diff --git a/src/comp/front/attr.rs b/src/comp/front/attr.rs
index 37bcd0bb8b821223c5cc41cd6557bd6c90317f6f..fe014fd27da357fc0811861bd09ce09cb3afc035 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/attr.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/attr.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // Functions dealing with attributes and meta_items
 
+import std::ivec;
 import std::vec;
 import std::str;
 import std::map;
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@
 
 // From a list of crate attributes get only the meta_items that impact crate
 // linkage
-fn find_linkage_metas(vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> vec[@ast::meta_item] {
+fn find_linkage_metas(&ast::attribute[] attrs) -> vec[@ast::meta_item] {
     let vec[@ast::meta_item] metas = [];
     for (ast::attribute attr in find_attrs_by_name(attrs, "link")) {
         alt (attr.node.value.node) {
@@ -44,8 +45,8 @@ fn find_linkage_metas(vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> vec[@ast::meta_item] {
 }
 
 // Search a list of attributes and return only those with a specific name
-fn find_attrs_by_name(vec[ast::attribute] attrs,
-                      ast::ident name) -> vec[ast::attribute] {
+fn find_attrs_by_name(&ast::attribute[] attrs,
+                      ast::ident name) -> ast::attribute[] {
     auto filter = bind fn(&ast::attribute a,
                           ast::ident name) -> option::t[ast::attribute] {
         if (get_attr_name(a) == name) {
@@ -54,7 +55,7 @@ fn find_attrs_by_name(vec[ast::attribute] attrs,
             option::none
         }
     } (_, name);
-    ret vec::filter_map(filter, attrs);
+    ret ivec::filter_map(filter, attrs);
 }
 
 fn get_attr_name(&ast::attribute attr) -> ast::ident {
@@ -101,8 +102,10 @@ fn get_meta_item_value_str(&@ast::meta_item meta) -> option::t[str] {
 fn attr_meta(&ast::attribute attr) -> @ast::meta_item { @attr.node.value }
 
 // Get the meta_items from inside a vector of attributes
-fn attr_metas(&vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> vec[@ast::meta_item] {
-    ret vec::map(attr_meta, attrs);
+fn attr_metas(&ast::attribute[] attrs) -> vec[@ast::meta_item] {
+    auto mitems = [];
+    for (ast::attribute a in attrs) { mitems += [attr_meta(a)]; }
+    ret mitems;
 }
 
 fn eq(@ast::meta_item a, @ast::meta_item b) -> bool {
diff --git a/src/comp/front/config.rs b/src/comp/front/config.rs
index 4e6bb485cd23a55add7980609624c005087f5bb2..b8351282bec06894772153fd9eac28f7595bea8a 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/config.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/config.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import std::ivec;
 import std::option;
 import std::vec;
 import syntax::ast;
@@ -97,11 +98,11 @@ fn native_item_in_cfg(&ast::crate_cfg cfg, &@ast::native_item item) -> bool {
 
 // Determine if an item should be translated in the current crate
 // configuration based on the item's attributes
-fn in_cfg(&ast::crate_cfg cfg, &vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> bool {
+fn in_cfg(&ast::crate_cfg cfg, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> bool {
 
     // The "cfg" attributes on the item
     auto item_cfg_attrs = attr::find_attrs_by_name(attrs, "cfg");
-    auto item_has_cfg_attrs = vec::len(item_cfg_attrs) > 0u;
+    auto item_has_cfg_attrs = ivec::len(item_cfg_attrs) > 0u;
     if (!item_has_cfg_attrs) { ret true; }
 
     // Pull the inner meta_items from the #[cfg(meta_item, ...)]  attributes,
diff --git a/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs b/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs
index 441f689447ea8826076368dc4e728ed4968842f5..a9df1a99d066c2265a74ab79763d9fc2c74053b1 100644
--- a/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs
+++ b/src/comp/metadata/decoder.rs
@@ -290,8 +290,8 @@ fn get_meta_items(&ebml::doc md) -> vec[@ast::meta_item] {
     ret items;
 }
 
-fn get_attributes(&ebml::doc md) -> vec[ast::attribute] {
-    let vec[ast::attribute] attrs = [];
+fn get_attributes(&ebml::doc md) -> ast::attribute[] {
+    let ast::attribute[] attrs = ~[];
     alt (ebml::maybe_get_doc(md, tag_attributes)) {
         case (option::some(?attrs_d)) {
             for each (ebml::doc attr_doc in
@@ -301,9 +301,9 @@ fn get_attributes(&ebml::doc md) -> vec[ast::attribute] {
                 // an attribute
                 assert (vec::len(meta_items) == 1u);
                 auto meta_item = meta_items.(0);
-                attrs += [rec(node=rec(style=ast::attr_outer,
-                                       value=*meta_item),
-                              span=rec(lo=0u, hi=0u))];
+                attrs += ~[rec(node=rec(style=ast::attr_outer,
+                                        value=*meta_item),
+                               span=rec(lo=0u, hi=0u))];
             }
         }
         case (option::none) { }
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ fn list_crate_attributes(&ebml::doc md, io::writer out) {
     out.write_str("\n\n");
 }
 
