     fn item_mod(&self, span: Span, name: Ident,
-                attrs: ~[ast::Attribute],
-                vi: ~[ast::ViewItem],
-                items: ~[@ast::Item]) -> @ast::Item {
+                attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> ,
+                vi: Vec<ast::ViewItem> ,
+                items: Vec<@ast::Item> ) -> @ast::Item {
         self.item(
             span,
             name,
@@ -859,7 +855,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
 
     fn item_ty_poly(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>,
                     generics: Generics) -> @ast::Item {
-        self.item(span, name, ~[], ast::ItemTy(ty, generics))
+        self.item(span, name, Vec::new(), ast::ItemTy(ty, generics))
     }
 
     fn item_ty(&self, span: Span, name: Ident, ty: P<ast::Ty>) -> @ast::Item {
@@ -880,7 +876,7 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn meta_list(&self,
                  sp: Span,
                  name: InternedString,
-                 mis: ~[@ast::MetaItem])
+                 mis: Vec<@ast::MetaItem> )
                  -> @ast::MetaItem {
         @respan(sp, ast::MetaList(name, mis))
     }
@@ -893,10 +889,10 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     }
 
     fn view_use(&self, sp: Span,
-                vis: ast::Visibility, vp: ~[@ast::ViewPath]) -> ast::ViewItem {
+                vis: ast::Visibility, vp: Vec<@ast::ViewPath> ) -> ast::ViewItem {
         ast::ViewItem {
             node: ast::ViewItemUse(vp),
-            attrs: ~[],
+            attrs: Vec::new(),
             vis: vis,
             span: sp
         }
@@ -910,30 +906,30 @@ impl<'a> AstBuilder for ExtCtxt<'a> {
     fn view_use_simple_(&self, sp: Span, vis: ast::Visibility,
                         ident: ast::Ident, path: ast::Path) -> ast::ViewItem {
         self.view_use(sp, vis,
-                      ~[@respan(sp,
+                      vec!(@respan(sp,
                                 ast::ViewPathSimple(ident,
                                                     path,
-                                                    ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))])
+                                                    ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))))
     }
 
     fn view_use_list(&self, sp: Span, vis: ast::Visibility,
-                     path: ~[ast::Ident], imports: &[ast::Ident]) -> ast::ViewItem {
+                     path: Vec<ast::Ident> , imports: &[ast::Ident]) -> ast::ViewItem {
         let imports = imports.map(|id| {
             respan(sp, ast::PathListIdent_ { name: *id, id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID })
         });
 
         self.view_use(sp, vis,
-                      ~[@respan(sp,
+                      vec!(@respan(sp,
                                 ast::ViewPathList(self.path(sp, path),
                                                   imports,
-                                                  ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))])
+                                                  ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))))
     }
 
     fn view_use_glob(&self, sp: Span,
-                     vis: ast::Visibility, path: ~[ast::Ident]) -> ast::ViewItem {
+                     vis: ast::Visibility, path: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> ast::ViewItem {
         self.view_use(sp, vis,
-                      ~[@respan(sp,
-                                ast::ViewPathGlob(self.path(sp, path), ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))])
+                      vec!(@respan(sp,
+                                ast::ViewPathGlob(self.path(sp, path), ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID))))
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/bytes.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/bytes.rs
index 68aa757c524..ba6ad4888e2 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/bytes.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/bytes.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ pub fn expand_syntax_ext(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) ->
         None => return MacResult::dummy_expr(sp),
         Some(e) => e,
     };
-    let mut bytes = ~[];
+    let mut bytes = Vec::new();
 
     for expr in exprs.iter() {
         match expr.node {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/cfg.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/cfg.rs
index 295c456c9d0..e1f487a95bb 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/cfg.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/cfg.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub fn expand_cfg(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> base::M
                                            cx.cfg(),
                                            tts.to_owned());
 
-    let mut cfgs = ~[];
+    let mut cfgs = Vec::new();
     // parse `cfg!(meta_item, meta_item(x,y), meta_item="foo", ...)`
     while p.token != token::EOF {
         cfgs.push(p.parse_meta_item());
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/concat_idents.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/concat_idents.rs
index 85cfd4f61e4..25525869398 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/concat_idents.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/concat_idents.rs
@@ -48,13 +48,13 @@ pub fn expand_syntax_ext(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
             ast::Path {
                  span: sp,
                  global: false,
-                 segments: ~[
+                 segments: vec!(
                     ast::PathSegment {
                         identifier: res,
                         lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                         types: opt_vec::Empty,
                     }
-                ]
+                )
             }
         ),
         span: sp,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/clone.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/clone.rs
index f52a2accd8d..3f8fb3ae4f5 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/clone.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/clone.rs
@@ -21,22 +21,22 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_clone(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                              push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "clone", "Clone"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "clone", "Clone")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "clone",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[],
+                args: Vec::new(),
                 ret_ty: Self,
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: |c, s, sub| cs_clone("Clone", c, s, sub)
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
 
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
@@ -49,16 +49,16 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_deep_clone(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                                   push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "clone", "DeepClone"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "clone", "DeepClone")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "deep_clone",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[],
+                args: Vec::new(),
                 ret_ty: Self,
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_deep_clone(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 // call deep_clone (not clone) here.
                 combine_substructure: |c, s, sub| cs_clone("DeepClone", c, s, sub)
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
 
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ fn cs_clone(
     let ctor_ident;
     let all_fields;
     let subcall = |field: &FieldInfo|
-        cx.expr_method_call(field.span, field.self_, clone_ident, ~[]);
+        cx.expr_method_call(field.span, field.self_, clone_ident, Vec::new());
 
     match *substr.fields {
         Struct(ref af) => {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs
index b031f69084d..975b8885de7 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/eq.rs
@@ -36,8 +36,8 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_eq(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 name: $name,
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[borrowed_self()],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(~["bool"])),
+                args: vec!(borrowed_self()),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(vec!("bool"))),
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: true,
                 combine_substructure: $f
@@ -47,14 +47,14 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_eq(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
 
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "cmp", "Eq"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "cmp", "Eq")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             md!("eq", cs_eq),
             md!("ne", cs_ne)
-        ]
+        )
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/ord.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/ord.rs
index 10a416045cb..5605c0b6107 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/ord.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/ord.rs
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_ord(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 name: $name,
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[borrowed_self()],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(~["bool"])),
+                args: vec!(borrowed_self()),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(vec!("bool"))),
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: |cx, span, substr| cs_op($op, $equal, cx, span, substr)
@@ -37,16 +37,16 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_ord(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
 
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "cmp", "Ord"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "cmp", "Ord")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             md!("lt", true, false),
             md!("le", true, true),
             md!("gt", false, false),
             md!("ge", false, true)
-        ]
+        )
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totaleq.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totaleq.rs
index 2bfab8646a6..ffabed95db5 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totaleq.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totaleq.rs
@@ -26,22 +26,22 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_totaleq(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
 
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "cmp", "TotalEq"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "cmp", "TotalEq")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "equals",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[borrowed_self()],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(~["bool"])),
+                args: vec!(borrowed_self()),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(vec!("bool"))),
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: true,
                 combine_substructure: cs_equals
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totalord.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totalord.rs
index 2e6c4a54228..13f72f5fc2f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totalord.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/cmp/totalord.rs
@@ -23,22 +23,22 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_totalord(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                                 push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "cmp", "TotalOrd"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "cmp", "TotalOrd")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "cmp",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[borrowed_self()],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(~["std", "cmp", "Ordering"])),
+                args: vec!(borrowed_self()),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(vec!("std", "cmp", "Ordering"))),
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: cs_cmp
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
 
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ pub fn ordering_const(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span, cnst: Ordering) -> ast::Path
         Greater => "Greater"
     };
     cx.path_global(span,
-                   ~[cx.ident_of("std"),
+                   vec!(cx.ident_of("std"),
                      cx.ident_of("cmp"),
-                     cx.ident_of(cnst)])
+                     cx.ident_of(cnst)))
 }
 
 pub fn cs_cmp(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span,
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ pub fn cs_cmp(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span,
             let if_ = cx.expr_if(span,
                                  cond,
                                  old, Some(cx.expr_ident(span, test_id)));
-            cx.expr_block(cx.block(span, ~[assign], Some(if_)))
+            cx.expr_block(cx.block(span, vec!(assign), Some(if_)))
         },
         cx.expr_path(equals_path.clone()),
         |cx, span, list, _| {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/decodable.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/decodable.rs
index 7aaa66cbfb5..4c9a58c46f7 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/decodable.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/decodable.rs
@@ -28,27 +28,26 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_decodable(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                                  push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new_(~["serialize", "Decodable"], None,
-                         ~[~Literal(Path::new_local("__D"))], true),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new_(vec!("serialize", "Decodable"), None,
+                         vec!(~Literal(Path::new_local("__D"))), true),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds {
-            lifetimes: ~[],
-            bounds: ~[("__D", ~[Path::new(~["serialize", "Decoder"])])],
+            lifetimes: Vec::new(),
+            bounds: vec!(("__D", vec!(Path::new(vec!("serialize", "Decoder"))))),
         },
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "decode",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: None,
-                args: ~[Ptr(~Literal(Path::new_local("__D")),
-                            Borrowed(None, MutMutable))],
+                args: vec!(Ptr(~Literal(Path::new_local("__D")),
+                            Borrowed(None, MutMutable))),
                 ret_ty: Self,
                 inline: false,
                 const_nonmatching: true,
                 combine_substructure: decodable_substructure,
-            },
-        ]
+            })
     };
 
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
@@ -57,13 +56,13 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_decodable(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
 fn decodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
                           substr: &Substructure) -> @Expr {
     let decoder = substr.nonself_args[0];
-    let recurse = ~[cx.ident_of("serialize"),
+    let recurse = vec!(cx.ident_of("serialize"),
                     cx.ident_of("Decodable"),
-                    cx.ident_of("decode")];
+                    cx.ident_of("decode"));
     // throw an underscore in front to suppress unused variable warnings
     let blkarg = cx.ident_of("_d");
     let blkdecoder = cx.expr_ident(trait_span, blkarg);
-    let calldecode = cx.expr_call_global(trait_span, recurse, ~[blkdecoder]);
+    let calldecode = cx.expr_call_global(trait_span, recurse, vec!(blkdecoder));
     let lambdadecode = cx.lambda_expr_1(trait_span, calldecode, blkarg);
 
     return match *substr.fields {
@@ -80,24 +79,24 @@ fn decodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
                                               summary,
                                               |cx, span, name, field| {
                 cx.expr_method_call(span, blkdecoder, read_struct_field,
-                                    ~[cx.expr_str(span, name),
+                                    vec!(cx.expr_str(span, name),
                                       cx.expr_uint(span, field),
-                                      lambdadecode])
+                                      lambdadecode))
             });
             cx.expr_method_call(trait_span,
                                 decoder,
                                 cx.ident_of("read_struct"),
-                                ~[
+                                vec!(
                 cx.expr_str(trait_span, token::get_ident(substr.type_ident)),
                 cx.expr_uint(trait_span, nfields),
                 cx.lambda_expr_1(trait_span, result, blkarg)
-            ])
+            ))
         }
         StaticEnum(_, ref fields) => {
             let variant = cx.ident_of("i");
 
-            let mut arms = ~[];
-            let mut variants = ~[];
+            let mut arms = Vec::new();
+            let mut variants = Vec::new();
             let rvariant_arg = cx.ident_of("read_enum_variant_arg");
 
             for (i, &(name, v_span, ref parts)) in fields.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -110,29 +109,29 @@ fn decodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
                                                    |cx, span, _, field| {
                     let idx = cx.expr_uint(span, field);
                     cx.expr_method_call(span, blkdecoder, rvariant_arg,
-                                        ~[idx, lambdadecode])
+                                        vec!(idx, lambdadecode))
                 });
 
                 arms.push(cx.arm(v_span,
-                                 ~[cx.pat_lit(v_span, cx.expr_uint(v_span, i))],
+                                 vec!(cx.pat_lit(v_span, cx.expr_uint(v_span, i))),
                                  decoded));
             }
 
             arms.push(cx.arm_unreachable(trait_span));
 
             let result = cx.expr_match(trait_span, cx.expr_ident(trait_span, variant), arms);
-            let lambda = cx.lambda_expr(trait_span, ~[blkarg, variant], result);
+            let lambda = cx.lambda_expr(trait_span, vec!(blkarg, variant), result);
             let variant_vec = cx.expr_vec(trait_span, variants);
             let result = cx.expr_method_call(trait_span, blkdecoder,
                                              cx.ident_of("read_enum_variant"),
-                                             ~[variant_vec, lambda]);
+                                             vec!(variant_vec, lambda));
             cx.expr_method_call(trait_span,
                                 decoder,
                                 cx.ident_of("read_enum"),
-                                ~[
+                                vec!(
                 cx.expr_str(trait_span, token::get_ident(substr.type_ident)),
                 cx.lambda_expr_1(trait_span, result, blkarg)
-            ])
+            ))
         }
         _ => cx.bug("expected StaticEnum or StaticStruct in deriving(Decodable)")
     };
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/default.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/default.rs
index c5ef86273b6..46e9dfb89ab 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/default.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/default.rs
@@ -21,34 +21,33 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_default(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                             push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "default", "Default"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "default", "Default")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "default",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: None,
-                args: ~[],
+                args: Vec::new(),
                 ret_ty: Self,
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: default_substructure
-            },
-        ]
+            })
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
 
 fn default_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure) -> @Expr {
-    let default_ident = ~[
+    let default_ident = vec!(
         cx.ident_of("std"),
         cx.ident_of("default"),
         cx.ident_of("Default"),
         cx.ident_of("default")
-    ];
-    let default_call = |span| cx.expr_call_global(span, default_ident.clone(), ~[]);
+    );
+    let default_call = |span| cx.expr_call_global(span, default_ident.clone(), Vec::new());
 
     return match *substr.fields {
         StaticStruct(_, ref summary) => {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/encodable.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/encodable.rs
index ae23013b7cc..2fa6ec6888b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/encodable.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/encodable.rs
@@ -96,27 +96,26 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_encodable(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                                  push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new_(~["serialize", "Encodable"], None,
-                         ~[~Literal(Path::new_local("__E"))], true),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new_(vec!("serialize", "Encodable"), None,
+                         vec!(~Literal(Path::new_local("__E"))), true),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds {
-            lifetimes: ~[],
-            bounds: ~[("__E", ~[Path::new(~["serialize", "Encoder"])])],
+            lifetimes: Vec::new(),
+            bounds: vec!(("__E", vec!(Path::new(vec!("serialize", "Encoder"))))),
         },
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "encode",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[Ptr(~Literal(Path::new_local("__E")),
-                            Borrowed(None, MutMutable))],
+                args: vec!(Ptr(~Literal(Path::new_local("__E")),
+                            Borrowed(None, MutMutable))),
                 ret_ty: nil_ty(),
                 inline: false,
                 const_nonmatching: true,
                 combine_substructure: encodable_substructure,
-            },
-        ]
+            })
     };
 
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
     return match *substr.fields {
         Struct(ref fields) => {
             let emit_struct_field = cx.ident_of("emit_struct_field");
-            let mut stmts = ~[];
+            let mut stmts = Vec::new();
             for (i, &FieldInfo {
                     name,
                     self_,
@@ -146,13 +145,13 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
                         token::intern_and_get_ident(format!("_field{}", i))
                     }
                 };
-                let enc = cx.expr_method_call(span, self_, encode, ~[blkencoder]);
+                let enc = cx.expr_method_call(span, self_, encode, vec!(blkencoder));
                 let lambda = cx.lambda_expr_1(span, enc, blkarg);
                 let call = cx.expr_method_call(span, blkencoder,
                                                emit_struct_field,
-                                               ~[cx.expr_str(span, name),
+                                               vec!(cx.expr_str(span, name),
                                                  cx.expr_uint(span, i),
-                                                 lambda]);
+                                                 lambda));
                 stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(call));
             }
 
@@ -160,11 +159,11 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
             cx.expr_method_call(trait_span,
                                 encoder,
                                 cx.ident_of("emit_struct"),
-                                ~[
+                                vec!(
                 cx.expr_str(trait_span, token::get_ident(substr.type_ident)),
                 cx.expr_uint(trait_span, fields.len()),
                 blk
-            ])
+            ))
         }
 
         EnumMatching(idx, variant, ref fields) => {
@@ -175,14 +174,14 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
             let me = cx.stmt_let(trait_span, false, blkarg, encoder);
             let encoder = cx.expr_ident(trait_span, blkarg);
             let emit_variant_arg = cx.ident_of("emit_enum_variant_arg");
-            let mut stmts = ~[];
+            let mut stmts = Vec::new();
             for (i, &FieldInfo { self_, span, .. }) in fields.iter().enumerate() {
-                let enc = cx.expr_method_call(span, self_, encode, ~[blkencoder]);
+                let enc = cx.expr_method_call(span, self_, encode, vec!(blkencoder));
                 let lambda = cx.lambda_expr_1(span, enc, blkarg);
                 let call = cx.expr_method_call(span, blkencoder,
                                                emit_variant_arg,
-                                               ~[cx.expr_uint(span, i),
-                                                 lambda]);
+                                               vec!(cx.expr_uint(span, i),
+                                                 lambda));
                 stmts.push(cx.stmt_expr(call));
             }
 
@@ -190,19 +189,19 @@ fn encodable_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span,
             let name = cx.expr_str(trait_span, token::get_ident(variant.node.name));
             let call = cx.expr_method_call(trait_span, blkencoder,
                                            cx.ident_of("emit_enum_variant"),
-                                           ~[name,
+                                           vec!(name,
                                              cx.expr_uint(trait_span, idx),
                                              cx.expr_uint(trait_span, fields.len()),
-                                             blk]);
+                                             blk));
             let blk = cx.lambda_expr_1(trait_span, call, blkarg);
             let ret = cx.expr_method_call(trait_span,
                                           encoder,
                                           cx.ident_of("emit_enum"),
-                                          ~[
+                                          vec!(
                 cx.expr_str(trait_span, token::get_ident(substr.type_ident)),
                 blk
-            ]);
-            cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, ~[me], Some(ret)))
+            ));
+            cx.expr_block(cx.block(trait_span, vec!(me), Some(ret)))
         }
 
         _ => cx.bug("expected Struct or EnumMatching in deriving(Encodable)")
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/generic.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/generic.rs
index 24d4efb1b0e..6869ff2fd0d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/generic.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/generic.rs
@@ -197,20 +197,19 @@ pub struct TraitDef<'a> {
     /// The span for the current #[deriving(Foo)] header.
     span: Span,
 
-    attributes: ~[ast::Attribute],
+    attributes: Vec<ast::Attribute> ,
 
     /// Path of the trait, including any type parameters
     path: Path<'a>,
 
     /// Additional bounds required of any type parameters of the type,
     /// other than the current trait
-    additional_bounds: ~[Ty<'a>],
+    additional_bounds: Vec<Ty<'a>> ,
 
     /// Any extra lifetimes and/or bounds, e.g. `D: serialize::Decoder`
     generics: LifetimeBounds<'a>,
 
-    methods: ~[MethodDef<'a>]
-}
+    methods: Vec<MethodDef<'a>> }
 
 
 pub struct MethodDef<'a> {
@@ -225,7 +224,7 @@ pub struct MethodDef<'a> {
     explicit_self: Option<Option<PtrTy<'a>>>,
 
     /// Arguments other than the self argument
-    args: ~[Ty<'a>],
+    args: Vec<Ty<'a>> ,
 
     /// Return type
     ret_ty: Ty<'a>,
@@ -264,39 +263,38 @@ pub struct FieldInfo {
     self_: @Expr,
     /// The expressions corresponding to references to this field in
     /// the other Self arguments.
-    other: ~[@Expr]
-}
+    other: Vec<@Expr> }
 
 /// Fields for a static method
 pub enum StaticFields {
     /// Tuple structs/enum variants like this
-    Unnamed(~[Span]),
+    Unnamed(Vec<Span> ),
     /// Normal structs/struct variants.
-    Named(~[(Ident, Span)])
+    Named(Vec<(Ident, Span)> )
 }
 
 /// A summary of the possible sets of fields. See above for details
 /// and examples
 pub enum SubstructureFields<'a> {
-    Struct(~[FieldInfo]),
+    Struct(Vec<FieldInfo> ),
     /**
     Matching variants of the enum: variant index, ast::Variant,
     fields: the field name is only non-`None` in the case of a struct
     variant.
     */
-    EnumMatching(uint, &'a ast::Variant, ~[FieldInfo]),
+    EnumMatching(uint, &'a ast::Variant, Vec<FieldInfo> ),
 
