2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/posix.rs b/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
index 88907951673..0808b2a4f42 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/posix.rs
@@ -390,6 +390,7 @@ impl Path {
         let v = if self.repr[0] == SEP_BYTE {
             self.repr[1..]
         } else { self.repr.as_slice() };
+        let is_sep_byte: fn(&u8) -> bool = is_sep_byte; // coerce to fn ptr
         let mut ret = v.split(is_sep_byte);
         if v.is_empty() {
             // consume the empty "" component
@@ -401,7 +402,8 @@ impl Path {
     /// Returns an iterator that yields each component of the path as Option<&str>.
     /// See components() for details.
     pub fn str_components<'a>(&'a self) -> StrComponents<'a> {
-        self.components().map(str::from_utf8)
+        let from_utf8: fn(&[u8]) -> Option<&str> = str::from_utf8; // coerce to fn ptr
+        self.components().map(from_utf8)
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
index 9e4a66e0e5e..4b8fb7fad6a 100644
--- a/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/path/windows.rs
@@ -655,7 +655,8 @@ impl Path {
             None if repr.as_bytes()[0] == SEP_BYTE => repr.slice_from(1),
             None => repr
         };
-        let ret = s.split_terminator(SEP).map(Some);
+        let some: fn(&'a str) -> Option<&'a str> = Some; // coerce to fn ptr
+        let ret = s.split_terminator(SEP).map(some);
         ret
     }
 
@@ -666,6 +667,7 @@ impl Path {
             #![inline]
             x.unwrap().as_bytes()
         }
+        let convert: for<'b> fn(Option<&'b str>) -> &'b [u8] = convert; // coerce to fn ptr
         self.str_components().map(convert)
     }