-fn get_crate_attributes(&vec[u8] data) -> vec[ast::attribute] {
+fn get_crate_attributes(&vec[u8] data) -> ast::attribute[] {
     ret get_attributes(ebml::new_doc(data));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/comp/syntax/ast.rs b/src/comp/syntax/ast.rs
index c072d675ac6a6e352dc909534c199144f643cbf9..020faf543a8f68df98fd78af7e67ec733b41fd89 100644
--- a/src/comp/syntax/ast.rs
+++ b/src/comp/syntax/ast.rs
@@ -87,13 +87,13 @@ fn def_id_of_def(def d) -> def_id {
 
 type crate_ = rec(vec[@crate_directive] directives,
                   _mod module,
-                  vec[attribute] attrs,
+                  attribute[] attrs,
                   crate_cfg config);
 
 tag crate_directive_ {
-    cdir_src_mod(ident, option::t[filename], vec[attribute]);
+    cdir_src_mod(ident, option::t[filename], attribute[]);
     cdir_dir_mod(ident, option::t[filename],
-                 vec[@crate_directive], vec[attribute]);
+                 vec[@crate_directive], attribute[]);
     cdir_view_item(@view_item);
     cdir_syntax(path);
     cdir_auth(path, _auth);
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ fn ty_mach_to_str(ty_mach tm) -> str {
 type attribute_ = rec(attr_style style, meta_item value);
 
 type item = rec(ident ident,
-                vec[attribute] attrs,
+                attribute[] attrs,
                 node_id id, // For objs and resources, this is the type def_id
                 item_ node,
                 span span);
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ fn ty_mach_to_str(ty_mach tm) -> str {
 }
 
 type native_item = rec(ident ident,
-                       vec[attribute] attrs,
+                       attribute[] attrs,
                        native_item_ node,
                        node_id id,
                        span span);
diff --git a/src/comp/syntax/fold.rs b/src/comp/syntax/fold.rs
index e8f2c1f4dcdf6b1f772d3119870e06cd91ea9804..d38c672567aa9d510c94a8f1dedf72c2ebb7b927 100644
--- a/src/comp/syntax/fold.rs
+++ b/src/comp/syntax/fold.rs
@@ -132,10 +132,10 @@ fn noop_fold_crate(&crate_ c, ast_fold fld) -> crate_ {
     auto fold_meta_item = bind fold_meta_item_(_,fld);
     auto fold_attribute = bind fold_attribute_(_,fold_meta_item);
 
-    ret rec(directives=map(fld.fold_crate_directive, c.directives),
+    ret rec(directives=vec::map(fld.fold_crate_directive, c.directives),
             module=fld.fold_mod(c.module),
-            attrs=map(fold_attribute, c.attrs),
-            config=map(fold_meta_item, c.config));
+            attrs=ivec::map(fold_attribute, c.attrs),
+            config=vec::map(fold_meta_item, c.config));
 }
 
 fn noop_fold_crate_directive(&crate_directive_ cd, ast_fold fld) 
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn noop_fold_native_item(&@native_item ni, ast_fold fld) -> @native_item {
     auto fold_attribute = bind fold_attribute_(_,fold_meta_item);
 
     ret @rec(ident=fld.fold_ident(ni.ident),
-             attrs=map(fold_attribute, ni.attrs),
+             attrs=ivec::map(fold_attribute, ni.attrs),
              node=alt (ni.node) {
                  case (native_item_ty) { native_item_ty }
                  case (native_item_fn(?st, ?fdec, ?typms)) {
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ fn noop_fold_item(&@item i, ast_fold fld) -> @item {
     auto fold_attribute = bind fold_attribute_(_,fold_meta_item);
 
     ret @rec(ident=fld.fold_ident(i.ident),
-             attrs=map(fold_attribute,i.attrs),
+             attrs=ivec::map(fold_attribute,i.attrs),
              id=i.id, node=fld.fold_item_underscore(i.node),
              span=i.span);
 }
diff --git a/src/comp/syntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/comp/syntax/parse/parser.rs
index 7c071638dbae51c555fceb0aeecf6b8d4235264f..6769046a485a2aa776b14367279f3b0b832b7285 100644
--- a/src/comp/syntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/comp/syntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -1479,7 +1479,7 @@ fn parse_stmt(&parser p) -> @ast::stmt {
 }
 