     /**
     non-matching variants of the enum, [(variant index, ast::Variant,
     [field span, field ident, fields])] (i.e. all fields for self are in the
     first tuple, for other1 are in the second tuple, etc.)
     */
-    EnumNonMatching(&'a [(uint, P<ast::Variant>, ~[(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)])]),
+    EnumNonMatching(&'a [(uint, P<ast::Variant>, Vec<(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)> )]),
 
     /// A static method where Self is a struct.
     StaticStruct(&'a ast::StructDef, StaticFields),
     /// A static method where Self is an enum.
-    StaticEnum(&'a ast::EnumDef, ~[(Ident, Span, StaticFields)])
+    StaticEnum(&'a ast::EnumDef, Vec<(Ident, Span, StaticFields)> )
 }
 
 
@@ -316,7 +314,7 @@ representing each variant: (variant index, ast::Variant instance,
 pub type EnumNonMatchFunc<'a> =
     'a |&mut ExtCtxt,
            Span,
-           &[(uint, P<ast::Variant>, ~[(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)])],
+           &[(uint, P<ast::Variant>, Vec<(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)> )],
            &[@Expr]|
            -> @Expr;
 
@@ -360,7 +358,7 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
                            cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                            type_ident: Ident,
                            generics: &Generics,
-                           methods: ~[@ast::Method]) -> @ast::Item {
+                           methods: Vec<@ast::Method> ) -> @ast::Item {
         let trait_path = self.path.to_path(cx, self.span, type_ident, generics);
 
         let mut trait_generics = self.generics.to_generics(cx, self.span,
@@ -397,7 +395,7 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
 
         // Create the type of `self`.
         let self_type = cx.ty_path(
-            cx.path_all(self.span, false, ~[ type_ident ], self_lifetimes,
+            cx.path_all(self.span, false, vec!( type_ident ), self_lifetimes,
                         opt_vec::take_vec(self_ty_params)), None);
 
         let doc_attr = cx.attribute(
@@ -412,7 +410,7 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
         cx.item(
             self.span,
             ident,
-            vec::append(~[doc_attr], self.attributes),
+            vec_ng::append(vec!(doc_attr), self.attributes),
             ast::ItemImpl(trait_generics, opt_trait_ref,
                           self_type, methods.map(|x| *x)))
     }
@@ -524,11 +522,11 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                                trait_: &TraitDef,
                                type_ident: Ident,
                                generics: &Generics)
-        -> (ast::ExplicitSelf, ~[@Expr], ~[@Expr], ~[(Ident, P<ast::Ty>)]) {
+        -> (ast::ExplicitSelf, Vec<@Expr> , Vec<@Expr> , Vec<(Ident, P<ast::Ty>)> ) {
 
-        let mut self_args = ~[];
-        let mut nonself_args = ~[];
-        let mut arg_tys = ~[];
+        let mut self_args = Vec::new();
+        let mut nonself_args = Vec::new();
+        let mut arg_tys = Vec::new();
         let mut nonstatic = false;
 
         let ast_explicit_self = match self.explicit_self {
@@ -575,7 +573,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                      type_ident: Ident,
                      generics: &Generics,
                      explicit_self: ast::ExplicitSelf,
-                     arg_types: ~[(Ident, P<ast::Ty>)],
+                     arg_types: Vec<(Ident, P<ast::Ty>)> ,
                      body: @Expr) -> @ast::Method {
         // create the generics that aren't for Self
         let fn_generics = self.generics.to_generics(cx, trait_.span, type_ident, generics);
@@ -598,16 +596,16 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
         let body_block = cx.block_expr(body);
 
         let attrs = if self.inline {
-            ~[
+            vec!(
                 cx
                       .attribute(trait_.span,
                                  cx
                                        .meta_word(trait_.span,
                                                   InternedString::new(
                                                       "inline")))
-            ]
+            )
         } else {
-            ~[]
+            Vec::new()
         };
 
         // Create the method.
@@ -655,9 +653,9 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                                  nonself_args: &[@Expr])
         -> @Expr {
 
-        let mut raw_fields = ~[]; // ~[[fields of self],
+        let mut raw_fields = Vec::new(); // ~[[fields of self],
                                  // [fields of next Self arg], [etc]]
-        let mut patterns = ~[];
+        let mut patterns = Vec::new();
         for i in range(0u, self_args.len()) {
             let (pat, ident_expr) = trait_.create_struct_pattern(cx, type_ident, struct_def,
                                                                  format!("__self_{}", i),
@@ -703,7 +701,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
         // matter.
         for (&arg_expr, &pat) in self_args.iter().zip(patterns.iter()) {
             body = cx.expr_match(trait_.span, arg_expr,
-                                     ~[ cx.arm(trait_.span, ~[pat], body) ])
+                                     vec!( cx.arm(trait_.span, vec!(pat), body) ))
         }
         body
     }
@@ -759,7 +757,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                                self_args: &[@Expr],
                                nonself_args: &[@Expr])
                                -> @Expr {
-        let mut matches = ~[];
+        let mut matches = Vec::new();
         self.build_enum_match(cx, trait_, enum_def, type_ident,
                               self_args, nonself_args,
                               None, &mut matches, 0)
@@ -795,8 +793,8 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                         self_args: &[@Expr],
                         nonself_args: &[@Expr],
                         matching: Option<uint>,
-                        matches_so_far: &mut ~[(uint, P<ast::Variant>,
-                                              ~[(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)])],
+                        matches_so_far: &mut Vec<(uint, P<ast::Variant>,
+                                              Vec<(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)> )> ,
                         match_count: uint) -> @Expr {
         if match_count == self_args.len() {
             // we've matched against all arguments, so make the final
@@ -826,7 +824,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                         (_, v, ref s) => (v, s)
                     };
 
-                    let mut enum_matching_fields = vec::from_elem(self_vec.len(), ~[]);
+                    let mut enum_matching_fields = vec::from_elem(self_vec.len(), Vec::new());
 
                     for triple in matches_so_far.tail().iter() {
                         match triple {
@@ -865,7 +863,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                 format!("__arg_{}", match_count)
             };
 
-            let mut arms = ~[];
+            let mut arms = Vec::new();
 
             // the code for nonmatching variants only matters when
             // we've seen at least one other variant already
@@ -895,7 +893,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                                                      matches_so_far,
                                                      match_count + 1);
                 matches_so_far.pop().unwrap();
-                arms.push(cx.arm(trait_.span, ~[ pattern ], arm_expr));
+                arms.push(cx.arm(trait_.span, vec!( pattern ), arm_expr));
 
                 if enum_def.variants.len() > 1 {
                     let e = &EnumNonMatching(&[]);
@@ -904,7 +902,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                                                                   e);
                     let wild_arm = cx.arm(
                         trait_.span,
-                        ~[ cx.pat_wild(trait_.span) ],
+                        vec!( cx.pat_wild(trait_.span) ),
                         wild_expr);
                     arms.push(wild_arm);
                 }
@@ -933,7 +931,7 @@ impl<'a> MethodDef<'a> {
                                                          match_count + 1);
                     matches_so_far.pop().unwrap();
 
-                    let arm = cx.arm(trait_.span, ~[ pattern ], arm_expr);
+                    let arm = cx.arm(trait_.span, vec!( pattern ), arm_expr);
                     arms.push(arm);
                 }
             }
@@ -997,8 +995,8 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
     fn summarise_struct(&self,
                         cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                         struct_def: &StructDef) -> StaticFields {
-        let mut named_idents = ~[];
-        let mut just_spans = ~[];
+        let mut named_idents = Vec::new();
+        let mut just_spans = Vec::new();
         for field in struct_def.fields.iter(){
             let sp = self.set_expn_info(cx, field.span);
             match field.node.kind {
@@ -1020,9 +1018,9 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
 
     fn create_subpatterns(&self,
                           cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
-                          field_paths: ~[ast::Path],
+                          field_paths: Vec<ast::Path> ,
                           mutbl: ast::Mutability)
-                          -> ~[@ast::Pat] {
+                          -> Vec<@ast::Pat> {
         field_paths.map(|path| {
             cx.pat(path.span,
                         ast::PatIdent(ast::BindByRef(mutbl), (*path).clone(), None))
@@ -1035,18 +1033,18 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
                              struct_def: &StructDef,
                              prefix: &str,
                              mutbl: ast::Mutability)
-                             -> (@ast::Pat, ~[(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)]) {
+                             -> (@ast::Pat, Vec<(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)> ) {
         if struct_def.fields.is_empty() {
             return (
                 cx.pat_ident_binding_mode(
                     self.span, struct_ident, ast::BindByValue(ast::MutImmutable)),
-                ~[]);
+                Vec::new());
         }
 
-        let matching_path = cx.path(self.span, ~[ struct_ident ]);
+        let matching_path = cx.path(self.span, vec!( struct_ident ));
 
-        let mut paths = ~[];
-        let mut ident_expr = ~[];
+        let mut paths = Vec::new();
+        let mut ident_expr = Vec::new();
         let mut struct_type = Unknown;
 
         for (i, struct_field) in struct_def.fields.iter().enumerate() {
@@ -1096,20 +1094,20 @@ impl<'a> TraitDef<'a> {
                                    variant: &ast::Variant,
                                    prefix: &str,
                                    mutbl: ast::Mutability)
-        -> (@ast::Pat, ~[(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)]) {
+        -> (@ast::Pat, Vec<(Span, Option<Ident>, @Expr)> ) {
         let variant_ident = variant.node.name;
         match variant.node.kind {
             ast::TupleVariantKind(ref variant_args) => {
                 if variant_args.is_empty() {
                     return (cx.pat_ident_binding_mode(variant.span, variant_ident,
                                                           ast::BindByValue(ast::MutImmutable)),
-                            ~[]);
+                            Vec::new());
                 }
 
                 let matching_path = cx.path_ident(variant.span, variant_ident);
 
-                let mut paths = ~[];
-                let mut ident_expr = ~[];
+                let mut paths = Vec::new();
+                let mut ident_expr = Vec::new();
                 for (i, va) in variant_args.iter().enumerate() {
                     let sp = self.set_expn_info(cx, va.ty.span);
                     let path = cx.path_ident(sp, cx.ident_of(format!("{}_{}", prefix, i)));
@@ -1179,7 +1177,7 @@ f(cx, span, ~[self_1.method(__arg_1_1, __arg_2_1),
 ~~~
 */
 #[inline]
-pub fn cs_same_method(f: |&mut ExtCtxt, Span, ~[@Expr]| -> @Expr,
+pub fn cs_same_method(f: |&mut ExtCtxt, Span, Vec<@Expr> | -> @Expr,
                       enum_nonmatch_f: EnumNonMatchFunc,
                       cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                       trait_span: Span,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/hash.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/hash.rs
index acae4f9efa6..ed7f61d5e94 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/hash.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/hash.rs
@@ -22,23 +22,23 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_hash(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
 
     let hash_trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "hash", "Hash"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "hash", "Hash")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "hash",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[Ptr(~Literal(Path::new(~["std", "hash", "sip", "SipState"])),
-                            Borrowed(None, MutMutable))],
+                args: vec!(Ptr(~Literal(Path::new(vec!("std", "hash", "sip", "SipState"))),
+                            Borrowed(None, MutMutable))),
                 ret_ty: nil_ty(),
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: hash_substructure
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
 
     hash_trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push);
@@ -51,10 +51,10 @@ fn hash_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure)
     };
     let hash_ident = substr.method_ident;
     let call_hash = |span, thing_expr| {
-        let expr = cx.expr_method_call(span, thing_expr, hash_ident, ~[state_expr]);
+        let expr = cx.expr_method_call(span, thing_expr, hash_ident, vec!(state_expr));
         cx.stmt_expr(expr)
     };
-    let mut stmts = ~[];
+    let mut stmts = Vec::new();
 
     let fields = match *substr.fields {
         Struct(ref fs) => fs,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/primitive.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/primitive.rs
index 03192cc1cd2..2615479fa72 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/primitive.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/primitive.rs
@@ -23,21 +23,20 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_from_primitive(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                                       push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "num", "FromPrimitive"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "num", "FromPrimitive")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "from_i64",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: None,
-                args: ~[
-                    Literal(Path::new(~["i64"])),
-                ],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new_(~["std", "option", "Option"],
+                args: vec!(
+                    Literal(Path::new(vec!("i64")))),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new_(vec!("std", "option", "Option"),
                                            None,
-                                           ~[~Self],
+                                           vec!(~Self),
                                            true)),
                 // liable to cause code-bloat
                 inline: true,
@@ -48,19 +47,17 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_from_primitive(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 name: "from_u64",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: None,
-                args: ~[
-                    Literal(Path::new(~["u64"])),
-                ],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new_(~["std", "option", "Option"],
+                args: vec!(
+                    Literal(Path::new(vec!("u64")))),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new_(vec!("std", "option", "Option"),
                                            None,
-                                           ~[~Self],
+                                           vec!(~Self),
                                            true)),
                 // liable to cause code-bloat
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: |c, s, sub| cs_from("u64", c, s, sub),
-            },
-        ]
+            })
     };
 
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
@@ -84,7 +81,7 @@ fn cs_from(name: &str, cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure
                 return cx.expr_fail(trait_span, InternedString::new(""));
             }
 
-            let mut arms = ~[];
+            let mut arms = Vec::new();
 
             for variant in enum_def.variants.iter() {
                 match variant.node.kind {
@@ -109,7 +106,7 @@ fn cs_from(name: &str, cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure
 
                         // arm for `_ if $guard => $body`
                         let arm = ast::Arm {
-                            pats: ~[cx.pat_wild(span)],
+                            pats: vec!(cx.pat_wild(span)),
                             guard: Some(guard),
                             body: cx.block_expr(body),
                         };
@@ -128,7 +125,7 @@ fn cs_from(name: &str, cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure
 
             // arm for `_ => None`
             let arm = ast::Arm {
-                pats: ~[cx.pat_wild(trait_span)],
+                pats: vec!(cx.pat_wild(trait_span)),
                 guard: None,
                 body: cx.block_expr(cx.expr_none(trait_span)),
             };
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs
index 6efe4801592..203e5aae567 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/rand.rs
@@ -23,48 +23,48 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_rand(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                             push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "rand", "Rand"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "rand", "Rand")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "rand",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds {
-                    lifetimes: ~[],
-                    bounds: ~[("R",
-                               ~[ Path::new(~["std", "rand", "Rng"]) ])]
+                    lifetimes: Vec::new(),
+                    bounds: vec!(("R",
+                               vec!( Path::new(vec!("std", "rand", "Rng")) )))
                 },
                 explicit_self: None,
-                args: ~[
+                args: vec!(
                     Ptr(~Literal(Path::new_local("R")),
                         Borrowed(None, ast::MutMutable))
-                ],
+                ),
                 ret_ty: Self,
                 inline: false,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: rand_substructure
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
 
 fn rand_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure) -> @Expr {
     let rng = match substr.nonself_args {
-        [rng] => ~[ rng ],
+        [rng] => vec!( rng ),
         _ => cx.bug("Incorrect number of arguments to `rand` in `deriving(Rand)`")
     };
-    let rand_ident = ~[
+    let rand_ident = vec!(
         cx.ident_of("std"),
         cx.ident_of("rand"),
         cx.ident_of("Rand"),
         cx.ident_of("rand")
-    ];
+    );
     let rand_call = |cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span| {
         cx.expr_call_global(span,
                             rand_ident.clone(),
-                            ~[ rng[0] ])
+                            vec!( rng[0] ))
     };
 
     return match *substr.fields {
@@ -84,13 +84,13 @@ fn rand_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure)
                                         true,
                                         rand_ident.clone(),
                                         opt_vec::Empty,
-                                        ~[]);
+                                        Vec::new());
             let rand_name = cx.expr_path(rand_name);
 
             // ::std::rand::Rand::rand(rng)
             let rv_call = cx.expr_call(trait_span,
                                        rand_name,
-                                       ~[ rng[0] ]);
+                                       vec!( rng[0] ));
 
             // need to specify the uint-ness of the random number
             let uint_ty = cx.ty_ident(trait_span, cx.ident_of("uint"));
@@ -113,15 +113,15 @@ fn rand_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure)
                 let pat = cx.pat_lit(v_span, i_expr);
 
                 let thing = rand_thing(cx, v_span, ident, summary, |cx, sp| rand_call(cx, sp));
-                cx.arm(v_span, ~[ pat ], thing)
-            }).collect::<~[ast::Arm]>();
+                cx.arm(v_span, vec!( pat ), thing)
+            }).collect::<Vec<ast::Arm> >();
 
             // _ => {} at the end. Should never occur
             arms.push(cx.arm_unreachable(trait_span));
 
             let match_expr = cx.expr_match(trait_span, rand_variant, arms);
 
-            let block = cx.block(trait_span, ~[ let_statement ], Some(match_expr));
+            let block = cx.block(trait_span, vec!( let_statement ), Some(match_expr));
             cx.expr_block(block)
         }
         _ => cx.bug("Non-static method in `deriving(Rand)`")
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/show.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/show.rs
index 4b9925c8d9f..0622588be8e 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/show.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/show.rs
@@ -26,27 +26,27 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_show(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                             item: @Item,
                             push: |@Item|) {
     // &mut ::std::fmt::Formatter
-    let fmtr = Ptr(~Literal(Path::new(~["std", "fmt", "Formatter"])),
+    let fmtr = Ptr(~Literal(Path::new(vec!("std", "fmt", "Formatter"))),
                    Borrowed(None, ast::MutMutable));
 
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "fmt", "Show"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "fmt", "Show")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "fmt",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[fmtr],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(~["std", "fmt", "Result"])),
+                args: vec!(fmtr),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(vec!("std", "fmt", "Result"))),
                 inline: false,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: show_substructure
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ fn show_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span,
 
     let mut format_string = token::get_ident(name).get().to_owned();
     // the internal fields we're actually formatting
-    let mut exprs = ~[];
+    let mut exprs = Vec::new();
 
     // Getting harder... making the format string:
     match *substr.fields {
@@ -124,10 +124,10 @@ fn show_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, span: Span,
     let formatter = substr.nonself_args[0];
     let buf = cx.expr_field_access(span, formatter, cx.ident_of("buf"));
 
-    let std_write = ~[cx.ident_of("std"), cx.ident_of("fmt"), cx.ident_of("write")];
+    let std_write = vec!(cx.ident_of("std"), cx.ident_of("fmt"), cx.ident_of("write"));
     let args = cx.ident_of("__args");
-    let write_call = cx.expr_call_global(span, std_write, ~[buf, cx.expr_ident(span, args)]);
-    let format_closure = cx.lambda_expr(span, ~[args], write_call);
+    let write_call = cx.expr_call_global(span, std_write, vec!(buf, cx.expr_ident(span, args)));
+    let format_closure = cx.lambda_expr(span, vec!(args), write_call);
 
     let s = token::intern_and_get_ident(format_string);
     let format_string = cx.expr_str(span, s);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/ty.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/ty.rs
index 1d3dd9185ca..f7019d65058 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/ty.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/ty.rs
@@ -30,22 +30,22 @@ pub enum PtrTy<'a> {
 /// A path, e.g. `::std::option::Option::<int>` (global). Has support
 /// for type parameters and a lifetime.
 pub struct Path<'a> {
-    path: ~[&'a str],
+    path: Vec<&'a str> ,
     lifetime: Option<&'a str>,
-    params: ~[~Ty<'a>],
+    params: Vec<~Ty<'a>> ,
     global: bool
 }
 
 impl<'a> Path<'a> {
-    pub fn new<'r>(path: ~[&'r str]) -> Path<'r> {
-        Path::new_(path, None, ~[], true)
+    pub fn new<'r>(path: Vec<&'r str> ) -> Path<'r> {
+        Path::new_(path, None, Vec::new(), true)
     }
     pub fn new_local<'r>(path: &'r str) -> Path<'r> {
-        Path::new_(~[ path ], None, ~[], false)
+        Path::new_(vec!( path ), None, Vec::new(), false)
     }
-    pub fn new_<'r>(path: ~[&'r str],
+    pub fn new_<'r>(path: Vec<&'r str> ,
                     lifetime: Option<&'r str>,
-                    params: ~[~Ty<'r>],
+                    params: Vec<~Ty<'r>> ,
                     global: bool)
                     -> Path<'r> {
         Path {
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub enum Ty<'a> {
     // parameter, and things like `int`
     Literal(Path<'a>),
     // includes nil
-    Tuple(~[Ty<'a>])
+    Tuple(Vec<Ty<'a>> )
 }
 
 pub fn borrowed_ptrty<'r>() -> PtrTy<'r> {
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ pub fn borrowed_self<'r>() -> Ty<'r> {
 }
 
 pub fn nil_ty() -> Ty<'static> {
-    Tuple(~[])
+    Tuple(Vec::new())
 }
 
 fn mk_lifetime(cx: &ExtCtxt, span: Span, lt: &Option<&str>) -> Option<ast::Lifetime> {
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ impl<'a> Ty<'a> {
                 });
                 let lifetimes = self_generics.lifetimes.clone();
 
-                cx.path_all(span, false, ~[self_ty], lifetimes,
+                cx.path_all(span, false, vec!(self_ty), lifetimes,
                             opt_vec::take_vec(self_params))
             }
             Literal(ref p) => {
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ fn mk_ty_param(cx: &ExtCtxt, span: Span, name: &str, bounds: &[Path],
     cx.typaram(cx.ident_of(name), bounds, None)
 }
 
-fn mk_generics(lifetimes: ~[ast::Lifetime],  ty_params: ~[ast::TyParam]) -> Generics {
+fn mk_generics(lifetimes: Vec<ast::Lifetime> ,  ty_params: Vec<ast::TyParam> ) -> Generics {
     Generics {
         lifetimes: opt_vec::from(lifetimes),
         ty_params: opt_vec::from(ty_params)
@@ -204,14 +204,14 @@ fn mk_generics(lifetimes: ~[ast::Lifetime],  ty_params: ~[ast::TyParam]) -> Gene
 
 /// Lifetimes and bounds on type parameters
 pub struct LifetimeBounds<'a> {
-    lifetimes: ~[&'a str],
-    bounds: ~[(&'a str, ~[Path<'a>])]
+    lifetimes: Vec<&'a str> ,
+    bounds: vec!((&'a str, Vec<Path<'a>> ))
 }
 
 impl<'a> LifetimeBounds<'a> {
     pub fn empty() -> LifetimeBounds<'static> {
         LifetimeBounds {
-            lifetimes: ~[], bounds: ~[]
+            lifetimes: Vec::new(), bounds: Vec::new()
         }
     }
     pub fn to_generics(&self,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/zero.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/zero.rs
index 90f4fa0eb58..9feae186894 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/zero.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/deriving/zero.rs
@@ -21,16 +21,16 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_zero(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                             push: |@Item|) {
     let trait_def = TraitDef {
         span: span,
-        attributes: ~[],
-        path: Path::new(~["std", "num", "Zero"]),
-        additional_bounds: ~[],
+        attributes: Vec::new(),
+        path: Path::new(vec!("std", "num", "Zero")),
+        additional_bounds: Vec::new(),
         generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
-        methods: ~[
+        methods: vec!(
             MethodDef {
                 name: "zero",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: None,
-                args: ~[],
+                args: Vec::new(),
                 ret_ty: Self,
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_zero(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                 name: "is_zero",
                 generics: LifetimeBounds::empty(),
                 explicit_self: borrowed_explicit_self(),
-                args: ~[],
-                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(~["bool"])),
+                args: Vec::new(),
+                ret_ty: Literal(Path::new(vec!("bool"))),
                 inline: true,
                 const_nonmatching: false,
                 combine_substructure: |cx, span, substr| {
@@ -52,19 +52,19 @@ pub fn expand_deriving_zero(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                            cx, span, substr)
                 }
             }
-        ]
+        )
     };
     trait_def.expand(cx, mitem, item, push)
 }
 
 fn zero_substructure(cx: &mut ExtCtxt, trait_span: Span, substr: &Substructure) -> @Expr {
-    let zero_ident = ~[
+    let zero_ident = vec!(
         cx.ident_of("std"),
         cx.ident_of("num"),
         cx.ident_of("Zero"),
         cx.ident_of("zero")
-    ];
-    let zero_call = |span| cx.expr_call_global(span, zero_ident.clone(), ~[]);
+    );
+    let zero_call = |span| cx.expr_call_global(span, zero_ident.clone(), Vec::new());
 
     return match *substr.fields {
         StaticStruct(_, ref summary) => {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index b49f9fb3a38..08d40745894 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -169,21 +169,21 @@ pub fn expand_expr(e: @ast::Expr, fld: &mut MacroExpander) -> @ast::Expr {
             let none_arm = {
                 let break_expr = fld.cx.expr(span, ast::ExprBreak(opt_ident));
                 let none_pat = fld.cx.pat_ident(span, none_ident);
-                fld.cx.arm(span, ~[none_pat], break_expr)
+                fld.cx.arm(span, vec!(none_pat), break_expr)
             };
 
             // `Some(<src_pat>) => <src_loop_block>`
             let some_arm =
                 fld.cx.arm(span,
-                           ~[fld.cx.pat_enum(span, some_path, ~[src_pat])],
+                           vec!(fld.cx.pat_enum(span, some_path, vec!(src_pat))),
                            fld.cx.expr_block(src_loop_block));
 
             // `match i.next() { ... }`
             let match_expr = {
                 let next_call_expr =
-                    fld.cx.expr_method_call(span, fld.cx.expr_path(local_path), next_ident, ~[]);
+                    fld.cx.expr_method_call(span, fld.cx.expr_path(local_path), next_ident, Vec::new());
 
-                fld.cx.expr_match(span, next_call_expr, ~[none_arm, some_arm])
+                fld.cx.expr_match(span, next_call_expr, vec!(none_arm, some_arm))
             };
 
             // ['ident:] loop { ... }
@@ -196,8 +196,8 @@ pub fn expand_expr(e: @ast::Expr, fld: &mut MacroExpander) -> @ast::Expr {
             // `match &mut <src_expr> { i => loop { ... } }`
             let discrim = fld.cx.expr_mut_addr_of(span, src_expr);
             let i_pattern = fld.cx.pat_ident(span, local_ident);
-            let arm = fld.cx.arm(span, ~[i_pattern], loop_expr);
-            fld.cx.expr_match(span, discrim, ~[arm])
+            let arm = fld.cx.arm(span, vec!(i_pattern), loop_expr);
+            fld.cx.expr_match(span, discrim, vec!(arm))
         }
 
         ast::ExprLoop(loop_block, opt_ident) => {
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ fn rename_loop_label(opt_ident: Option<Ident>,
             let new_label = fresh_name(&label);
             let rename = (label, new_label);
             fld.extsbox.info().pending_renames.push(rename);
-            let mut pending_renames = ~[rename];
+            let mut pending_renames = vec!(rename);
             let mut rename_fld = renames_to_fold(&mut pending_renames);
             (Some(rename_fld.fold_ident(label)),
              rename_fld.fold_block(loop_block))
@@ -607,10 +607,10 @@ fn expand_non_macro_stmt(s: &Stmt, fld: &mut MacroExpander)
                     // oh dear heaven... this is going to include the enum
                     // names, as well... but that should be okay, as long as
                     // the new names are gensyms for the old ones.
-                    let mut name_finder = new_name_finder(~[]);
+                    let mut name_finder = new_name_finder(Vec::new());
                     name_finder.visit_pat(expanded_pat,());
                     // generate fresh names, push them to a new pending list
-                    let mut new_pending_renames = ~[];
+                    let mut new_pending_renames = Vec::new();
                     for ident in name_finder.ident_accumulator.iter() {
                         let new_name = fresh_name(ident);
                         new_pending_renames.push((*ident,new_name));
@@ -657,7 +657,7 @@ fn expand_non_macro_stmt(s: &Stmt, fld: &mut MacroExpander)
 // array (passed in to the traversal)
 #[deriving(Clone)]
 struct NewNameFinderContext {
-    ident_accumulator: ~[ast::Ident],
+    ident_accumulator: Vec<ast::Ident> ,
 }
 
 impl Visitor<()> for NewNameFinderContext {
@@ -700,7 +700,7 @@ impl Visitor<()> for NewNameFinderContext {
 // return a visitor that extracts the pat_ident paths
 // from a given thingy and puts them in a mutable
 // array (passed in to the traversal)
-pub fn new_name_finder(idents: ~[ast::Ident]) -> NewNameFinderContext {
+pub fn new_name_finder(idents: Vec<ast::Ident> ) -> NewNameFinderContext {
     NewNameFinderContext {
         ident_accumulator: idents,
     }
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ fn new_mark_folder(m: Mrk) -> Marker {
 }
 
 // apply a given mark to the given token trees. Used prior to expansion of a macro.
-fn mark_tts(tts: &[TokenTree], m: Mrk) -> ~[TokenTree] {
+fn mark_tts(tts: &[TokenTree], m: Mrk) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
     fold_tts(tts, &mut new_mark_folder(m))
 }
 
@@ -917,7 +917,7 @@ mod test {
     // array (passed in to the traversal)
     #[deriving(Clone)]
     struct NewPathExprFinderContext {
-        path_accumulator: ~[ast::Path],
+        path_accumulator: Vec<ast::Path> ,
     }
 
     impl Visitor<()> for NewPathExprFinderContext {
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ mod test {
     // return a visitor that extracts the paths
     // from a given pattern and puts them in a mutable
     // array (passed in to the traversal)
-    pub fn new_path_finder(paths: ~[ast::Path]) -> NewPathExprFinderContext {
+    pub fn new_path_finder(paths: Vec<ast::Path> ) -> NewPathExprFinderContext {
         NewPathExprFinderContext {
             path_accumulator: paths
         }
@@ -954,7 +954,7 @@ mod test {
             fail!("lolwut")
         }
 
-        fn get_exported_macros(&mut self, _: ast::CrateNum) -> ~[~str] {
+        fn get_exported_macros(&mut self, _: ast::CrateNum) -> Vec<~str> {
             fail!("lolwut")
         }
 
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ mod test {
         let crate_ast = parse::parse_crate_from_source_str(
             ~"<test>",
             src,
-            ~[],sess);
+            Vec::new(),sess);
         // should fail:
         let mut loader = ErrLoader;
         expand_crate(sess,&mut loader,crate_ast);
@@ -990,7 +990,7 @@ mod test {
         let crate_ast = parse::parse_crate_from_source_str(
             ~"<test>",
             src,
-            ~[],sess);
+            Vec::new(),sess);
         // should fail:
         let mut loader = ErrLoader;
         expand_crate(sess,&mut loader,crate_ast);
@@ -1004,7 +1004,7 @@ mod test {
         let crate_ast = parse::parse_crate_from_source_str(
             ~"<test>",
             src,
-            ~[], sess);
+            Vec::new(), sess);
         // should fail:
         let mut loader = ErrLoader;
         expand_crate(sess, &mut loader, crate_ast);
@@ -1014,9 +1014,9 @@ mod test {
         let attr1 = make_dummy_attr ("foo");
         let attr2 = make_dummy_attr ("bar");
         let escape_attr = make_dummy_attr ("macro_escape");
-        let attrs1 = ~[attr1, escape_attr, attr2];
+        let attrs1 = vec!(attr1, escape_attr, attr2);
         assert_eq!(contains_macro_escape (attrs1),true);
-        let attrs2 = ~[attr1,attr2];
+        let attrs2 = vec!(attr1,attr2);
         assert_eq!(contains_macro_escape (attrs2),false);
     }
 
@@ -1082,48 +1082,30 @@ mod test {
     // in principle, you might want to control this boolean on a per-varref basis,
     // but that would make things even harder to understand, and might not be
     // necessary for thorough testing.
-    type RenamingTest = (&'static str, ~[~[uint]], bool);
+    type RenamingTest = (&'static str, vec!(Vec<uint> ), bool);
 
     #[test]
     fn automatic_renaming () {
-        let tests: ~[RenamingTest] =
-            ~[// b & c should get new names throughout, in the expr too:
+        let tests: Vec<RenamingTest> =
+            vec!(// b & c should get new names throughout, in the expr too:
                 ("fn a() -> int { let b = 13; let c = b; b+c }",
-                 ~[~[0,1],~[2]], false),
+                 vec!(vec!(0,1),vec!(2)), false),
                 // both x's should be renamed (how is this causing a bug?)