 fn parse_crate_stmt(&parser p) -> @ast::stmt {
-    auto cdir = parse_crate_directive(p, []);
+    auto cdir = parse_crate_directive(p, ~[]);
     ret @spanned(cdir.span.lo, cdir.span.hi,
                  ast::stmt_crate_directive(@cdir));
 }
@@ -1497,7 +1497,7 @@ fn parse_source_stmt(&parser p) -> @ast::stmt {
         auto item_attrs;
         alt (parse_outer_attrs_or_ext(p)) {
             case (none) {
-                item_attrs = [];
+                item_attrs = ~[];
             }
             case (some(left(?attrs))) {
                 item_attrs = attrs;
@@ -1511,7 +1511,7 @@ fn parse_source_stmt(&parser p) -> @ast::stmt {
         auto maybe_item = parse_item(p, item_attrs);
 
         // If we have attributes then we should have an item
-        if (vec::len(item_attrs) > 0u) {
+        if (ivec::len(item_attrs) > 0u) {
             alt (maybe_item) {
                 case (got_item(_)) { /* fallthrough */ }
                 case (_) {
@@ -1717,7 +1717,7 @@ fn parse_fn_header(&parser p) -> tup(ast::ident, vec[ast::ty_param]) {
 }
 
 fn mk_item(&parser p, uint lo, uint hi, &ast::ident ident, &ast::item_ node,
-           &vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+           &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     ret @rec(ident=ident,
              attrs=attrs,
              id=p.get_id(),
@@ -1726,7 +1726,7 @@ fn mk_item(&parser p, uint lo, uint hi, &ast::ident ident, &ast::item_ node,
 }
 
 fn parse_item_fn_or_iter(&parser p, ast::purity purity, ast::proto proto,
-                         vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+                         &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto t = parse_fn_header(p);
     auto f = parse_fn(p, proto, purity);
@@ -1777,7 +1777,7 @@ fn parse_dtor(&parser p) -> @ast::method {
     ret @spanned(lo, f.body.span.hi, m);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_obj(&parser p, ast::layer lyr, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) ->
+fn parse_item_obj(&parser p, ast::layer lyr, &ast::attribute[] attrs) ->
    @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto ident = parse_value_ident(p);
@@ -1800,7 +1800,7 @@ fn parse_item_obj(&parser p, ast::layer lyr, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) ->
                                                 p.get_id()), attrs);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_res(&parser p, ast::layer lyr, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) ->
+fn parse_item_res(&parser p, ast::layer lyr, &ast::attribute[] attrs) ->
    @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto ident = parse_value_ident(p);
@@ -1822,8 +1822,8 @@ fn parse_item_res(&parser p, ast::layer lyr, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) ->
 }
 
 fn parse_mod_items(&parser p, token::token term,
-                   vec[ast::attribute] first_item_attrs) -> ast::_mod {
-    auto view_items = if (vec::len(first_item_attrs) == 0u) {
+                   &ast::attribute[] first_item_attrs) -> ast::_mod {
+    auto view_items = if (ivec::len(first_item_attrs) == 0u) {
         parse_view(p)
     } else {
         // Shouldn't be any view items since we've already parsed an item attr
@@ -1833,7 +1833,7 @@ fn parse_mod_items(&parser p, token::token term,
     auto initial_attrs = first_item_attrs;
     while (p.peek() != term) {
         auto attrs = initial_attrs + parse_outer_attributes(p);
-        initial_attrs = [];
+        initial_attrs = ~[];
         alt (parse_item(p, attrs)) {
             case (got_item(?i)) { vec::push(items, i); }
             case (_) {
@@ -1845,7 +1845,7 @@ fn parse_mod_items(&parser p, token::token term,
     ret rec(view_items=view_items, items=items);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_const(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+fn parse_item_const(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto ty = parse_ty(p);
     auto id = parse_value_ident(p);
@@ -1856,21 +1856,20 @@ fn parse_item_const(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     ret mk_item(p, lo, hi, id, ast::item_const(ty, e), attrs);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_mod(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+fn parse_item_mod(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto id = parse_ident(p);
     expect(p, token::LBRACE);
     auto inner_attrs = parse_inner_attrs_and_next(p);
     auto first_item_outer_attrs = inner_attrs._1;
-    auto m = parse_mod_items(p, token::RBRACE,
-                             first_item_outer_attrs);
+    auto m = parse_mod_items(p, token::RBRACE, first_item_outer_attrs);
     auto hi = p.get_hi_pos();
     expect(p, token::RBRACE);
     ret mk_item(p, lo, hi, id, ast::item_mod(m), attrs + inner_attrs._0);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_native_type(&parser p,
-                          &vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::native_item {
+fn parse_item_native_type(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs)
+        -> @ast::native_item {
     auto t = parse_type_decl(p);
     auto hi = p.get_hi_pos();
     expect(p, token::SEMI);
@@ -1881,8 +1880,8 @@ fn parse_item_native_type(&parser p,
              span=rec(lo=t._0, hi=hi));
 }
 