                 ("fn main () {let x: int = 13;x;}",
-                 ~[~[0]], false),
+                 vec!(vec!(0)), false),
                 // the use of b after the + should be renamed, the other one not:
                 ("macro_rules! f (($x:ident) => (b + $x)) fn a() -> int { let b = 13; f!(b)}",
-                 ~[~[1]], false),
+                 vec!(vec!(1)), false),
                 // the b before the plus should not be renamed (requires marks)
                 ("macro_rules! f (($x:ident) => ({let b=9; ($x + b)})) fn a() -> int { f!(b)}",
-                 ~[~[1]], false),
+                 vec!(vec!(1)), false),
                 // the marks going in and out of letty should cancel, allowing that $x to
                 // capture the one following the semicolon.
                 // this was an awesome test case, and caught a *lot* of bugs.
                 ("macro_rules! letty(($x:ident) => (let $x = 15;))
                   macro_rules! user(($x:ident) => ({letty!($x); $x}))
                   fn main() -> int {user!(z)}",
-                 ~[~[0]], false),
-                // no longer a fixme #8062: this test exposes a *potential* bug; our system does
-                // not behave exactly like MTWT, but a conversation with Matthew Flatt
-                // suggests that this can only occur in the presence of local-expand, which
-                // we have no plans to support.
-                // ("fn main() {let hrcoo = 19; macro_rules! getx(()=>(hrcoo)); getx!();}",
-                // ~[~[0]], true)
-                // FIXME #6994: the next string exposes the bug referred to in issue 6994, so I'm
-                // commenting it out.
-                // the z flows into and out of two macros (g & f) along one path, and one
-                // (just g) along the other, so the result of the whole thing should
-                // be "let z_123 = 3; z_123"
-                //"macro_rules! g (($x:ident) =>
-                //   ({macro_rules! f(($y:ident)=>({let $y=3;$x}));f!($x)}))
-                //   fn a(){g!(z)}"
-                // create a really evil test case where a $x appears inside a binding of $x
-                // but *shouldnt* bind because it was inserted by a different macro....
-                // can't write this test case until we have macro-generating macros.
-            ];
+                 vec!(vec!(0)), false));
         for (idx,s) in tests.iter().enumerate() {
             run_renaming_test(s,idx);
         }
@@ -1137,12 +1119,12 @@ mod test {
         };
         let cr = expand_crate_str(teststr.to_owned());
         // find the bindings:
-        let mut name_finder = new_name_finder(~[]);
+        let mut name_finder = new_name_finder(Vec::new());
         visit::walk_crate(&mut name_finder,&cr,());
         let bindings = name_finder.ident_accumulator;
 
         // find the varrefs:
-        let mut path_finder = new_path_finder(~[]);
+        let mut path_finder = new_path_finder(Vec::new());
         visit::walk_crate(&mut path_finder,&cr,());
         let varrefs = path_finder.path_accumulator;
 
@@ -1205,11 +1187,11 @@ foo_module!()
 ";
         let cr = expand_crate_str(crate_str);
         // find the xx binding
-        let mut name_finder = new_name_finder(~[]);
+        let mut name_finder = new_name_finder(Vec::new());
         visit::walk_crate(&mut name_finder, &cr, ());
         let bindings = name_finder.ident_accumulator;
 
-        let cxbinds: ~[&ast::Ident] =
+        let cxbinds: Vec<&ast::Ident> =
             bindings.iter().filter(|b| {
                 let ident = token::get_ident(**b);
                 let string = ident.get();
@@ -1222,7 +1204,7 @@ foo_module!()
         };
         let resolved_binding = mtwt_resolve(*cxbind);
         // find all the xx varrefs:
-        let mut path_finder = new_path_finder(~[]);
+        let mut path_finder = new_path_finder(Vec::new());
         visit::walk_crate(&mut path_finder, &cr, ());
         let varrefs = path_finder.path_accumulator;
 
@@ -1256,10 +1238,10 @@ foo_module!()
     #[test]
     fn pat_idents(){
         let pat = string_to_pat(~"(a,Foo{x:c @ (b,9),y:Bar(4,d)})");
-        let mut pat_idents = new_name_finder(~[]);
+        let mut pat_idents = new_name_finder(Vec::new());
         pat_idents.visit_pat(pat, ());
         assert_eq!(pat_idents.ident_accumulator,
-                   strs_to_idents(~["a","c","b","d"]));
+                   strs_to_idents(vec!("a","c","b","d")));
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/format.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/format.rs
index 2642ee00458..4b27951aa50 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/format.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/format.rs
@@ -41,8 +41,8 @@ struct Context<'a> {
 
     // Parsed argument expressions and the types that we've found so far for
     // them.
-    args: ~[@ast::Expr],
-    arg_types: ~[Option<ArgumentType>],
+    args: Vec<@ast::Expr>,
+    arg_types: Vec<Option<ArgumentType>>,
     // Parsed named expressions and the types that we've found for them so far.
     // Note that we keep a side-array of the ordering of the named arguments
     // found to be sure that we can translate them in the same order that they
@@ -52,9 +52,9 @@ struct Context<'a> {
     name_ordering: ~[~str],
 
     // Collection of the compiled `rt::Piece` structures
-    pieces: ~[@ast::Expr],
+    pieces: Vec<@ast::Expr> ,
     name_positions: HashMap<~str, uint>,
-    method_statics: ~[@ast::Item],
+    method_statics: Vec<@ast::Item> ,
 
     // Updated as arguments are consumed or methods are entered
     nest_level: uint,
@@ -70,10 +70,9 @@ struct Context<'a> {
 ///     Some((fmtstr, unnamed arguments, ordering of named arguments,
 ///           named arguments))
 fn parse_args(ecx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
-    -> (@ast::Expr, Option<(@ast::Expr, ~[@ast::Expr], ~[~str],
-                            HashMap<~str, @ast::Expr>)>)
-{
-    let mut args = ~[];
+    -> (@ast::Expr, Option<(@ast::Expr, Vec<@ast::Expr>, ~[~str],
+                            HashMap<~str, @ast::Expr>)>) {
+    let mut args = Vec::new();
     let mut names = HashMap::<~str, @ast::Expr>::new();
     let mut order = ~[];
 
@@ -357,7 +356,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
 
     /// These attributes are applied to all statics that this syntax extension
     /// will generate.
-    fn static_attrs(&self) -> ~[ast::Attribute] {
+    fn static_attrs(&self) -> Vec<ast::Attribute> {
         // Flag statics as `address_insignificant` so LLVM can merge duplicate
         // globals as much as possible (which we're generating a whole lot of).
         let unnamed = self.ecx
@@ -371,41 +370,41 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                                            InternedString::new("dead_code"));
         let allow_dead_code = self.ecx.meta_list(self.fmtsp,
                                                  InternedString::new("allow"),
-                                                 ~[dead_code]);
+                                                 vec!(dead_code));
         let allow_dead_code = self.ecx.attribute(self.fmtsp, allow_dead_code);
-        return ~[unnamed, allow_dead_code];
+        return vec!(unnamed, allow_dead_code);
     }
 
-    fn parsepath(&self, s: &str) -> ~[ast::Ident] {
-        ~[self.ecx.ident_of("std"), self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-          self.ecx.ident_of("parse"), self.ecx.ident_of(s)]
+    fn parsepath(&self, s: &str) -> Vec<ast::Ident> {
+        vec!(self.ecx.ident_of("std"), self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
+          self.ecx.ident_of("parse"), self.ecx.ident_of(s))
     }
 
-    fn rtpath(&self, s: &str) -> ~[ast::Ident] {
-        ~[self.ecx.ident_of("std"), self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-          self.ecx.ident_of("rt"), self.ecx.ident_of(s)]
+    fn rtpath(&self, s: &str) -> Vec<ast::Ident> {
+        vec!(self.ecx.ident_of("std"), self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
+          self.ecx.ident_of("rt"), self.ecx.ident_of(s))
     }
 
-    fn ctpath(&self, s: &str) -> ~[ast::Ident] {
-        ~[self.ecx.ident_of("std"), self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-          self.ecx.ident_of("parse"), self.ecx.ident_of(s)]
+    fn ctpath(&self, s: &str) -> Vec<ast::Ident> {
+        vec!(self.ecx.ident_of("std"), self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
+          self.ecx.ident_of("parse"), self.ecx.ident_of(s))
     }
 
     fn none(&self) -> @ast::Expr {
-        let none = self.ecx.path_global(self.fmtsp, ~[
+        let none = self.ecx.path_global(self.fmtsp, vec!(
                 self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                 self.ecx.ident_of("option"),
-                self.ecx.ident_of("None")]);
+                self.ecx.ident_of("None")));
         self.ecx.expr_path(none)
     }
 
     fn some(&self, e: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
-        let p = self.ecx.path_global(self.fmtsp, ~[
+        let p = self.ecx.path_global(self.fmtsp, vec!(
                 self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                 self.ecx.ident_of("option"),
-                self.ecx.ident_of("Some")]);
+                self.ecx.ident_of("Some")));
         let p = self.ecx.expr_path(p);
-        self.ecx.expr_call(self.fmtsp, p, ~[e])
+        self.ecx.expr_call(self.fmtsp, p, vec!(e))
     }
 
     fn trans_count(&self, c: parse::Count) -> @ast::Expr {
@@ -413,11 +412,11 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         match c {
             parse::CountIs(i) => {
                 self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("CountIs"),
-                                          ~[self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)])
+                                          vec!(self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)))
             }
             parse::CountIsParam(i) => {
                 self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("CountIsParam"),
-                                          ~[self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)])
+                                          vec!(self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)))
             }
             parse::CountImplied => {
                 let path = self.ecx.path_global(sp, self.rtpath("CountImplied"));
@@ -434,7 +433,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 };
                 let i = i + self.args.len();
                 self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("CountIsParam"),
-                                          ~[self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)])
+                                          vec!(self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -450,21 +449,19 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                         }).collect();
                         let s = token::intern_and_get_ident(arm.selector);
                         let selector = self.ecx.expr_str(sp, s);
-                        self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, p, ~[
+                        self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, p, vec!(
                                 self.ecx.field_imm(sp,
                                                    self.ecx.ident_of("selector"),
                                                    selector),
                                 self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("result"),
-                                                   self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, result)),
-                                ])
+                                                   self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, result))))
                     }).collect();
                 let default = default.iter().map(|p| {
                         self.trans_piece(p)
                     }).collect();
-                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("Select"), ~[
+                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("Select"), vec!(
                         self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, arms),
-                        self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, default),
-                        ])
+                        self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, default)))
             }
             parse::Plural(offset, ref arms, ref default) => {
                 let offset = match offset {
@@ -487,23 +484,21 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                             }
                         };
                         let selector = self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp,
-                                                                 lr, ~[selarg]);
-                        self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, p, ~[
+                                                                 lr, vec!(selarg));
+                        self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, p, vec!(
                                 self.ecx.field_imm(sp,
                                                    self.ecx.ident_of("selector"),
                                                    selector),
                                 self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("result"),
-                                                   self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, result)),
-                                ])
+                                                   self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, result))))
                     }).collect();
                 let default = default.iter().map(|p| {
                         self.trans_piece(p)
                     }).collect();
-                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("Plural"), ~[
+                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("Plural"), vec!(
                         offset,
                         self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, arms),
-                        self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, default),
-                        ])
+                        self.ecx.expr_vec_slice(sp, default)))
             }
         };
         let life = self.ecx.lifetime(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("static").name);
@@ -512,7 +507,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 true,
                 self.rtpath("Method"),
                 opt_vec::with(life),
-                ~[]
+                Vec::new()
                     ), None);
         let st = ast::ItemStatic(ty, ast::MutImmutable, method);
         let static_name = self.ecx.ident_of(format!("__STATIC_METHOD_{}",
@@ -530,13 +525,13 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 let s = token::intern_and_get_ident(s);
                 self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp,
                                           self.rtpath("String"),
-                                          ~[
+                                          vec!(
                     self.ecx.expr_str(sp, s)
-                ])
+                ))
             }
             parse::CurrentArgument => {
                 let nil = self.ecx.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitNil);
-                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("CurrentArgument"), ~[nil])
+                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("CurrentArgument"), vec!(nil))
             }
             parse::Argument(ref arg) => {
                 // Translate the position
@@ -549,7 +544,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                     }
                     parse::ArgumentIs(i) => {
                         self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("ArgumentIs"),
-                                                  ~[self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)])
+                                                  vec!(self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)))
                     }
                     // Named arguments are converted to positional arguments at
                     // the end of the list of arguments
@@ -560,7 +555,7 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                         };
                         let i = i + self.args.len();
                         self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("ArgumentIs"),
-                                                  ~[self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)])
+                                                  vec!(self.ecx.expr_uint(sp, i)))
                     }
                 };
 
@@ -583,13 +578,12 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 let prec = self.trans_count(arg.format.precision);
                 let width = self.trans_count(arg.format.width);
                 let path = self.ecx.path_global(sp, self.rtpath("FormatSpec"));
-                let fmt = self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, path, ~[
+                let fmt = self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, path, vec!(
                     self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("fill"), fill),
                     self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("align"), align),
                     self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("flags"), flags),
                     self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("precision"), prec),
-                    self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("width"), width),
-                ]);
+                    self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("width"), width)));
 
                 // Translate the method (if any)
                 let method = match arg.method {
@@ -600,12 +594,11 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                     }
                 };
                 let path = self.ecx.path_global(sp, self.rtpath("Argument"));
-                let s = self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, path, ~[
+                let s = self.ecx.expr_struct(sp, path, vec!(
                     self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("position"), pos),
                     self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("format"), fmt),
-                    self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("method"), method),
-                ]);
-                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("Argument"), ~[s])
+                    self.ecx.field_imm(sp, self.ecx.ident_of("method"), method)));
+                self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, self.rtpath("Argument"), vec!(s))
             }
         }
     }
@@ -613,11 +606,11 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
     /// Actually builds the expression which the iformat! block will be expanded
     /// to
     fn to_expr(&self, extra: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
-        let mut lets = ~[];
-        let mut locals = ~[];
+        let mut lets = Vec::new();
+        let mut locals = Vec::new();
         let mut names = vec::from_fn(self.name_positions.len(), |_| None);
-        let mut pats = ~[];
-        let mut heads = ~[];
+        let mut pats = Vec::new();
+        let mut heads = Vec::new();
 
         // First, declare all of our methods that are statics
         for &method in self.method_statics.iter() {
@@ -631,15 +624,14 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         let fmt = self.ecx.expr_vec(self.fmtsp, self.pieces.clone());
         let piece_ty = self.ecx.ty_path(self.ecx.path_all(
                 self.fmtsp,
-                true, ~[
+                true, vec!(
                     self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                     self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
                     self.ecx.ident_of("rt"),
-                    self.ecx.ident_of("Piece"),
-                ],
+                    self.ecx.ident_of("Piece")),
                 opt_vec::with(
                     self.ecx.lifetime(self.fmtsp, self.ecx.ident_of("static").name)),
-                ~[]
+                Vec::new()
             ), None);
         let ty = ast::TyFixedLengthVec(
             piece_ty,
@@ -696,18 +688,17 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         // Now create the fmt::Arguments struct with all our locals we created.
         let fmt = self.ecx.expr_ident(self.fmtsp, static_name);
         let args_slice = self.ecx.expr_ident(self.fmtsp, slicename);
-        let result = self.ecx.expr_call_global(self.fmtsp, ~[
+        let result = self.ecx.expr_call_global(self.fmtsp, vec!(
                 self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                 self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
                 self.ecx.ident_of("Arguments"),
-                self.ecx.ident_of("new"),
-            ], ~[fmt, args_slice]);
+                self.ecx.ident_of("new")), vec!(fmt, args_slice));
 
         // We did all the work of making sure that the arguments
         // structure is safe, so we can safely have an unsafe block.
         let result = self.ecx.expr_block(P(ast::Block {
-           view_items: ~[],
-           stmts: ~[],
+           view_items: Vec::new(),
+           stmts: Vec::new(),
            expr: Some(result),
            id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
            rules: ast::UnsafeBlock(ast::CompilerGenerated),
@@ -716,8 +707,8 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         let resname = self.ecx.ident_of("__args");
         lets.push(self.ecx.stmt_let(self.fmtsp, false, resname, result));
         let res = self.ecx.expr_ident(self.fmtsp, resname);
-        let result = self.ecx.expr_call(extra.span, extra, ~[
-                            self.ecx.expr_addr_of(extra.span, res)]);
+        let result = self.ecx.expr_call(extra.span, extra, vec!(
+                            self.ecx.expr_addr_of(extra.span, res)));
         let body = self.ecx.expr_block(self.ecx.block(self.fmtsp, lets,
                                                       Some(result)));
 
@@ -749,9 +740,9 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
         // But the nested match expression is proved to perform not as well
         // as series of let's; the first approach does.
         let pat = self.ecx.pat(self.fmtsp, ast::PatTup(pats));
-        let arm = self.ecx.arm(self.fmtsp, ~[pat], body);
+        let arm = self.ecx.arm(self.fmtsp, vec!(pat), body);
         let head = self.ecx.expr(self.fmtsp, ast::ExprTup(heads));
-        self.ecx.expr_match(self.fmtsp, head, ~[arm])
+        self.ecx.expr_match(self.fmtsp, head, vec!(arm))
     }
 
     fn format_arg(&self, sp: Span, argno: Position, arg: @ast::Expr)
@@ -787,31 +778,27 @@ impl<'a> Context<'a> {
                 }
             }
             String => {
-                return self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, ~[
+                return self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, vec!(
                         self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                         self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-                        self.ecx.ident_of("argumentstr"),
-                    ], ~[arg])
+                        self.ecx.ident_of("argumentstr")), vec!(arg))
             }
             Unsigned => {
-                return self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, ~[
+                return self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, vec!(
                         self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                         self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-                        self.ecx.ident_of("argumentuint"),
-                    ], ~[arg])
+                        self.ecx.ident_of("argumentuint")), vec!(arg))
             }
         };
 
-        let format_fn = self.ecx.path_global(sp, ~[
+        let format_fn = self.ecx.path_global(sp, vec!(
                 self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                 self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-                self.ecx.ident_of(fmt_fn),
-            ]);
-        self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, ~[
+                self.ecx.ident_of(fmt_fn)));
+        self.ecx.expr_call_global(sp, vec!(
                 self.ecx.ident_of("std"),
                 self.ecx.ident_of("fmt"),
-                self.ecx.ident_of("argument"),
-            ], ~[self.ecx.expr_path(format_fn), arg])
+                self.ecx.ident_of("argument")), vec!(self.ecx.expr_path(format_fn), arg))
     }
 }
 
@@ -832,8 +819,8 @@ pub fn expand_args(ecx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span,
 /// expression.
 pub fn expand_preparsed_format_args(ecx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span,
                                     extra: @ast::Expr,
-                                    efmt: @ast::Expr, args: ~[@ast::Expr],
-                                    name_ordering: ~[~str],
+                                    efmt: @ast::Expr, args: Vec<@ast::Expr>,
+                                    name_ordering: Vec<~str>,
                                     names: HashMap<~str, @ast::Expr>) -> @ast::Expr {
     let arg_types = vec::from_fn(args.len(), |_| None);
     let mut cx = Context {
@@ -846,8 +833,8 @@ pub fn expand_preparsed_format_args(ecx: &mut ExtCtxt, sp: Span,
         name_ordering: name_ordering,
         nest_level: 0,
         next_arg: 0,
-        pieces: ~[],
-        method_statics: ~[],
+        pieces: Vec::new(),
+        method_statics: Vec::new(),
         fmtsp: sp,
     };
     cx.fmtsp = efmt.span;
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs
index 35a5cbd235a..3b8df84acc3 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/quote.rs
@@ -41,11 +41,11 @@ pub mod rt {
     pub use codemap::{BytePos, Span, dummy_spanned};
 
     pub trait ToTokens {
-        fn to_tokens(&self, _cx: &ExtCtxt) -> ~[TokenTree];
+        fn to_tokens(&self, _cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> ;
     }
 
-    impl ToTokens for ~[TokenTree] {
-        fn to_tokens(&self, _cx: &ExtCtxt) -> ~[TokenTree] {
+    impl ToTokens for Vec<TokenTree> {
+        fn to_tokens(&self, _cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
             (*self).clone()
         }
     }
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ pub mod rt {
     macro_rules! impl_to_tokens(
         ($t:ty) => (
             impl ToTokens for $t {
-                fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> ~[TokenTree] {
+                fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
                     cx.parse_tts(self.to_source())
                 }
             }
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ pub mod rt {
     macro_rules! impl_to_tokens_self(
         ($t:ty) => (
             impl<'a> ToTokens for $t {
-                fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> ~[TokenTree] {
+                fn to_tokens(&self, cx: &ExtCtxt) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
                     cx.parse_tts(self.to_source())
                 }
             }
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ pub mod rt {
         fn parse_item(&self, s: ~str) -> @ast::Item;
         fn parse_expr(&self, s: ~str) -> @ast::Expr;
         fn parse_stmt(&self, s: ~str) -> @ast::Stmt;
-        fn parse_tts(&self, s: ~str) -> ~[ast::TokenTree];
+        fn parse_tts(&self, s: ~str) -> Vec<ast::TokenTree> ;
     }
 
     impl<'a> ExtParseUtils for ExtCtxt<'a> {
@@ -266,7 +266,7 @@ pub mod rt {
             parse::parse_stmt_from_source_str("<quote expansion>".to_str(),
                                               s,
                                               self.cfg(),
-                                              ~[],
+                                              Vec::new(),
                                               self.parse_sess())
         }
 
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ pub mod rt {
                                               self.parse_sess())
         }
 
-        fn parse_tts(&self, s: ~str) -> ~[ast::TokenTree] {
+        fn parse_tts(&self, s: ~str) -> Vec<ast::TokenTree> {
             parse::parse_tts_from_source_str("<quote expansion>".to_str(),
                                              s,
                                              self.cfg(),
@@ -298,16 +298,16 @@ pub fn expand_quote_tokens(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
 pub fn expand_quote_expr(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                          sp: Span,
                          tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> base::MacResult {
-    let expanded = expand_parse_call(cx, sp, "parse_expr", ~[], tts);
+    let expanded = expand_parse_call(cx, sp, "parse_expr", Vec::new(), tts);
     base::MRExpr(expanded)
 }
 
 pub fn expand_quote_item(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                          sp: Span,
                          tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> base::MacResult {
-    let e_attrs = cx.expr_vec_uniq(sp, ~[]);
+    let e_attrs = cx.expr_vec_uniq(sp, Vec::new());
     let expanded = expand_parse_call(cx, sp, "parse_item",
-                                    ~[e_attrs], tts);
+                                    vec!(e_attrs), tts);
     base::MRExpr(expanded)
 }
 
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ pub fn expand_quote_pat(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                         tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> base::MacResult {
     let e_refutable = cx.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitBool(true));
     let expanded = expand_parse_call(cx, sp, "parse_pat",
-                                    ~[e_refutable], tts);
+                                    vec!(e_refutable), tts);
     base::MRExpr(expanded)
 }
 
@@ -325,20 +325,20 @@ pub fn expand_quote_ty(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                        tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> base::MacResult {
     let e_param_colons = cx.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitBool(false));
     let expanded = expand_parse_call(cx, sp, "parse_ty",
-                                     ~[e_param_colons], tts);
+                                     vec!(e_param_colons), tts);
     base::MRExpr(expanded)
 }
 
 pub fn expand_quote_stmt(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                          sp: Span,
                          tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> base::MacResult {
-    let e_attrs = cx.expr_vec_uniq(sp, ~[]);
+    let e_attrs = cx.expr_vec_uniq(sp, Vec::new());
     let expanded = expand_parse_call(cx, sp, "parse_stmt",
-                                    ~[e_attrs], tts);
+                                    vec!(e_attrs), tts);
     base::MRExpr(expanded)
 }
 
-fn ids_ext(strs: ~[~str]) -> ~[ast::Ident] {
+fn ids_ext(strs: Vec<~str> ) -> Vec<ast::Ident> {
     strs.map(|str| str_to_ident(*str))
 }
 
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ fn mk_ident(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, ident: ast::Ident) -> @ast::Expr {
     cx.expr_method_call(sp,
                         cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("ext_cx")),
                         id_ext("ident_of"),
-                        ~[e_str])
+                        vec!(e_str))
 }
 
 fn mk_binop(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, bop: token::BinOp) -> @ast::Expr {
@@ -377,18 +377,18 @@ fn mk_token(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tok: &token::Token) -> @ast::Expr {
         BINOP(binop) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("BINOP"),
-                                      ~[mk_binop(cx, sp, binop)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_binop(cx, sp, binop)));
         }
         BINOPEQ(binop) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("BINOPEQ"),
-                                      ~[mk_binop(cx, sp, binop)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_binop(cx, sp, binop)));
         }
 
         LIT_CHAR(i) => {
             let e_char = cx.expr_lit(sp, ast::LitChar(i));
 
-            return cx.expr_call_ident(sp, id_ext("LIT_CHAR"), ~[e_char]);
+            return cx.expr_call_ident(sp, id_ext("LIT_CHAR"), vec!(e_char));
         }
 
         LIT_INT(i, ity) => {
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ fn mk_token(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tok: &token::Token) -> @ast::Expr {
 
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIT_INT"),
-                                      ~[e_i64, e_ity]);
+                                      vec!(e_i64, e_ity));
         }
 
         LIT_UINT(u, uty) => {
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@ fn mk_token(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tok: &token::Token) -> @ast::Expr {
 
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIT_UINT"),
-                                      ~[e_u64, e_uty]);
+                                      vec!(e_u64, e_uty));
         }
 
         LIT_INT_UNSUFFIXED(i) => {
@@ -430,7 +430,7 @@ fn mk_token(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tok: &token::Token) -> @ast::Expr {
 
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIT_INT_UNSUFFIXED"),
-                                      ~[e_i64]);
+                                      vec!(e_i64));
         }
 
         LIT_FLOAT(fident, fty) => {
@@ -444,39 +444,39 @@ fn mk_token(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tok: &token::Token) -> @ast::Expr {
 
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIT_FLOAT"),
-                                      ~[e_fident, e_fty]);
+                                      vec!(e_fident, e_fty));
         }
 
         LIT_STR(ident) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIT_STR"),
-                                      ~[mk_ident(cx, sp, ident)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_ident(cx, sp, ident)));
         }
 
         LIT_STR_RAW(ident, n) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIT_STR_RAW"),
-                                      ~[mk_ident(cx, sp, ident),
-                                        cx.expr_uint(sp, n)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_ident(cx, sp, ident),
+                                        cx.expr_uint(sp, n)));
         }
 
         IDENT(ident, b) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("IDENT"),
-                                      ~[mk_ident(cx, sp, ident),
-                                        cx.expr_bool(sp, b)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_ident(cx, sp, ident),
+                                        cx.expr_bool(sp, b)));
         }
 
         LIFETIME(ident) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("LIFETIME"),
-                                      ~[mk_ident(cx, sp, ident)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_ident(cx, sp, ident)));
         }
 
         DOC_COMMENT(ident) => {
             return cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                       id_ext("DOC_COMMENT"),
-                                      ~[mk_ident(cx, sp, ident)]);
+                                      vec!(mk_ident(cx, sp, ident)));
         }
 
         INTERPOLATED(_) => fail!("quote! with interpolated token"),
@@ -523,7 +523,7 @@ fn mk_token(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tok: &token::Token) -> @ast::Expr {
 }
 
 
-fn mk_tt(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tt: &ast::TokenTree) -> ~[@ast::Stmt] {
+fn mk_tt(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tt: &ast::TokenTree) -> Vec<@ast::Stmt> {
 
     match *tt {
 
@@ -531,13 +531,13 @@ fn mk_tt(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tt: &ast::TokenTree) -> ~[@ast::Stmt] {
             let e_sp = cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("_sp"));
             let e_tok = cx.expr_call_ident(sp,
                                            id_ext("TTTok"),
-                                           ~[e_sp, mk_token(cx, sp, tok)]);
+                                           vec!(e_sp, mk_token(cx, sp, tok)));
             let e_push =
                 cx.expr_method_call(sp,
                                     cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt")),
                                     id_ext("push"),
-                                    ~[e_tok]);
-            ~[cx.stmt_expr(e_push)]
+                                    vec!(e_tok));
+            vec!(cx.stmt_expr(e_push))
         }
 
         ast::TTDelim(ref tts) => mk_tts(cx, sp, **tts),
@@ -551,22 +551,22 @@ fn mk_tt(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tt: &ast::TokenTree) -> ~[@ast::Stmt] {
                 cx.expr_method_call(sp,
                                     cx.expr_ident(sp, ident),
                                     id_ext("to_tokens"),
-                                    ~[cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("ext_cx"))]);
+                                    vec!(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("ext_cx"))));
 
             let e_push =
                 cx.expr_method_call(sp,
                                     cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt")),
                                     id_ext("push_all_move"),
-                                    ~[e_to_toks]);
+                                    vec!(e_to_toks));
 
-            ~[cx.stmt_expr(e_push)]
+            vec!(cx.stmt_expr(e_push))
         }
     }
 }
 
 fn mk_tts(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
-    -> ~[@ast::Stmt] {
-    let mut ss = ~[];
+    -> Vec<@ast::Stmt> {
+    let mut ss = Vec::new();
     for tt in tts.iter() {
         ss.push_all_move(mk_tt(cx, sp, tt));
     }
@@ -623,7 +623,7 @@ fn expand_tts(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
     let e_sp = cx.expr_method_call(sp,
                                    cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("ext_cx")),
                                    id_ext("call_site"),
-                                   ~[]);
+                                   Vec::new());
 
     let stmt_let_sp = cx.stmt_let(sp, false,
                                   id_ext("_sp"),
@@ -631,12 +631,12 @@ fn expand_tts(cx: &ExtCtxt, sp: Span, tts: &[ast::TokenTree])
 
     let stmt_let_tt = cx.stmt_let(sp, true,
                                   id_ext("tt"),
-                                  cx.expr_vec_uniq(sp, ~[]));
+                                  cx.expr_vec_uniq(sp, Vec::new()));
 
     let block = cx.expr_block(
         cx.block_all(sp,
-                     ~[],
-                     ~[stmt_let_sp, stmt_let_tt] + mk_tts(cx, sp, tts),
+                     Vec::new(),
+                     vec!(stmt_let_sp, stmt_let_tt) + mk_tts(cx, sp, tts),
                      Some(cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("tt")))));
 
     (cx_expr, block)
@@ -646,36 +646,36 @@ fn expand_wrapper(cx: &ExtCtxt,
                   sp: Span,
                   cx_expr: @ast::Expr,
                   expr: @ast::Expr) -> @ast::Expr {
-    let uses = ~[ cx.view_use_glob(sp, ast::Inherited,
-                                   ids_ext(~[~"syntax",
+    let uses = vec!( cx.view_use_glob(sp, ast::Inherited,
+                                   ids_ext(vec!(~"syntax",
                                              ~"ext",
                                              ~"quote",
-                                             ~"rt"])) ];
+                                             ~"rt"))) );
 
     let stmt_let_ext_cx = cx.stmt_let(sp, false, id_ext("ext_cx"), cx_expr);
 
-    cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, uses, ~[stmt_let_ext_cx], Some(expr)))
+    cx.expr_block(cx.block_all(sp, uses, vec!(stmt_let_ext_cx), Some(expr)))
 }
 
 fn expand_parse_call(cx: &ExtCtxt,
                      sp: Span,
                      parse_method: &str,
-                     arg_exprs: ~[@ast::Expr],
+                     arg_exprs: Vec<@ast::Expr> ,
                      tts: &[ast::TokenTree]) -> @ast::Expr {
     let (cx_expr, tts_expr) = expand_tts(cx, sp, tts);
 
     let cfg_call = || cx.expr_method_call(
         sp, cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("ext_cx")),
-        id_ext("cfg"), ~[]);
+        id_ext("cfg"), Vec::new());
 
     let parse_sess_call = || cx.expr_method_call(
         sp, cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("ext_cx")),
-        id_ext("parse_sess"), ~[]);
+        id_ext("parse_sess"), Vec::new());
 
     let new_parser_call =
         cx.expr_call(sp,
                      cx.expr_ident(sp, id_ext("new_parser_from_tts")),
-                     ~[parse_sess_call(), cfg_call(), tts_expr]);
+                     vec!(parse_sess_call(), cfg_call(), tts_expr));
 
     let expr = cx.expr_method_call(sp, new_parser_call, id_ext(parse_method),
                                    arg_exprs);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/registrar.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/registrar.rs
index f0bad1b40eb..15e753ee49f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/registrar.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/registrar.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ use visit;
 use visit::Visitor;
 
 struct MacroRegistrarContext {
-    registrars: ~[(ast::NodeId, Span)],
+    registrars: Vec<(ast::NodeId, Span)> ,
 }
 
 impl Visitor<()> for MacroRegistrarContext {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl Visitor<()> for MacroRegistrarContext {
 
 pub fn find_macro_registrar(diagnostic: @diagnostic::SpanHandler,
                             krate: &ast::Crate) -> Option<ast::DefId> {
-    let mut ctx = MacroRegistrarContext { registrars: ~[] };
+    let mut ctx = MacroRegistrarContext { registrars: Vec::new() };
     visit::walk_crate(&mut ctx, krate, ());
 
     match ctx.registrars.len() {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs
index edd875a57a7..cb86f2cecaa 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_parser.rs
@@ -99,11 +99,11 @@ nonempty body. */
 
 #[deriving(Clone)]
 pub struct MatcherPos {
-    elts: ~[ast::Matcher], // maybe should be <'>? Need to understand regions.
+    elts: Vec<ast::Matcher> , // maybe should be <'>? Need to understand regions.
     sep: Option<Token>,
     idx: uint,
     up: Option<~MatcherPos>,
-    matches: ~[~[@NamedMatch]],
+    matches: vec!(Vec<@NamedMatch> ),
     match_lo: uint, match_hi: uint,
     sp_lo: BytePos,
 }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ pub fn count_names(ms: &[Matcher]) -> uint {
         }})
 }
 
-pub fn initial_matcher_pos(ms: ~[Matcher], sep: Option<Token>, lo: BytePos)
+pub fn initial_matcher_pos(ms: Vec<Matcher> , sep: Option<Token>, lo: BytePos)
                         -> ~MatcherPos {
     let mut match_idx_hi = 0u;
     for elt in ms.iter() {
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub fn initial_matcher_pos(ms: ~[Matcher], sep: Option<Token>, lo: BytePos)
             }
         }
     }
-    let matches = vec::from_fn(count_names(ms), |_i| ~[]);
+    let matches = vec::from_fn(count_names(ms), |_i| Vec::new());
     ~MatcherPos {
         elts: ms,
         sep: sep,
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ pub fn initial_matcher_pos(ms: ~[Matcher], sep: Option<Token>, lo: BytePos)
 // ast::Matcher it was derived from.
 
 pub enum NamedMatch {
-    MatchedSeq(~[@NamedMatch], codemap::Span),
+    MatchedSeq(Vec<@NamedMatch> , codemap::Span),
     MatchedNonterminal(Nonterminal)
 }
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ pub enum ParseResult {
 pub fn parse_or_else<R: Reader>(sess: @ParseSess,
                                 cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
                                 rdr: R,
-                                ms: ~[Matcher])
+                                ms: Vec<Matcher> )
                                 -> HashMap<Ident, @NamedMatch> {
     match parse(sess, cfg, rdr, ms) {
         Success(m) => m,
@@ -230,13 +230,13 @@ pub fn parse<R: Reader>(sess: @ParseSess,
                         rdr: R,
                         ms: &[Matcher])
                         -> ParseResult {
-    let mut cur_eis = ~[];
+    let mut cur_eis = Vec::new();
     cur_eis.push(initial_matcher_pos(ms.to_owned(), None, rdr.peek().sp.lo));
 
     loop {
-        let mut bb_eis = ~[]; // black-box parsed by parser.rs
-        let mut next_eis = ~[]; // or proceed normally
-        let mut eof_eis = ~[];
+        let mut bb_eis = Vec::new(); // black-box parsed by parser.rs
+        let mut next_eis = Vec::new(); // or proceed normally
+        let mut eof_eis = Vec::new();
 
         let TokenAndSpan {tok: tok, sp: sp} = rdr.peek();
 
@@ -317,13 +317,13 @@ pub fn parse<R: Reader>(sess: @ParseSess,
                         new_ei.idx += 1u;
                         //we specifically matched zero repeats.
                         for idx in range(match_idx_lo, match_idx_hi) {
-                            new_ei.matches[idx].push(@MatchedSeq(~[], sp));
+                            new_ei.matches[idx].push(@MatchedSeq(Vec::new(), sp));
                         }
 
                         cur_eis.push(new_ei);
                     }
 
-                    let matches = vec::from_elem(ei.matches.len(), ~[]);
+                    let matches = vec::from_elem(ei.matches.len(), Vec::new());
                     let ei_t = ei;
                     cur_eis.push(~MatcherPos {
                         elts: (*matchers).clone(),
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ pub fn parse<R: Reader>(sess: @ParseSess,
         /* error messages here could be improved with links to orig. rules */
         if token_name_eq(&tok, &EOF) {
             if eof_eis.len() == 1u {
-                let mut v = ~[];
+                let mut v = Vec::new();
                 for dv in eof_eis[0u].matches.mut_iter() {
                     v.push(dv.pop().unwrap());
                 }
@@ -413,12 +413,12 @@ pub fn parse<R: Reader>(sess: @ParseSess,
 
 pub fn parse_nt(p: &mut Parser, name: &str) -> Nonterminal {
     match name {
-      "item" => match p.parse_item(~[]) {
+      "item" => match p.parse_item(Vec::new()) {
         Some(i) => token::NtItem(i),
         None => p.fatal("expected an item keyword")
       },
       "block" => token::NtBlock(p.parse_block()),
-      "stmt" => token::NtStmt(p.parse_stmt(~[])),
+      "stmt" => token::NtStmt(p.parse_stmt(Vec::new())),
       "pat" => token::NtPat(p.parse_pat()),
       "expr" => token::NtExpr(p.parse_expr()),
       "ty" => token::NtTy(p.parse_ty(false /* no need to disambiguate*/)),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
index 45fe24ebf68..ed127c43117 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/macro_rules.rs
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ impl AnyMacro for ParserAnyMacro {
 
 struct MacroRulesMacroExpander {
     name: Ident,
-    lhses: @~[@NamedMatch],
-    rhses: @~[@NamedMatch],
+    lhses: @Vec<@NamedMatch> ,
+    rhses: @Vec<@NamedMatch> ,
 }
 
 impl MacroExpander for MacroRulesMacroExpander {
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ fn generic_extension(cx: &ExtCtxt,
 pub fn add_new_extension(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
                          sp: Span,
                          name: Ident,
-                         arg: ~[ast::TokenTree])
+                         arg: Vec<ast::TokenTree> )
                          -> base::MacResult {
     // these spans won't matter, anyways
     fn ms(m: Matcher_) -> Matcher {
@@ -191,15 +191,14 @@ pub fn add_new_extension(cx: &mut ExtCtxt,
     // The grammar for macro_rules! is:
     // $( $lhs:mtcs => $rhs:tt );+
     // ...quasiquoting this would be nice.
-    let argument_gram = ~[
-        ms(MatchSeq(~[
+    let argument_gram = vec!(
+        ms(MatchSeq(vec!(
             ms(MatchNonterminal(lhs_nm, special_idents::matchers, 0u)),
             ms(MatchTok(FAT_ARROW)),
-            ms(MatchNonterminal(rhs_nm, special_idents::tt, 1u)),
-        ], Some(SEMI), false, 0u, 2u)),
+            ms(MatchNonterminal(rhs_nm, special_idents::tt, 1u))), Some(SEMI), false, 0u, 2u)),
         //to phase into semicolon-termination instead of
         //semicolon-separation
-        ms(MatchSeq(~[ms(MatchTok(SEMI))], None, true, 2u, 2u))];
+        ms(MatchSeq(vec!(ms(MatchTok(SEMI))), None, true, 2u, 2u)));
 
 
     // Parse the macro_rules! invocation (`none` is for no interpolations):
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/transcribe.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/transcribe.rs
index a8c9fe37226..690ae82741c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/transcribe.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/tt/transcribe.rs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ use collections::HashMap;
 
 ///an unzipping of `TokenTree`s
 struct TtFrame {
-    forest: @~[ast::TokenTree],
+    forest: @Vec<ast::TokenTree> ,
     idx: Cell<uint>,
     dotdotdoted: bool,
     sep: Option<Token>,
@@ -35,8 +35,8 @@ pub struct TtReader {
     priv stack: RefCell<@TtFrame>,
     /* for MBE-style macro transcription */
     priv interpolations: RefCell<HashMap<Ident, @NamedMatch>>,
-    priv repeat_idx: RefCell<~[uint]>,
-    priv repeat_len: RefCell<~[uint]>,
+    priv repeat_idx: RefCell<Vec<uint> >,
+    priv repeat_len: RefCell<Vec<uint> >,
     /* cached: */
     cur_tok: RefCell<Token>,
     cur_span: RefCell<Span>,
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ pub struct TtReader {
  *  should) be none. */
 pub fn new_tt_reader(sp_diag: @SpanHandler,
                      interp: Option<HashMap<Ident, @NamedMatch>>,
-                     src: ~[ast::TokenTree])
+                     src: Vec<ast::TokenTree> )
                      -> TtReader {
     let r = TtReader {
         sp_diag: sp_diag,
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@ pub fn new_tt_reader(sp_diag: @SpanHandler,
             None => RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
             Some(x) => RefCell::new(x),
         },
-        repeat_idx: RefCell::new(~[]),
-        repeat_len: RefCell::new(~[]),
+        repeat_idx: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
+        repeat_len: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         /* dummy values, never read: */
         cur_tok: RefCell::new(EOF),
         cur_span: RefCell::new(DUMMY_SP),
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
index e62abac443e..cb6bc3c1b27 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/fold.rs
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ pub trait Folder {
         noop_fold_crate(c, self)
     }
 
-    fn fold_meta_items(&mut self, meta_items: &[@MetaItem]) -> ~[@MetaItem] {
+    fn fold_meta_items(&mut self, meta_items: &[@MetaItem]) -> Vec<@MetaItem> {
         meta_items.map(|x| fold_meta_item_(*x, self))
     }
 