-fn parse_item_native_fn(&parser p,
-                        &vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::native_item {
+fn parse_item_native_fn(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs)
+        -> @ast::native_item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto t = parse_fn_header(p);
     auto decl = parse_fn_decl(p, ast::impure_fn);
@@ -1900,8 +1899,8 @@ fn parse_item_native_fn(&parser p,
              span=rec(lo=lo, hi=hi));
 }
 
-fn parse_native_item(&parser p,
-                     &vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::native_item {
+fn parse_native_item(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs)
+        -> @ast::native_item {
     parse_layer(p);
     if (eat_word(p, "type")) {
         ret parse_item_native_type(p, attrs);
@@ -1911,9 +1910,9 @@ fn parse_native_item(&parser p,
 }
 
 fn parse_native_mod_items(&parser p, &str native_name, ast::native_abi abi,
-                          &vec[ast::attribute] first_item_attrs) ->
-   ast::native_mod {
-    auto view_items = if (vec::len(first_item_attrs) == 0u) {
+                          &ast::attribute[] first_item_attrs)
+        -> ast::native_mod {
+    auto view_items = if (ivec::len(first_item_attrs) == 0u) {
         parse_native_view(p)
     } else {
         // Shouldn't be any view items since we've already parsed an item attr
@@ -1923,7 +1922,7 @@ fn parse_native_mod_items(&parser p, &str native_name, ast::native_abi abi,
     auto initial_attrs = first_item_attrs;
     while (p.peek() != token::RBRACE) {
         auto attrs = initial_attrs + parse_outer_attributes(p);
-        initial_attrs = [];
+        initial_attrs = ~[];
         items += [parse_native_item(p, attrs)];
     }
     ret rec(native_name=native_name,
@@ -1932,7 +1931,7 @@ fn parse_native_mod_items(&parser p, &str native_name, ast::native_abi abi,
             items=items);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_native_mod(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+fn parse_item_native_mod(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto abi = ast::native_abi_cdecl;
     if (!is_word(p, "mod")) {
@@ -1972,7 +1971,7 @@ fn parse_type_decl(&parser p) -> tup(uint, ast::ident) {
     ret tup(lo, id);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_type(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+fn parse_item_type(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto t = parse_type_decl(p);
     auto tps = parse_ty_params(p);
     expect(p, token::EQ);
@@ -1982,7 +1981,7 @@ fn parse_item_type(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     ret mk_item(p, t._0, hi, t._1, ast::item_ty(ty, tps), attrs);
 }
 
-fn parse_item_tag(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> @ast::item {
+fn parse_item_tag(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> @ast::item {
     auto lo = p.get_last_lo_pos();
     auto id = parse_ident(p);
     auto ty_params = parse_ty_params(p);
@@ -2061,7 +2060,7 @@ fn parse_auth(&parser p) -> ast::_auth {
 
 tag parsed_item { got_item(@ast::item); no_item; fn_no_item; }
 
-fn parse_item(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> parsed_item {
+fn parse_item(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] attrs) -> parsed_item {
     if (eat_word(p, "const")) {
         ret got_item(parse_item_const(p, attrs));
     } else if (eat_word(p, "fn")) {
@@ -2095,8 +2094,7 @@ fn parse_item(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) -> parsed_item {
 
 // A type to distingush between the parsing of item attributes or syntax
 // extensions, which both begin with token.POUND
-type attr_or_ext = option::t[either::t[vec[ast::attribute],
-                                       @ast::expr]];
+type attr_or_ext = option::t[either::t[ast::attribute[], @ast::expr]];
 
 fn parse_outer_attrs_or_ext(&parser p) -> attr_or_ext {
     if (p.peek() == token::POUND) {
@@ -2104,7 +2102,7 @@ fn parse_outer_attrs_or_ext(&parser p) -> attr_or_ext {
         p.bump();
         if (p.peek() == token::LBRACKET) {
             auto first_attr = parse_attribute_naked(p, ast::attr_outer, lo);
-            ret some(left([first_attr] + parse_outer_attributes(p)));
+            ret some(left(~[first_attr] + parse_outer_attributes(p)));
         } else {
             ret some(right(parse_syntax_ext_naked(p, lo)));
         }
@@ -2114,10 +2112,10 @@ fn parse_outer_attrs_or_ext(&parser p) -> attr_or_ext {
 }
 