-    fn fold_view_paths(&mut self, view_paths: &[@ViewPath]) -> ~[@ViewPath] {
+    fn fold_view_paths(&mut self, view_paths: &[@ViewPath]) -> Vec<@ViewPath> {
         view_paths.map(|view_path| {
             let inner_view_path = match view_path.node {
                 ViewPathSimple(ref ident, ref path, node_id) => {
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ pub trait Folder {
         }
     }
 
-    fn map_exprs(&self, f: |@Expr| -> @Expr, es: &[@Expr]) -> ~[@Expr] {
+    fn map_exprs(&self, f: |@Expr| -> @Expr, es: &[@Expr]) -> Vec<@Expr> {
         es.map(|x| f(*x))
     }
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ fn fold_arg_<T: Folder>(a: &Arg, fld: &mut T) -> Arg {
 // since many token::IDENT are not necessary part of let bindings and most
 // token::LIFETIME are certainly not loop labels. But we can't tell in their
 // token form. So this is less ideal and hacky but it works.
-pub fn fold_tts<T: Folder>(tts: &[TokenTree], fld: &mut T) -> ~[TokenTree] {
+pub fn fold_tts<T: Folder>(tts: &[TokenTree], fld: &mut T) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
     tts.map(|tt| {
         match *tt {
             TTTok(span, ref tok) =>
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/opt_vec.rs b/src/libsyntax/opt_vec.rs
index 325df0ba777..5524fdf1caf 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/opt_vec.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/opt_vec.rs
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ use std::default::Default;
 #[deriving(Clone, Encodable, Decodable, Hash)]
 pub enum OptVec<T> {
     Empty,
-    Vec(~[T])
+    Vec(Vec<T> )
 }
 
 pub fn with<T>(t: T) -> OptVec<T> {
-    Vec(~[t])
+    Vec(vec!(t))
 }
 
-pub fn from<T>(t: ~[T]) -> OptVec<T> {
+pub fn from<T>(t: Vec<T> ) -> OptVec<T> {
     if t.len() == 0 {
         Empty
     } else {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ impl<T> OptVec<T> {
                 return;
             }
             Empty => {
-                *self = Vec(~[t]);
+                *self = Vec(vec!(t));
             }
         }
     }
@@ -121,11 +121,11 @@ impl<T> OptVec<T> {
     }
 
     #[inline]
-    pub fn map_to_vec<B>(&self, op: |&T| -> B) -> ~[B] {
+    pub fn map_to_vec<B>(&self, op: |&T| -> B) -> Vec<B> {
         self.iter().map(op).collect()
     }
 
-    pub fn mapi_to_vec<B>(&self, op: |uint, &T| -> B) -> ~[B] {
+    pub fn mapi_to_vec<B>(&self, op: |uint, &T| -> B) -> Vec<B> {
         let mut index = 0;
         self.map_to_vec(|a| {
             let i = index;
@@ -135,16 +135,16 @@ impl<T> OptVec<T> {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn take_vec<T>(v: OptVec<T>) -> ~[T] {
+pub fn take_vec<T>(v: OptVec<T>) -> Vec<T> {
     match v {
-        Empty => ~[],
+        Empty => Vec::new(),
         Vec(v) => v
     }
 }
 
 impl<T:Clone> OptVec<T> {
     pub fn prepend(&self, t: T) -> OptVec<T> {
-        let mut v0 = ~[t];
+        let mut v0 = vec!(t);
         match *self {
             Empty => {}
             Vec(ref v1) => { v0.push_all(*v1); }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
index c9bea78d02d..25bd051a69d 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/attr.rs
@@ -17,19 +17,19 @@ use parse::token::INTERPOLATED;
 
 // a parser that can parse attributes.
 pub trait ParserAttr {
-    fn parse_outer_attributes(&mut self) -> ~[ast::Attribute];
+    fn parse_outer_attributes(&mut self) -> Vec<ast::Attribute> ;
     fn parse_attribute(&mut self, permit_inner: bool) -> ast::Attribute;
     fn parse_inner_attrs_and_next(&mut self)
-                                  -> (~[ast::Attribute], ~[ast::Attribute]);
+                                  -> (Vec<ast::Attribute> , Vec<ast::Attribute> );
     fn parse_meta_item(&mut self) -> @ast::MetaItem;
-    fn parse_meta_seq(&mut self) -> ~[@ast::MetaItem];
-    fn parse_optional_meta(&mut self) -> ~[@ast::MetaItem];
+    fn parse_meta_seq(&mut self) -> Vec<@ast::MetaItem> ;
+    fn parse_optional_meta(&mut self) -> Vec<@ast::MetaItem> ;
 }
 
 impl ParserAttr for Parser {
     // Parse attributes that appear before an item
-    fn parse_outer_attributes(&mut self) -> ~[ast::Attribute] {
-        let mut attrs: ~[ast::Attribute] = ~[];
+    fn parse_outer_attributes(&mut self) -> Vec<ast::Attribute> {
+        let mut attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> = Vec::new();
         loop {
             debug!("parse_outer_attributes: self.token={:?}",
                    self.token);
@@ -116,9 +116,9 @@ impl ParserAttr for Parser {
     // you can make the 'next' field an Option, but the result is going to be
     // more useful as a vector.
     fn parse_inner_attrs_and_next(&mut self)
-                                  -> (~[ast::Attribute], ~[ast::Attribute]) {
-        let mut inner_attrs: ~[ast::Attribute] = ~[];
-        let mut next_outer_attrs: ~[ast::Attribute] = ~[];
+                                  -> (Vec<ast::Attribute> , Vec<ast::Attribute> ) {
+        let mut inner_attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> = Vec::new();
+        let mut next_outer_attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> = Vec::new();
         loop {
             let attr = match self.token {
                 token::INTERPOLATED(token::NtAttr(..)) => {
@@ -188,17 +188,17 @@ impl ParserAttr for Parser {
     }
 
     // matches meta_seq = ( COMMASEP(meta_item) )
-    fn parse_meta_seq(&mut self) -> ~[@ast::MetaItem] {
+    fn parse_meta_seq(&mut self) -> Vec<@ast::MetaItem> {
         self.parse_seq(&token::LPAREN,
                        &token::RPAREN,
                        seq_sep_trailing_disallowed(token::COMMA),
                        |p| p.parse_meta_item()).node
     }
 
-    fn parse_optional_meta(&mut self) -> ~[@ast::MetaItem] {
+    fn parse_optional_meta(&mut self) -> Vec<@ast::MetaItem> {
         match self.token {
             token::LPAREN => self.parse_meta_seq(),
-            _ => ~[]
+            _ => Vec::new()
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/comments.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/comments.rs
index bd1c4f9babb..1c45fe5ee2c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/comments.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/comments.rs
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub enum CommentStyle {
 #[deriving(Clone)]
 pub struct Comment {
     style: CommentStyle,
-    lines: ~[~str],
+    lines: Vec<~str> ,
     pos: BytePos
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ pub fn doc_comment_style(comment: &str) -> ast::AttrStyle {
 
 pub fn strip_doc_comment_decoration(comment: &str) -> ~str {
     /// remove whitespace-only lines from the start/end of lines
-    fn vertical_trim(lines: ~[~str]) -> ~[~str] {
+    fn vertical_trim(lines: Vec<~str> ) -> Vec<~str> {
         let mut i = 0u;
         let mut j = lines.len();
         // first line of all-stars should be omitted
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ pub fn strip_doc_comment_decoration(comment: &str) -> ~str {
     }
 
     /// remove a "[ \t]*\*" block from each line, if possible
-    fn horizontal_trim(lines: ~[~str]) -> ~[~str] {
+    fn horizontal_trim(lines: Vec<~str> ) -> Vec<~str> {
         let mut i = uint::MAX;
         let mut can_trim = true;
         let mut first = true;
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ pub fn strip_doc_comment_decoration(comment: &str) -> ~str {
         let lines = comment.slice(3u, comment.len() - 2u)
             .lines_any()
             .map(|s| s.to_owned())
-            .collect::<~[~str]>();
+            .collect::<Vec<~str> >();
 
         let lines = vertical_trim(lines);
         let lines = horizontal_trim(lines);
@@ -157,9 +157,9 @@ fn consume_non_eol_whitespace(rdr: &StringReader) {
     }
 }
 
-fn push_blank_line_comment(rdr: &StringReader, comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
+fn push_blank_line_comment(rdr: &StringReader, comments: &mut Vec<Comment> ) {
     debug!(">>> blank-line comment");
-    let v: ~[~str] = ~[];
+    let v: Vec<~str> = Vec::new();
     comments.push(Comment {
         style: BlankLine,
         lines: v,
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ fn push_blank_line_comment(rdr: &StringReader, comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
 }
 
 fn consume_whitespace_counting_blank_lines(rdr: &StringReader,
-                                           comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
+                                           comments: &mut Vec<Comment> ) {
     while is_whitespace(rdr.curr.get()) && !is_eof(rdr) {
         if rdr.col.get() == CharPos(0u) && rdr.curr_is('\n') {
             push_blank_line_comment(rdr, &mut *comments);
@@ -179,22 +179,22 @@ fn consume_whitespace_counting_blank_lines(rdr: &StringReader,
 
 
 fn read_shebang_comment(rdr: &StringReader, code_to_the_left: bool,
-                                            comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
+                                            comments: &mut Vec<Comment> ) {
     debug!(">>> shebang comment");
     let p = rdr.last_pos.get();
     debug!("<<< shebang comment");
     comments.push(Comment {
         style: if code_to_the_left { Trailing } else { Isolated },
-        lines: ~[read_one_line_comment(rdr)],
+        lines: vec!(read_one_line_comment(rdr)),
         pos: p
     });
 }
 
 fn read_line_comments(rdr: &StringReader, code_to_the_left: bool,
-                                          comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
+                                          comments: &mut Vec<Comment> ) {
     debug!(">>> line comments");
     let p = rdr.last_pos.get();
-    let mut lines: ~[~str] = ~[];
+    let mut lines: Vec<~str> = Vec::new();
     while rdr.curr_is('/') && nextch_is(rdr, '/') {
         let line = read_one_line_comment(rdr);
         debug!("{}", line);
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ fn all_whitespace(s: &str, col: CharPos) -> Option<uint> {
     return Some(cursor);
 }
 
-fn trim_whitespace_prefix_and_push_line(lines: &mut ~[~str],
+fn trim_whitespace_prefix_and_push_line(lines: &mut Vec<~str> ,
                                         s: ~str, col: CharPos) {
     let len = s.len();
     let s1 = match all_whitespace(s, col) {
@@ -249,10 +249,10 @@ fn trim_whitespace_prefix_and_push_line(lines: &mut ~[~str],
 
 fn read_block_comment(rdr: &StringReader,
                       code_to_the_left: bool,
-                      comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
+                      comments: &mut Vec<Comment> ) {
     debug!(">>> block comment");
     let p = rdr.last_pos.get();
-    let mut lines: ~[~str] = ~[];
+    let mut lines: Vec<~str> = Vec::new();
     let col: CharPos = rdr.col.get();
     bump(rdr);
     bump(rdr);
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ fn peeking_at_comment(rdr: &StringReader) -> bool {
 
 fn consume_comment(rdr: &StringReader,
                    code_to_the_left: bool,
-                   comments: &mut ~[Comment]) {
+                   comments: &mut Vec<Comment> ) {
     debug!(">>> consume comment");
     if rdr.curr_is('/') && nextch_is(rdr, '/') {
         read_line_comments(rdr, code_to_the_left, comments);
@@ -348,15 +348,15 @@ pub fn gather_comments_and_literals(span_diagnostic:
                                         @diagnostic::SpanHandler,
                                     path: ~str,
                                     srdr: &mut io::Reader)
-                                 -> (~[Comment], ~[Literal]) {
+                                 -> (Vec<Comment> , Vec<Literal> ) {
     let src = srdr.read_to_end().unwrap();
     let src = str::from_utf8_owned(src).unwrap();
     let cm = CodeMap::new();
     let filemap = cm.new_filemap(path, src);
     let rdr = lexer::new_low_level_string_reader(span_diagnostic, filemap);
 
-    let mut comments: ~[Comment] = ~[];
-    let mut literals: ~[Literal] = ~[];
+    let mut comments: Vec<Comment> = Vec::new();
+    let mut literals: Vec<Literal> = Vec::new();
     let mut first_read: bool = true;
     while !is_eof(&rdr) {
         loop {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
index 87706df5e31..677881de684 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
@@ -1048,7 +1048,7 @@ mod test {
 
     // check that the given reader produces the desired stream
     // of tokens (stop checking after exhausting the expected vec)
-    fn check_tokenization (env: Env, expected: ~[token::Token]) {
+    fn check_tokenization (env: Env, expected: Vec<token::Token> ) {
         for expected_tok in expected.iter() {
             let TokenAndSpan {tok:actual_tok, sp: _} =
                 env.string_reader.next_token();
@@ -1064,32 +1064,32 @@ mod test {
     #[test] fn doublecolonparsing () {
         let env = setup (~"a b");
         check_tokenization (env,
-                           ~[mk_ident("a",false),
-                             mk_ident("b",false)]);
+                           vec!(mk_ident("a",false),
+                             mk_ident("b",false)));
     }
 
     #[test] fn dcparsing_2 () {
         let env = setup (~"a::b");
         check_tokenization (env,
-                           ~[mk_ident("a",true),
+                           vec!(mk_ident("a",true),
                              token::MOD_SEP,
-                             mk_ident("b",false)]);
+                             mk_ident("b",false)));
     }
 
     #[test] fn dcparsing_3 () {
         let env = setup (~"a ::b");
         check_tokenization (env,
-                           ~[mk_ident("a",false),
+                           vec!(mk_ident("a",false),
                              token::MOD_SEP,
-                             mk_ident("b",false)]);
+                             mk_ident("b",false)));
     }
 
     #[test] fn dcparsing_4 () {
         let env = setup (~"a:: b");
         check_tokenization (env,
-                           ~[mk_ident("a",true),
+                           vec!(mk_ident("a",true),
                              token::MOD_SEP,
-                             mk_ident("b",false)]);
+                             mk_ident("b",false)));
     }
 
     #[test] fn character_a() {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
index 8f45f911484..40c9f346007 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ pub struct ParseSess {
     cm: @codemap::CodeMap, // better be the same as the one in the reader!
     span_diagnostic: @SpanHandler, // better be the same as the one in the reader!
     /// Used to determine and report recursive mod inclusions
-    included_mod_stack: RefCell<~[Path]>,
+    included_mod_stack: RefCell<Vec<Path> >,
 }
 
 pub fn new_parse_sess() -> @ParseSess {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ pub fn new_parse_sess() -> @ParseSess {
     @ParseSess {
         cm: cm,
         span_diagnostic: mk_span_handler(default_handler(), cm),
-        included_mod_stack: RefCell::new(~[]),
+        included_mod_stack: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
     }
 }
 
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub fn new_parse_sess_special_handler(sh: @SpanHandler,
     @ParseSess {
         cm: cm,
         span_diagnostic: sh,
-        included_mod_stack: RefCell::new(~[]),
+        included_mod_stack: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
     }
 }
 
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ pub fn parse_crate_attrs_from_file(
     input: &Path,
     cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
     sess: @ParseSess
-) -> ~[ast::Attribute] {
+) -> Vec<ast::Attribute> {
     let mut parser = new_parser_from_file(sess, cfg, input);
     let (inner, _) = parser.parse_inner_attrs_and_next();
     return inner;
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub fn parse_crate_attrs_from_source_str(name: ~str,
                                          source: ~str,
                                          cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
                                          sess: @ParseSess)
-                                         -> ~[ast::Attribute] {
+                                         -> Vec<ast::Attribute> {
     let mut p = new_parser_from_source_str(sess,
                                            cfg,
                                            name,
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ pub fn parse_meta_from_source_str(name: ~str,
 pub fn parse_stmt_from_source_str(name: ~str,
                                   source: ~str,
                                   cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
-                                  attrs: ~[ast::Attribute],
+                                  attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> ,
                                   sess: @ParseSess)
                                   -> @ast::Stmt {
     let mut p = new_parser_from_source_str(
@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ pub fn parse_tts_from_source_str(name: ~str,
                                  source: ~str,
                                  cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
                                  sess: @ParseSess)
-                                 -> ~[ast::TokenTree] {
+                                 -> Vec<ast::TokenTree> {
     let mut p = new_parser_from_source_str(
         sess,
         cfg,
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ pub fn filemap_to_parser(sess: @ParseSess,
 // compiler expands into it
 pub fn new_parser_from_tts(sess: @ParseSess,
                      cfg: ast::CrateConfig,
-                     tts: ~[ast::TokenTree]) -> Parser {
+                     tts: Vec<ast::TokenTree> ) -> Parser {
     tts_to_parser(sess,tts,cfg)
 }
 
@@ -256,10 +256,10 @@ pub fn string_to_filemap(sess: @ParseSess, source: ~str, path: ~str)
 
 // given a filemap, produce a sequence of token-trees
 pub fn filemap_to_tts(sess: @ParseSess, filemap: @FileMap)
-    -> ~[ast::TokenTree] {
+    -> Vec<ast::TokenTree> {
     // it appears to me that the cfg doesn't matter here... indeed,
     // parsing tt's probably shouldn't require a parser at all.
-    let cfg = ~[];
+    let cfg = Vec::new();
     let srdr = lexer::new_string_reader(sess.span_diagnostic, filemap);
     let mut p1 = Parser(sess, cfg, ~srdr);
     p1.parse_all_token_trees()
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ pub fn filemap_to_tts(sess: @ParseSess, filemap: @FileMap)
 
 // given tts and cfg, produce a parser
 pub fn tts_to_parser(sess: @ParseSess,
-                     tts: ~[ast::TokenTree],
+                     tts: Vec<ast::TokenTree> ,
                      cfg: ast::CrateConfig) -> Parser {
     let trdr = lexer::new_tt_reader(sess.span_diagnostic, None, tts);
     Parser(sess, cfg, ~trdr)
@@ -318,13 +318,13 @@ mod test {
                     node: ast::ExprPath(ast::Path {
                         span: sp(0, 1),
                         global: false,
-                        segments: ~[
+                        segments: vec!(
                             ast::PathSegment {
                                 identifier: str_to_ident("a"),
                                 lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                 types: opt_vec::Empty,
                             }
-                        ],
+                        ),
                     }),
                     span: sp(0, 1)
                    })
@@ -337,7 +337,7 @@ mod test {
                     node: ast::ExprPath(ast::Path {
                             span: sp(0, 6),
                             global: true,
-                            segments: ~[
+                            segments: vec!(
                                 ast::PathSegment {
                                     identifier: str_to_ident("a"),
                                     lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ mod test {
                                     lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                     types: opt_vec::Empty,
                                 }
-                            ]
+                            )
                         }),
                     span: sp(0, 6)
                    })
@@ -550,13 +550,13 @@ mod test {
                         node:ast::ExprPath(ast::Path{
                             span: sp(7, 8),
                             global: false,
-                            segments: ~[
+                            segments: vec!(
                                 ast::PathSegment {
                                     identifier: str_to_ident("d"),
                                     lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                     types: opt_vec::Empty,
                                 }
-                            ],
+                            ),
                         }),
                         span:sp(7,8)
                     })),
@@ -572,13 +572,13 @@ mod test {
                            node: ast::ExprPath(ast::Path {
                                span:sp(0,1),
                                global:false,
-                               segments: ~[
+                               segments: vec!(
                                 ast::PathSegment {
                                     identifier: str_to_ident("b"),
                                     lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                     types: opt_vec::Empty,
                                 }
-                               ],
+                               ),
                             }),
                            span: sp(0,1)},
                                            ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
@@ -599,13 +599,13 @@ mod test {
                                 ast::Path {
                                     span:sp(0,1),
                                     global:false,
-                                    segments: ~[
+                                    segments: vec!(
                                         ast::PathSegment {
                                             identifier: str_to_ident("b"),
                                             lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                             types: opt_vec::Empty,
                                         }
-                                    ],
+                                    ),
                                 },
                                 None /* no idea */),
                              span: sp(0,1)});
@@ -618,22 +618,22 @@ mod test {
         assert!(string_to_item(~"fn a (b : int) { b; }") ==
                   Some(
                       @ast::Item{ident:str_to_ident("a"),
-                            attrs:~[],
+                            attrs:Vec::new(),
                             id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                             node: ast::ItemFn(ast::P(ast::FnDecl {
-                                inputs: ~[ast::Arg{
+                                inputs: vec!(ast::Arg{
                                     ty: ast::P(ast::Ty{id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                                                        node: ast::TyPath(ast::Path{
                                         span:sp(10,13),
                                         global:false,
-                                        segments: ~[
+                                        segments: vec!(
                                             ast::PathSegment {
                                                 identifier:
                                                     str_to_ident("int"),
                                                 lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                                 types: opt_vec::Empty,
                                             }
-                                        ],
+                                        ),
                                         }, None, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
                                         span:sp(10,13)
                                     }),
@@ -644,21 +644,21 @@ mod test {
                                             ast::Path {
                                                 span:sp(6,7),
                                                 global:false,
-                                                segments: ~[
+                                                segments: vec!(
                                                     ast::PathSegment {
                                                         identifier:
                                                             str_to_ident("b"),
                                                         lifetimes: opt_vec::Empty,
                                                         types: opt_vec::Empty,
                                                     }
-                                                ],
+                                                ),
                                             },
                                             None // no idea
                                         ),
                                         span: sp(6,7)
                                     },
                                     id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID
-                                }],
+                                }),
                                 output: ast::P(ast::Ty{id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                                                        node: ast::TyNil,
                                                        span:sp(15,15)}), // not sure
@@ -672,15 +672,15 @@ mod test {
                                         ty_params: opt_vec::Empty,
                                     },
                                     ast::P(ast::Block {
-                                        view_items: ~[],
-                                        stmts: ~[@Spanned{
+                                        view_items: Vec::new(),
+                                        stmts: vec!(@Spanned{
                                             node: ast::StmtSemi(@ast::Expr{
                                                 id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                                                 node: ast::ExprPath(
                                                       ast::Path{
                                                         span:sp(17,18),
                                                         global:false,
-                                                        segments: ~[
+                                                        segments: vec!(
                                                             ast::PathSegment {
                                                                 identifier:
                                                                 str_to_ident(
@@ -690,11 +690,11 @@ mod test {
                                                                 types:
                                                                 opt_vec::Empty
                                                             }
-                                                        ],
+                                                        ),
                                                       }),
                                                 span: sp(17,18)},
                                                 ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID),
-                                            span: sp(17,18)}],
+                                            span: sp(17,18)}),
                                         expr: None,
                                         id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                                         rules: ast::DefaultBlock, // no idea
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 2fd6d34adf1..ceafa10cbec 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ enum restriction {
     RESTRICT_NO_BAR_OR_DOUBLEBAR_OP,
 }
 
-type ItemInfo = (Ident, Item_, Option<~[Attribute]>);
+type ItemInfo = (Ident, Item_, Option<Vec<Attribute> >);
 
 /// How to parse a path. There are four different kinds of paths, all of which
 /// are parsed somewhat differently.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ pub struct PathAndBounds {
 enum ItemOrViewItem {
     // Indicates a failure to parse any kind of item. The attributes are
     // returned.
-    IoviNone(~[Attribute]),
+    IoviNone(Vec<Attribute> ),
     IoviItem(@Item),
     IoviForeignItem(@ForeignItem),
     IoviViewItem(ViewItem)
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ macro_rules! maybe_whole (
             };
             match __found__ {
                 Some(INTERPOLATED(token::$constructor(x))) => {
-                    return (~[], x)
+                    return (Vec::new(), x)
                 }
                 _ => {}
             }
@@ -266,21 +266,20 @@ macro_rules! maybe_whole (
 )
 
 
-fn maybe_append(lhs: ~[Attribute], rhs: Option<~[Attribute]>)
-             -> ~[Attribute] {
+fn maybe_append(lhs: Vec<Attribute> , rhs: Option<Vec<Attribute> >)
+             -> Vec<Attribute> {
     match rhs {
         None => lhs,
-        Some(ref attrs) => vec::append(lhs, (*attrs))
+        Some(ref attrs) => vec_ng::append(lhs, (*attrs))
     }
 }
 
 
 struct ParsedItemsAndViewItems {
-    attrs_remaining: ~[Attribute],
-    view_items: ~[ViewItem],
-    items: ~[@Item],
-    foreign_items: ~[@ForeignItem]
-}
+    attrs_remaining: Vec<Attribute> ,
+    view_items: Vec<ViewItem> ,
+    items: Vec<@Item> ,
+    foreign_items: Vec<@ForeignItem> }
 
 /* ident is handled by common.rs */
 
@@ -314,8 +313,8 @@ pub fn Parser(sess: @ParseSess, cfg: ast::CrateConfig, rdr: ~Reader:)
         restriction: UNRESTRICTED,
         quote_depth: 0,
         obsolete_set: HashSet::new(),
-        mod_path_stack: ~[],
-        open_braces: ~[],
+        mod_path_stack: Vec::new(),
+        open_braces: Vec::new(),
         nopod: marker::NoPod
     }
 }
@@ -343,9 +342,9 @@ pub struct Parser {
     /// extra detail when the same error is seen twice
     obsolete_set: HashSet<ObsoleteSyntax>,
     /// Used to determine the path to externally loaded source files
-    mod_path_stack: ~[InternedString],
+    mod_path_stack: Vec<InternedString> ,
     /// Stack of spans of open delimiters. Used for error message.
-    open_braces: ~[Span],
+    open_braces: Vec<Span> ,
     /* do not copy the parser; its state is tied to outside state */
     priv nopod: marker::NoPod
 }
@@ -407,7 +406,7 @@ impl Parser {
         } else if inedible.contains(&self.token) {
             // leave it in the input
         } else {
-            let expected = vec::append(edible.to_owned(), inedible);
+            let expected = vec_ng::append(edible.to_owned(), inedible);
             let expect = tokens_to_str(expected);
             let actual = self.this_token_to_str();
             self.fatal(
@@ -446,7 +445,7 @@ impl Parser {
         match e.node {
             ExprPath(..) => {
                 // might be unit-struct construction; check for recoverableinput error.
-                let expected = vec::append(edible.to_owned(), inedible);
+                let expected = vec_ng::append(edible.to_owned(), inedible);
                 self.check_for_erroneous_unit_struct_expecting(expected);
             }
             _ => {}
@@ -465,7 +464,7 @@ impl Parser {
         debug!("commit_stmt {:?}", s);
         let _s = s; // unused, but future checks might want to inspect `s`.
         if self.last_token.as_ref().map_or(false, |t| is_ident_or_path(*t)) {
-            let expected = vec::append(edible.to_owned(), inedible);
+            let expected = vec_ng::append(edible.to_owned(), inedible);
             self.check_for_erroneous_unit_struct_expecting(expected);
         }
         self.expect_one_of(edible, inedible)
@@ -578,9 +577,9 @@ impl Parser {
                               &mut self,
                               sep: &token::Token,
                               f: |&mut Parser| -> T)
-                              -> ~[T] {
+                              -> Vec<T> {
         let mut first = true;
-        let mut vector = ~[];
+        let mut vector = Vec::new();
         while self.token != token::BINOP(token::OR) &&
                 self.token != token::OROR {
             if first {
@@ -655,7 +654,7 @@ impl Parser {
                             ket: &token::Token,
                             sep: SeqSep,
                             f: |&mut Parser| -> T)
-                            -> ~[T] {
+                            -> Vec<T> {
         let val = self.parse_seq_to_before_end(ket, sep, f);
         self.bump();
         val
@@ -669,9 +668,9 @@ impl Parser {
                                    ket: &token::Token,
                                    sep: SeqSep,
                                    f: |&mut Parser| -> T)
-                                   -> ~[T] {
+                                   -> Vec<T> {
         let mut first: bool = true;
-        let mut v: ~[T] = ~[];
+        let mut v: Vec<T> = Vec::new();
         while self.token != *ket {
             match sep.sep {
               Some(ref t) => {
@@ -695,7 +694,7 @@ impl Parser {
                                ket: &token::Token,
                                sep: SeqSep,
                                f: |&mut Parser| -> T)
-                               -> ~[T] {
+                               -> Vec<T> {
         self.expect(bra);
         let result = self.parse_seq_to_before_end(ket, sep, f);
         self.bump();
@@ -710,7 +709,7 @@ impl Parser {
                      ket: &token::Token,
                      sep: SeqSep,
                      f: |&mut Parser| -> T)
-                     -> Spanned<~[T]> {
+                     -> Spanned<Vec<T> > {
         let lo = self.span.lo;
         self.expect(bra);
         let result = self.parse_seq_to_before_end(ket, sep, f);
@@ -950,7 +949,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 };
 
                 let inputs = if self.eat(&token::OROR) {
-                    ~[]
+                    Vec::new()
                 } else {
                     self.expect_or();
                     let inputs = self.parse_seq_to_before_or(
@@ -1034,7 +1033,7 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     // parse the methods in a trait declaration
-    pub fn parse_trait_methods(&mut self) -> ~[TraitMethod] {
+    pub fn parse_trait_methods(&mut self) -> Vec<TraitMethod> {
         self.parse_unspanned_seq(
             &token::LBRACE,
             &token::RBRACE,
@@ -1083,7 +1082,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 debug!("parse_trait_methods(): parsing provided method");
                 let (inner_attrs, body) =
                     p.parse_inner_attrs_and_block();
-                let attrs = vec::append(attrs, inner_attrs);
+                let attrs = vec_ng::append(attrs, inner_attrs);
                 Provided(@ast::Method {
                     ident: ident,
                     attrs: attrs,
@@ -1176,7 +1175,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 // (t) is a parenthesized ty
                 // (t,) is the type of a tuple with only one field,
                 // of type t
-                let mut ts = ~[self.parse_ty(false)];
+                let mut ts = vec!(self.parse_ty(false));
                 let mut one_tuple = false;
                 while self.token == token::COMMA {
                     self.bump();
@@ -1479,7 +1478,7 @@ impl Parser {
         // Parse any number of segments and bound sets. A segment is an
         // identifier followed by an optional lifetime and a set of types.
         // A bound set is a set of type parameter bounds.
-        let mut segments = ~[];
+        let mut segments = Vec::new();
         loop {
             // First, parse an identifier.
             let identifier = self.parse_ident();
@@ -1541,7 +1540,7 @@ impl Parser {
         let span = mk_sp(lo, self.last_span.hi);
 
         // Assemble the path segments.
-        let mut path_segments = ~[];
+        let mut path_segments = Vec::new();
         let mut bounds = None;
         let last_segment_index = segments.len() - 1;
         for (i, segment_and_bounds) in segments.move_iter().enumerate() {
@@ -1690,11 +1689,11 @@ impl Parser {
         ExprBinary(binop, lhs, rhs)
     }
 
-    pub fn mk_call(&mut self, f: @Expr, args: ~[@Expr]) -> ast::Expr_ {
+    pub fn mk_call(&mut self, f: @Expr, args: Vec<@Expr> ) -> ast::Expr_ {
         ExprCall(f, args)
     }
 
-    fn mk_method_call(&mut self, ident: Ident, tps: ~[P<Ty>], args: ~[@Expr]) -> ast::Expr_ {
+    fn mk_method_call(&mut self, ident: Ident, tps: Vec<P<Ty>> , args: Vec<@Expr> ) -> ast::Expr_ {
         ExprMethodCall(ident, tps, args)
     }
 
@@ -1702,7 +1701,7 @@ impl Parser {
         ExprIndex(expr, idx)
     }
 
-    pub fn mk_field(&mut self, expr: @Expr, ident: Ident, tys: ~[P<Ty>]) -> ast::Expr_ {
+    pub fn mk_field(&mut self, expr: @Expr, ident: Ident, tys: Vec<P<Ty>> ) -> ast::Expr_ {
         ExprField(expr, ident, tys)
     }
 
@@ -1754,7 +1753,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 let lit = @spanned(lo, hi, LitNil);
                 return self.mk_expr(lo, hi, ExprLit(lit));
             }
-            let mut es = ~[self.parse_expr()];
+            let mut es = vec!(self.parse_expr());
             self.commit_expr(*es.last().unwrap(), &[], &[token::COMMA, token::RPAREN]);
             while self.token == token::COMMA {
                 self.bump();
@@ -1786,8 +1785,8 @@ impl Parser {
             let decl = self.parse_proc_decl();
             let body = self.parse_expr();
             let fakeblock = P(ast::Block {
-                view_items: ~[],
-                stmts: ~[],
+                view_items: Vec::new(),
+                stmts: Vec::new(),
                 expr: Some(body),
                 id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                 rules: DefaultBlock,
@@ -1840,7 +1839,7 @@ impl Parser {
             if self.token == token::RBRACKET {
                 // Empty vector.
                 self.bump();
-                ex = ExprVec(~[], mutbl);
+                ex = ExprVec(Vec::new(), mutbl);
             } else {
                 // Nonempty vector.
                 let first_expr = self.parse_expr();
@@ -1860,11 +1859,11 @@ impl Parser {
                         seq_sep_trailing_allowed(token::COMMA),
                         |p| p.parse_expr()
                     );
-                    ex = ExprVec(~[first_expr] + remaining_exprs, mutbl);
+                    ex = ExprVec(vec!(first_expr) + remaining_exprs, mutbl);
                 } else {
                     // Vector with one element.
                     self.expect(&token::RBRACKET);
-                    ex = ExprVec(~[first_expr], mutbl);
+                    ex = ExprVec(vec!(first_expr), mutbl);
                 }
             }
             hi = self.last_span.hi;
@@ -1919,7 +1918,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 if self.looking_at_struct_literal() {
                     // It's a struct literal.
                     self.bump();
-                    let mut fields = ~[];
+                    let mut fields = Vec::new();
                     let mut base = None;
 
                     while self.token != token::RBRACE {
@@ -1981,7 +1980,7 @@ impl Parser {
                         self.expect(&token::LT);
                         self.parse_generic_values_after_lt()
                     } else {
-                        (opt_vec::Empty, ~[])
+                        (opt_vec::Empty, Vec::new())
                     };
 
                     // expr.f() method call
@@ -2143,7 +2142,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
                 // Parse the open delimiter.
                 self.open_braces.push(self.span);
-                let mut result = ~[parse_any_tt_tok(self)];
+                let mut result = vec!(parse_any_tt_tok(self));
 
                 let trees =
                     self.parse_seq_to_before_end(&close_delim,
@@ -2163,15 +2162,15 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a stream of tokens into a list of TokenTree's,
     // up to EOF.
-    pub fn parse_all_token_trees(&mut self) -> ~[TokenTree] {
-        let mut tts = ~[];
+    pub fn parse_all_token_trees(&mut self) -> Vec<TokenTree> {
+        let mut tts = Vec::new();
         while self.token != token::EOF {
             tts.push(self.parse_token_tree());
         }
         tts
     }
 
-    pub fn parse_matchers(&mut self) -> ~[Matcher] {
+    pub fn parse_matchers(&mut self) -> Vec<Matcher> {
         // unification of Matcher's and TokenTree's would vastly improve
         // the interpolation of Matcher's
         maybe_whole!(self, NtMatchers);
@@ -2192,8 +2191,8 @@ impl Parser {
     pub fn parse_matcher_subseq_upto(&mut self,
                                      name_idx: @Cell<uint>,
                                      ket: &token::Token)
-                                     -> ~[Matcher] {
-        let mut ret_val = ~[];
+                                     -> Vec<Matcher> {
+        let mut ret_val = Vec::new();
         let mut lparens = 0u;
 
         while self.token != *ket || lparens > 0u {
@@ -2478,7 +2477,7 @@ impl Parser {
                     _ => {
                         // No argument list - `do foo {`
                         P(FnDecl {
-                            inputs: ~[],
+                            inputs: Vec::new(),
                             output: P(Ty {
                                 id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                                 node: TyInfer,
@@ -2513,8 +2512,8 @@ impl Parser {
         let decl = parse_decl(self);
         let body = parse_body(self);
         let fakeblock = P(ast::Block {
-            view_items: ~[],
-            stmts: ~[],
+            view_items: Vec::new(),
+            stmts: Vec::new(),
             expr: Some(body),
             id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
             rules: DefaultBlock,
@@ -2601,7 +2600,7 @@ impl Parser {
         let lo = self.last_span.lo;
         let discriminant = self.parse_expr();
         self.commit_expr_expecting(discriminant, token::LBRACE);
-        let mut arms: ~[Arm] = ~[];
+        let mut arms: Vec<Arm> = Vec::new();
         while self.token != token::RBRACE {
             let pats = self.parse_pats();
             let mut guard = None;
@@ -2622,8 +2621,8 @@ impl Parser {
             }
 
             let blk = P(ast::Block {
-                view_items: ~[],
-                stmts: ~[],
+                view_items: Vec::new(),
+                stmts: Vec::new(),
                 expr: Some(expr),
                 id: ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID,
                 rules: DefaultBlock,
@@ -2662,8 +2661,8 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     // parse patterns, separated by '|' s
-    fn parse_pats(&mut self) -> ~[@Pat] {
-        let mut pats = ~[];
+    fn parse_pats(&mut self) -> Vec<@Pat> {
+        let mut pats = Vec::new();
         loop {
             pats.push(self.parse_pat());
             if self.token == token::BINOP(token::OR) { self.bump(); }
@@ -2673,10 +2672,10 @@ impl Parser {
 
     fn parse_pat_vec_elements(
         &mut self,
-    ) -> (~[@Pat], Option<@Pat>, ~[@Pat]) {
-        let mut before = ~[];
+    ) -> (Vec<@Pat> , Option<@Pat>, Vec<@Pat> ) {
+        let mut before = Vec::new();
         let mut slice = None;
-        let mut after = ~[];
+        let mut after = Vec::new();
         let mut first = true;
         let mut before_slice = true;
 
@@ -2733,8 +2732,8 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     // parse the fields of a struct-like pattern
-    fn parse_pat_fields(&mut self) -> (~[ast::FieldPat], bool) {
-        let mut fields = ~[];
+    fn parse_pat_fields(&mut self) -> (Vec<ast::FieldPat> , bool) {
+        let mut fields = Vec::new();
         let mut etc = false;
         let mut first = true;
         while self.token != token::RBRACE {
@@ -2900,7 +2899,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 let expr = self.mk_expr(lo, hi, ExprLit(lit));
                 pat = PatLit(expr);
             } else {
-                let mut fields = ~[self.parse_pat()];
+                let mut fields = vec!(self.parse_pat());
                 if self.look_ahead(1, |t| *t != token::RPAREN) {
                     while self.token == token::COMMA {
                         self.bump();
@@ -3002,7 +3001,7 @@ impl Parser {
                         pat = PatStruct(enum_path, fields, etc);
                     }
                     _ => {
-                        let mut args: ~[@Pat] = ~[];
+                        let mut args: Vec<@Pat> = Vec::new();
                         match self.token {
                           token::LPAREN => {
                             let is_star = self.look_ahead(1, |t| {
@@ -3128,7 +3127,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a structure field
     fn parse_name_and_ty(&mut self, pr: Visibility,
-                         attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> StructField {
+                         attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> StructField {
         let lo = self.span.lo;
         if !is_plain_ident(&self.token) {
             self.fatal("expected ident");
@@ -3146,7 +3145,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a statement. may include decl.
     // precondition: any attributes are parsed already
-    pub fn parse_stmt(&mut self, item_attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> @Stmt {
+    pub fn parse_stmt(&mut self, item_attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> @Stmt {
         maybe_whole!(self, NtStmt);
 
         fn check_expected_item(p: &mut Parser, found_attrs: bool) {
@@ -3229,7 +3228,7 @@ impl Parser {
                         self.mk_item(
                             lo, hi, id /*id is good here*/,
                             ItemMac(spanned(lo, hi, MacInvocTT(pth, tts, EMPTY_CTXT))),
-                            Inherited, ~[/*no attrs*/]))),
+                            Inherited, Vec::new(/*no attrs*/)))),
                     ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID));
             }
 
@@ -3275,12 +3274,12 @@ impl Parser {
         }
         self.expect(&token::LBRACE);
 
-        return self.parse_block_tail_(lo, DefaultBlock, ~[]);
+        return self.parse_block_tail_(lo, DefaultBlock, Vec::new());
     }
 
     // parse a block. Inner attrs are allowed.
     fn parse_inner_attrs_and_block(&mut self)
-        -> (~[Attribute], P<Block>) {
+        -> (Vec<Attribute> , P<Block>) {
 
         maybe_whole!(pair_empty self, NtBlock);
 
@@ -3299,13 +3298,13 @@ impl Parser {
     // necessary, and this should take a qualifier.
     // some blocks start with "#{"...
     fn parse_block_tail(&mut self, lo: BytePos, s: BlockCheckMode) -> P<Block> {
-        self.parse_block_tail_(lo, s, ~[])
+        self.parse_block_tail_(lo, s, Vec::new())
     }
 
     // parse the rest of a block expression or function body
     fn parse_block_tail_(&mut self, lo: BytePos, s: BlockCheckMode,
-                         first_item_attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> P<Block> {
-        let mut stmts = ~[];
+                         first_item_attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> P<Block> {
+        let mut stmts = Vec::new();
         let mut expr = None;
 
         // wouldn't it be more uniform to parse view items only, here?
@@ -3333,7 +3332,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 token::SEMI => {
                     if !attributes_box.is_empty() {
                         self.span_err(self.last_span, "expected item after attributes");
-                        attributes_box = ~[];
+                        attributes_box = Vec::new();
                     }
                     self.bump(); // empty
                 }
@@ -3342,7 +3341,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 }
                 _ => {
                     let stmt = self.parse_stmt(attributes_box);
-                    attributes_box = ~[];
+                    attributes_box = Vec::new();
                     match stmt.node {
                         StmtExpr(e, stmt_id) => {
                             // expression without semicolon
@@ -3510,7 +3509,7 @@ impl Parser {
         }
     }
 
-    fn parse_generic_values_after_lt(&mut self) -> (OptVec<ast::Lifetime>, ~[P<Ty>]) {
+    fn parse_generic_values_after_lt(&mut self) -> (OptVec<ast::Lifetime>, Vec<P<Ty>> ) {
         let lifetimes = self.parse_lifetimes();
         let result = self.parse_seq_to_gt(
             Some(token::COMMA),
@@ -3519,9 +3518,9 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     fn parse_fn_args(&mut self, named_args: bool, allow_variadic: bool)
-                     -> (~[Arg], bool) {
+                     -> (Vec<Arg> , bool) {
         let sp = self.span;
-        let mut args: ~[Option<Arg>] =
+        let mut args: Vec<Option<Arg>> =
             self.parse_unspanned_seq(
                 &token::LPAREN,
                 &token::RPAREN,
@@ -3716,7 +3715,7 @@ impl Parser {
                     fn_inputs
                 }
                 token::RPAREN => {
-                    ~[Arg::new_self(explicit_self_sp, mutbl_self)]
+                    vec!(Arg::new_self(explicit_self_sp, mutbl_self))
                 }
                 _ => {
                     let token_str = self.this_token_to_str();
@@ -3749,7 +3748,7 @@ impl Parser {
     fn parse_fn_block_decl(&mut self) -> P<FnDecl> {
         let inputs_captures = {
             if self.eat(&token::OROR) {
-                ~[]
+                Vec::new()
             } else {
                 self.parse_unspanned_seq(
                     &token::BINOP(token::OR),
@@ -3812,7 +3811,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     fn mk_item(&mut self, lo: BytePos, hi: BytePos, ident: Ident,
                node: Item_, vis: Visibility,
-               attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> @Item {
+               attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> @Item {
         @Item {
             ident: ident,
             attrs: attrs,
@@ -3832,7 +3831,7 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     // parse a method in a trait impl, starting with `attrs` attributes.
-    fn parse_method(&mut self, already_parsed_attrs: Option<~[Attribute]>) -> @Method {
+    fn parse_method(&mut self, already_parsed_attrs: Option<Vec<Attribute> >) -> @Method {
         let next_attrs = self.parse_outer_attributes();
         let attrs = match already_parsed_attrs {
             Some(mut a) => { a.push_all_move(next_attrs); a }
@@ -3851,7 +3850,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
         let (inner_attrs, body) = self.parse_inner_attrs_and_block();
         let hi = body.span.hi;
-        let attrs = vec::append(attrs, inner_attrs);
+        let attrs = vec_ng::append(attrs, inner_attrs);
         @ast::Method {
             ident: ident,
             attrs: attrs,
@@ -3877,7 +3876,7 @@ impl Parser {
             self.bump();
             traits = self.parse_trait_ref_list(&token::LBRACE);
         } else {
-            traits = ~[];
+            traits = Vec::new();
         }
 
         let meths = self.parse_trait_methods();
@@ -3925,7 +3924,7 @@ impl Parser {
             None
         };
 
-        let mut meths = ~[];
+        let mut meths = Vec::new();
         self.expect(&token::LBRACE);
         let (inner_attrs, next) = self.parse_inner_attrs_and_next();
         let mut method_attrs = Some(next);
@@ -3948,7 +3947,7 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     // parse B + C<~str,int> + D
-    fn parse_trait_ref_list(&mut self, ket: &token::Token) -> ~[TraitRef] {
+    fn parse_trait_ref_list(&mut self, ket: &token::Token) -> Vec<TraitRef> {
         self.parse_seq_to_before_end(
             ket,
             seq_sep_trailing_disallowed(token::BINOP(token::PLUS)),
@@ -3961,13 +3960,13 @@ impl Parser {
         let class_name = self.parse_ident();
         let generics = self.parse_generics();
 
-        let mut fields: ~[StructField];
+        let mut fields: Vec<StructField> ;
         let is_tuple_like;
 
         if self.eat(&token::LBRACE) {
             // It's a record-like struct.
             is_tuple_like = false;
-            fields = ~[];
+            fields = Vec::new();
             while self.token != token::RBRACE {
                 fields.push(self.parse_struct_decl_field());
             }
@@ -3998,7 +3997,7 @@ impl Parser {
         } else if self.eat(&token::SEMI) {
             // It's a unit-like struct.
             is_tuple_like = true;
-            fields = ~[];
+            fields = Vec::new();
         } else {
             let token_str = self.this_token_to_str();
             self.fatal(format!("expected `\\{`, `(`, or `;` after struct \
@@ -4019,7 +4018,7 @@ impl Parser {
     // parse a structure field declaration
     pub fn parse_single_struct_field(&mut self,
                                      vis: Visibility,
-                                     attrs: ~[Attribute])
+                                     attrs: Vec<Attribute> )
                                      -> StructField {
         let a_var = self.parse_name_and_ty(vis, attrs);
         match self.token {
@@ -4064,7 +4063,7 @@ impl Parser {
     // attributes (of length 0 or 1), parse all of the items in a module
     fn parse_mod_items(&mut self,
                        term: token::Token,
-                       first_item_attrs: ~[Attribute])
+                       first_item_attrs: Vec<Attribute> )
                        -> Mod {
         // parse all of the items up to closing or an attribute.
         // view items are legal here.
@@ -4074,7 +4073,7 @@ impl Parser {
             items: starting_items,
             ..
         } = self.parse_items_and_view_items(first_item_attrs, true, true);
-        let mut items: ~[@Item] = starting_items;
+        let mut items: Vec<@Item> = starting_items;
         let attrs_remaining_len = attrs_remaining.len();
 
         // don't think this other loop is even necessary....
@@ -4162,7 +4161,7 @@ impl Parser {
                     id: ast::Ident,
                     outer_attrs: &[ast::Attribute],
                     id_sp: Span)
-                    -> (ast::Item_, ~[ast::Attribute]) {
+                    -> (ast::Item_, Vec<ast::Attribute> ) {
         let mut prefix = Path::new(self.sess.cm.span_to_filename(self.span));
         prefix.pop();
         let mod_path = Path::new(".").join_many(self.mod_path_stack);
@@ -4201,8 +4200,8 @@ impl Parser {
 
     fn eval_src_mod_from_path(&mut self,
                               path: Path,
-                              outer_attrs: ~[ast::Attribute],
-                              id_sp: Span) -> (ast::Item_, ~[ast::Attribute]) {
+                              outer_attrs: Vec<ast::Attribute> ,
+                              id_sp: Span) -> (ast::Item_, Vec<ast::Attribute> ) {
         {
             let mut included_mod_stack = self.sess
                                              .included_mod_stack
@@ -4232,7 +4231,7 @@ impl Parser {
                                      &path,
                                      id_sp);
         let (inner, next) = p0.parse_inner_attrs_and_next();
-        let mod_attrs = vec::append(outer_attrs, inner);
+        let mod_attrs = vec_ng::append(outer_attrs, inner);
         let first_item_outer_attrs = next;
         let m0 = p0.parse_mod_items(token::EOF, first_item_outer_attrs);
         {
@@ -4246,7 +4245,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a function declaration from a foreign module
     fn parse_item_foreign_fn(&mut self, vis: ast::Visibility,
-                             attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> @ForeignItem {
+                             attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> @ForeignItem {
         let lo = self.span.lo;
 
         // Parse obsolete purity.
@@ -4269,7 +4268,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a static item from a foreign module
     fn parse_item_foreign_static(&mut self, vis: ast::Visibility,
-                                 attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> @ForeignItem {
+                                 attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> @ForeignItem {
         let lo = self.span.lo;
 
         self.expect_keyword(keywords::Static);
@@ -4303,7 +4302,7 @@ impl Parser {
     // parse_foreign_items.
     fn parse_foreign_mod_items(&mut self,
                                abis: AbiSet,
-                               first_item_attrs: ~[Attribute])
+                               first_item_attrs: Vec<Attribute> )
                                -> ForeignMod {
         let ParsedItemsAndViewItems {
             attrs_remaining: attrs_remaining,
@@ -4332,7 +4331,7 @@ impl Parser {
     fn parse_item_extern_crate(&mut self,
                                 lo: BytePos,
                                 visibility: Visibility,
-                                attrs: ~[Attribute])
+                                attrs: Vec<Attribute> )
                                 -> ItemOrViewItem {
 
         let (maybe_path, ident) = match self.token {
@@ -4377,7 +4376,7 @@ impl Parser {
                               lo: BytePos,
                               opt_abis: Option<AbiSet>,
                               visibility: Visibility,
-                              attrs: ~[Attribute])
+                              attrs: Vec<Attribute> )
                               -> ItemOrViewItem {
 
         self.expect(&token::LBRACE);
@@ -4410,7 +4409,7 @@ impl Parser {
     // parse a structure-like enum variant definition
     // this should probably be renamed or refactored...
     fn parse_struct_def(&mut self) -> @StructDef {
-        let mut fields: ~[StructField] = ~[];
+        let mut fields: Vec<StructField> = Vec::new();
         while self.token != token::RBRACE {
             fields.push(self.parse_struct_decl_field());
         }
@@ -4424,7 +4423,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse the part of an "enum" decl following the '{'
     fn parse_enum_def(&mut self, _generics: &ast::Generics) -> EnumDef {
-        let mut variants = ~[];
+        let mut variants = Vec::new();
         let mut all_nullary = true;
         let mut have_disr = false;
         while self.token != token::RBRACE {
@@ -4435,7 +4434,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
             let ident;
             let kind;
-            let mut args = ~[];
+            let mut args = Vec::new();
             let mut disr_expr = None;
             ident = self.parse_ident();
             if self.eat(&token::LBRACE) {
@@ -4462,7 +4461,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 disr_expr = Some(self.parse_expr());
                 kind = TupleVariantKind(args);
             } else {
-                kind = TupleVariantKind(~[]);
+                kind = TupleVariantKind(Vec::new());
             }
 
             let vr = ast::Variant_ {
@@ -4551,13 +4550,13 @@ impl Parser {
     // NB: this function no longer parses the items inside an
     // extern crate.
     fn parse_item_or_view_item(&mut self,
-                               attrs: ~[Attribute],
+                               attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
                                macros_allowed: bool)
                                -> ItemOrViewItem {
         match self.token {
             INTERPOLATED(token::NtItem(item)) => {
                 self.bump();
-                let new_attrs = vec::append(attrs, item.attrs);
+                let new_attrs = vec_ng::append(attrs, item.attrs);
                 return IoviItem(@Item {
                     attrs: new_attrs,
                     ..(*item).clone()
@@ -4732,7 +4731,7 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a foreign item; on failure, return IoviNone.
     fn parse_foreign_item(&mut self,
-                          attrs: ~[Attribute],
+                          attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
                           macros_allowed: bool)
                           -> ItemOrViewItem {
         maybe_whole!(iovi self, NtItem);
@@ -4756,7 +4755,7 @@ impl Parser {
     // this is the fall-through for parsing items.
     fn parse_macro_use_or_failure(
         &mut self,
-        attrs: ~[Attribute],
+        attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
         macros_allowed: bool,
         lo: BytePos,
         visibility: Visibility
@@ -4820,7 +4819,7 @@ impl Parser {
         return IoviNone(attrs);
     }
 
-    pub fn parse_item(&mut self, attrs: ~[Attribute]) -> Option<@Item> {
+    pub fn parse_item(&mut self, attrs: Vec<Attribute> ) -> Option<@Item> {
         match self.parse_item_or_view_item(attrs, true) {
             IoviNone(_) => None,
             IoviViewItem(_) =>
@@ -4854,20 +4853,20 @@ impl Parser {
             let path = ast::Path {
                 span: mk_sp(lo, self.span.hi),
                 global: false,
-                segments: ~[]
+                segments: Vec::new()
             };
             return @spanned(lo, self.span.hi,
                             ViewPathList(path, idents, ast::DUMMY_NODE_ID));
         }
 
         let first_ident = self.parse_ident();
-        let mut path = ~[first_ident];
+        let mut path = vec!(first_ident);
         match self.token {
           token::EQ => {
             // x = foo::bar
             self.bump();
             let path_lo = self.span.lo;
-            path = ~[self.parse_ident()];
+            path = vec!(self.parse_ident());
             while self.token == token::MOD_SEP {
                 self.bump();
                 let id = self.parse_ident();
@@ -4965,8 +4964,8 @@ impl Parser {
     }
 
     // matches view_paths = view_path | view_path , view_paths
-    fn parse_view_paths(&mut self) -> ~[@ViewPath] {
-        let mut vp = ~[self.parse_view_path()];
+    fn parse_view_paths(&mut self) -> Vec<@ViewPath> {
+        let mut vp = vec!(self.parse_view_path());
         while self.token == token::COMMA {
             self.bump();
             self.obsolete(self.last_span, ObsoleteMultipleImport);
@@ -4980,15 +4979,15 @@ impl Parser {
     // - mod_items uses extern_mod_allowed = true
     // - block_tail_ uses extern_mod_allowed = false
     fn parse_items_and_view_items(&mut self,
-                                  first_item_attrs: ~[Attribute],
+                                  first_item_attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
                                   mut extern_mod_allowed: bool,
                                   macros_allowed: bool)
                                   -> ParsedItemsAndViewItems {
-        let mut attrs = vec::append(first_item_attrs,
+        let mut attrs = vec_ng::append(first_item_attrs,
                                     self.parse_outer_attributes());
         // First, parse view items.
-        let mut view_items : ~[ast::ViewItem] = ~[];
-        let mut items = ~[];
+        let mut view_items : Vec<ast::ViewItem> = Vec::new();
+        let mut items = Vec::new();
 
         // I think this code would probably read better as a single
         // loop with a mutable three-state-variable (for extern crates,
@@ -5001,7 +5000,7 @@ impl Parser {
                         attrs_remaining: attrs,
                         view_items: view_items,
                         items: items,
-                        foreign_items: ~[]
+                        foreign_items: Vec::new()
                     }
                 }
                 IoviViewItem(view_item) => {
@@ -5056,18 +5055,18 @@ impl Parser {
             attrs_remaining: attrs,
             view_items: view_items,
             items: items,
-            foreign_items: ~[]
+            foreign_items: Vec::new()
         }
     }
 
     // Parses a sequence of foreign items. Stops when it finds program
     // text that can't be parsed as an item
-    fn parse_foreign_items(&mut self, first_item_attrs: ~[Attribute],
+    fn parse_foreign_items(&mut self, first_item_attrs: Vec<Attribute> ,
                            macros_allowed: bool)
         -> ParsedItemsAndViewItems {
-        let mut attrs = vec::append(first_item_attrs,
+        let mut attrs = vec_ng::append(first_item_attrs,
                                     self.parse_outer_attributes());
-        let mut foreign_items = ~[];
+        let mut foreign_items = Vec::new();
         loop {
             match self.parse_foreign_item(attrs, macros_allowed) {
                 IoviNone(returned_attrs) => {
@@ -5095,8 +5094,8 @@ impl Parser {
 
         ParsedItemsAndViewItems {
             attrs_remaining: attrs,
-            view_items: ~[],
-            items: ~[],
+            view_items: Vec::new(),
+            items: Vec::new(),
             foreign_items: foreign_items
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs
index edc5e613f91..d7d8752b009 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/token.rs
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ pub enum Nonterminal {
     NtAttr(@ast::Attribute), // #[foo]
     NtPath(~ast::Path),
     NtTT(  @ast::TokenTree), // needs @ed to break a circularity
-    NtMatchers(~[ast::Matcher])
+    NtMatchers(Vec<ast::Matcher> )
 }
 
 impl fmt::Show for Nonterminal {
@@ -412,11 +412,11 @@ macro_rules! declare_special_idents_and_keywords {(
         // The indices here must correspond to the numbers in
         // special_idents, in Keyword to_ident(), and in static
         // constants below.
-        let init_vec = ~[
+        let init_vec = vec!(
             $( $si_str, )*
             $( $sk_str, )*
             $( $rk_str, )*
-        ];
+        );
 
         interner::StrInterner::prefill(init_vec)
     }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pp.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pp.rs
index 14d8c662aae..151f9c8b327 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pp.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pp.rs
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ pub fn tok_str(t: Token) -> ~str {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn buf_str(toks: ~[Token], szs: ~[int], left: uint, right: uint,
+pub fn buf_str(toks: Vec<Token> , szs: Vec<int> , left: uint, right: uint,
                lim: uint) -> ~str {
     let n = toks.len();
     assert_eq!(n, szs.len());
@@ -156,9 +156,9 @@ pub fn mk_printer(out: ~io::Writer, linewidth: uint) -> Printer {
     // fall behind.
     let n: uint = 3 * linewidth;
     debug!("mk_printer {}", linewidth);
-    let token: ~[Token] = vec::from_elem(n, Eof);
-    let size: ~[int] = vec::from_elem(n, 0);
-    let scan_stack: ~[uint] = vec::from_elem(n, 0u);
+    let token: Vec<Token> = vec::from_elem(n, Eof);
+    let size: Vec<int> = vec::from_elem(n, 0);
+    let scan_stack: Vec<uint> = vec::from_elem(n, 0u);
     Printer {
         out: out,
         buf_len: n,
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ pub fn mk_printer(out: ~io::Writer, linewidth: uint) -> Printer {
         scan_stack_empty: true,
         top: 0,
         bottom: 0,
-        print_stack: ~[],
+        print_stack: Vec::new(),
         pending_indentation: 0
     }
 }
@@ -264,8 +264,8 @@ pub struct Printer {
     space: int, // number of spaces left on line
     left: uint, // index of left side of input stream
     right: uint, // index of right side of input stream
-    token: ~[Token], // ring-buffr stream goes through
-    size: ~[int], // ring-buffer of calculated sizes
+    token: Vec<Token> , // ring-buffr stream goes through
+    size: Vec<int> , // ring-buffer of calculated sizes
     left_total: int, // running size of stream "...left"
     right_total: int, // running size of stream "...right"
     // pseudo-stack, really a ring too. Holds the
@@ -274,12 +274,12 @@ pub struct Printer {
     // Begin (if there is any) on top of it. Stuff is flushed off the
     // bottom as it becomes irrelevant due to the primary ring-buffer
     // advancing.
-    scan_stack: ~[uint],
+    scan_stack: Vec<uint> ,
     scan_stack_empty: bool, // top==bottom disambiguator
     top: uint, // index of top of scan_stack
     bottom: uint, // index of bottom of scan_stack
     // stack of blocks-in-progress being flushed by print
-    print_stack: ~[PrintStackElem],
+    print_stack: Vec<PrintStackElem> ,
     // buffered indentation to avoid writing trailing whitespace
     pending_indentation: int,
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
index 688494ec5ee..25ff793d34b 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -60,10 +60,10 @@ pub struct State<'a> {
     s: pp::Printer,
     cm: Option<@CodeMap>,
     intr: @token::IdentInterner,
-    comments: Option<~[comments::Comment]>,
-    literals: Option<~[comments::Literal]>,
+    comments: Option<Vec<comments::Comment> >,
+    literals: Option<Vec<comments::Literal> >,
     cur_cmnt_and_lit: CurrentCommentAndLiteral,
-    boxes: RefCell<~[pp::Breaks]>,
+    boxes: RefCell<Vec<pp::Breaks> >,
     ann: &'a PpAnn
 }
 
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ pub fn rust_printer_annotated<'a>(writer: ~io::Writer, ann: &'a PpAnn) -> State<
             cur_cmnt: 0,
             cur_lit: 0
         },
-        boxes: RefCell::new(~[]),
+        boxes: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         ann: ann
     }
 }
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ pub fn print_crate(cm: @CodeMap,
             cur_cmnt: 0,
             cur_lit: 0
         },
-        boxes: RefCell::new(~[]),
+        boxes: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         ann: ann
     };
     print_crate_(&mut s, krate)
@@ -1981,7 +1981,7 @@ pub fn print_generics(s: &mut State,
             }
         }
 
-        let mut ints = ~[];
+        let mut ints = Vec::new();
         for i in range(0u, total) {
             ints.push(i);
         }
@@ -2540,7 +2540,7 @@ mod test {
         let abba_ident = token::str_to_ident("abba");
 
         let decl = ast::FnDecl {
-            inputs: ~[],
+            inputs: Vec::new(),
             output: ast::P(ast::Ty {id: 0,
                                     node: ast::TyNil,
                                     span: codemap::DUMMY_SP}),
@@ -2559,9 +2559,9 @@ mod test {
 
         let var = codemap::respan(codemap::DUMMY_SP, ast::Variant_ {
             name: ident,
-            attrs: ~[],
+            attrs: Vec::new(),
             // making this up as I go.... ?
-            kind: ast::TupleVariantKind(~[]),
+            kind: ast::TupleVariantKind(Vec::new()),
             id: 0,
             disr_expr: None,
             vis: ast::Public,
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/util/interner.rs b/src/libsyntax/util/interner.rs
index 7b885df0317..7969cacb765 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/util/interner.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/util/interner.rs
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ use std::rc::Rc;
 
 pub struct Interner<T> {
     priv map: RefCell<HashMap<T, Name>>,
-    priv vect: RefCell<~[T]>,
+    priv vect: RefCell<Vec<T> >,
 }
 
 // when traits can extend traits, we should extend index<Name,T> to get []
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ impl<T:Eq + Hash + Freeze + Clone + 'static> Interner<T> {
     pub fn new() -> Interner<T> {
         Interner {
             map: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
-            vect: RefCell::new(~[]),
+            vect: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         }
     }
 
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ impl RcStr {
 // &str rather than RcStr, resulting in less allocation.
 pub struct StrInterner {
     priv map: RefCell<HashMap<RcStr, Name>>,
-    priv vect: RefCell<~[RcStr]>,
+    priv vect: RefCell<Vec<RcStr> >,
 }
 
 // when traits can extend traits, we should extend index<Name,T> to get []
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ impl StrInterner {
     pub fn new() -> StrInterner {
         StrInterner {
             map: RefCell::new(HashMap::new()),
-            vect: RefCell::new(~[]),
+            vect: RefCell::new(Vec::new()),
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/util/parser_testing.rs b/src/libsyntax/util/parser_testing.rs
index 8c7ad028a8e..36243350d21 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/util/parser_testing.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/util/parser_testing.rs
@@ -17,20 +17,20 @@ use parse::token;
 
 // map a string to tts, using a made-up filename: return both the TokenTree's
 // and the ParseSess
-pub fn string_to_tts_and_sess (source_str : ~str) -> (~[ast::TokenTree], @ParseSess) {
+pub fn string_to_tts_and_sess (source_str : ~str) -> (Vec<ast::TokenTree> , @ParseSess) {
     let ps = new_parse_sess();
     (filemap_to_tts(ps,string_to_filemap(ps,source_str,~"bogofile")),ps)
 }
 
 // map a string to tts, using a made-up filename:
-pub fn string_to_tts(source_str : ~str) -> ~[ast::TokenTree] {
+pub fn string_to_tts(source_str : ~str) -> Vec<ast::TokenTree> {
     let (tts,_) = string_to_tts_and_sess(source_str);
     tts
 }
 
 pub fn string_to_parser_and_sess(source_str: ~str) -> (Parser,@ParseSess) {
     let ps = new_parse_sess();
-    (new_parser_from_source_str(ps,~[],~"bogofile",source_str),ps)
+    (new_parser_from_source_str(ps,Vec::new(),~"bogofile",source_str),ps)
 }
 
 // map string to parser (via tts)
@@ -69,14 +69,14 @@ pub fn string_to_expr (source_str : ~str) -> @ast::Expr {
 // parse a string, return an item
 pub fn string_to_item (source_str : ~str) -> Option<@ast::Item> {
     with_error_checking_parse(source_str, |p| {
-        p.parse_item(~[])
+        p.parse_item(Vec::new())
     })
 }
 
 // parse a string, return a stmt
 pub fn string_to_stmt(source_str : ~str) -> @ast::Stmt {
     with_error_checking_parse(source_str, |p| {
-        p.parse_stmt(~[])
+        p.parse_stmt(Vec::new())
     })
 }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ pub fn string_to_pat(source_str : ~str) -> @ast::Pat {
 }
 
 // convert a vector of strings to a vector of ast::Ident's
-pub fn strs_to_idents(ids: ~[&str]) -> ~[ast::Ident] {
+pub fn strs_to_idents(ids: Vec<&str> ) -> Vec<ast::Ident> {
     ids.map(|u| token::str_to_ident(*u))
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs b/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs
index d6cc35a6f9d..22bf0f0a53f 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/util/small_vector.rs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ use std::vec;
 pub enum SmallVector<T> {
     priv Zero,
     priv One(T),
-    priv Many(~[T]),
+    priv Many(Vec<T> ),
 }
 
 impl<T> Container for SmallVector<T> {
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ impl<T> SmallVector<T> {
         One(v)
     }
 
-    pub fn many(vs: ~[T]) -> SmallVector<T> {
+    pub fn many(vs: Vec<T> ) -> SmallVector<T> {
         Many(vs)
     }
 
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ impl<T> SmallVector<T> {
             One(..) => {
                 let one = mem::replace(self, Zero);
                 match one {
-                    One(v1) => mem::replace(self, Many(~[v1, v])),
+                    One(v1) => mem::replace(self, Many(vec!(v1, v))),
                     _ => unreachable!()
                 };
             }
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ mod test {
         assert_eq!(0, v.len());
 
         assert_eq!(1, SmallVector::one(1).len());
-        assert_eq!(5, SmallVector::many(~[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]).len());
+        assert_eq!(5, SmallVector::many(vec!(1, 2, 3, 4, 5)).len());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ mod test {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_from_iterator() {
-        let v: SmallVector<int> = (~[1, 2, 3]).move_iter().collect();
+        let v: SmallVector<int> = (vec!(1, 2, 3)).move_iter().collect();
         assert_eq!(3, v.len());
         assert_eq!(&1, v.get(0));
         assert_eq!(&2, v.get(1));
@@ -171,14 +171,14 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     fn test_move_iter() {
         let v = SmallVector::zero();
-        let v: ~[int] = v.move_iter().collect();
-        assert_eq!(~[], v);
+        let v: Vec<int> = v.move_iter().collect();
+        assert_eq!(Vec::new(), v);
 
         let v = SmallVector::one(1);
-        assert_eq!(~[1], v.move_iter().collect());
+        assert_eq!(vec!(1), v.move_iter().collect());
 
-        let v = SmallVector::many(~[1, 2, 3]);
-        assert_eq!(~[1, 2, 3], v.move_iter().collect());
+        let v = SmallVector::many(vec!(1, 2, 3));
+        assert_eq!(vec!(1, 2, 3), v.move_iter().collect());
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -190,12 +190,12 @@ mod test {
     #[test]
     #[should_fail]
     fn test_expect_one_many() {
-        SmallVector::many(~[1, 2]).expect_one("");
+        SmallVector::many(vec!(1, 2)).expect_one("");
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_expect_one_one() {
         assert_eq!(1, SmallVector::one(1).expect_one(""));
-        assert_eq!(1, SmallVector::many(~[1]).expect_one(""));
+        assert_eq!(1, SmallVector::many(vec!(1)).expect_one(""));
     }
 }