 // Parse attributes that appear before an item
-fn parse_outer_attributes(&parser p) -> vec[ast::attribute] {
-    let vec[ast::attribute] attrs = [];
+fn parse_outer_attributes(&parser p) -> ast::attribute[] {
+    let ast::attribute[] attrs = ~[];
     while (p.peek() == token::POUND) {
-        attrs += [parse_attribute(p, ast::attr_outer)];
+        attrs += ~[parse_attribute(p, ast::attr_outer)];
     }
     ret attrs;
 }
@@ -2143,22 +2141,22 @@ fn parse_attribute_naked(&parser p, ast::attr_style style,
 // next item (since we can't know whether the attribute is an inner attribute
 // of the containing item or an outer attribute of the first contained item
 // until we see the semi).
-fn parse_inner_attrs_and_next(&parser p) -> tup(vec[ast::attribute],
-                                                vec[ast::attribute]) {
-    let vec[ast::attribute] inner_attrs = [];
-    let vec[ast::attribute] next_outer_attrs = [];
+fn parse_inner_attrs_and_next(&parser p) -> tup(ast::attribute[],
+                                                ast::attribute[]) {
+    let ast::attribute[] inner_attrs = ~[];
+    let ast::attribute[] next_outer_attrs = ~[];
     while (p.peek() == token::POUND) {
         auto attr = parse_attribute(p, ast::attr_inner);
         if (p.peek() == token::SEMI) {
             p.bump();
-            inner_attrs += [attr];
+            inner_attrs += ~[attr];
         } else {
             // It's not really an inner attribute
             auto outer_attr = spanned(attr.span.lo,
                                       attr.span.hi,
                                       rec(style=ast::attr_outer,
                                           value=attr.node.value));
-            next_outer_attrs += [outer_attr];
+            next_outer_attrs += ~[outer_attr];
             break;
         }
     }
@@ -2339,8 +2337,7 @@ fn parse_crate_from_source_file(&str input, &ast::crate_cfg cfg,
     auto first_item_outer_attrs = crate_attrs._1;
     auto m = parse_mod_items(p, token::EOF,
                              first_item_outer_attrs);
-    let vec[@ast::crate_directive] cdirs = [];
-    ret @spanned(lo, p.get_lo_pos(), rec(directives=cdirs,
+    ret @spanned(lo, p.get_lo_pos(), rec(directives=[],
                                          module=m,
                                          attrs=crate_attrs._0,
                                          config=p.get_cfg()));
@@ -2361,14 +2358,13 @@ fn parse_str(&parser p) -> ast::ident {
 // Each crate file is a sequence of directives.
 //
 // Each directive imperatively extends its environment with 0 or more items.
-fn parse_crate_directive(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] first_outer_attr)
+fn parse_crate_directive(&parser p, &ast::attribute[] first_outer_attr)
     -> ast::crate_directive {
 
     // Collect the next attributes
-    auto outer_attrs = first_outer_attr
-        + parse_outer_attributes(p);
+    auto outer_attrs = first_outer_attr + parse_outer_attributes(p);
     // In a crate file outer attributes are only going to apply to mods
-    auto expect_mod = vec::len(outer_attrs) > 0u;
+    auto expect_mod = ivec::len(outer_attrs) > 0u;
 
     auto lo = p.get_lo_pos();
     if (expect_mod || is_word(p, "mod")) {
@@ -2423,13 +2419,13 @@ fn parse_crate_directive(&parser p, vec[ast::attribute] first_outer_attr)
 }
 
 fn parse_crate_directives(&parser p, token::token term,
-                          vec[ast::attribute] first_outer_attr) ->
+                          &ast::attribute[] first_outer_attr) ->
    vec[@ast::crate_directive] {
 
     // This is pretty ugly. If we have an outer attribute then we can't accept
     // seeing the terminator next, so if we do see it then fail the same way
     // parse_crate_directive would
-    if (vec::len(first_outer_attr) > 0u && p.peek() == term) {
+    if (ivec::len(first_outer_attr) > 0u && p.peek() == term) {
         expect_word(p, "mod");
     }
 
diff --git a/src/comp/syntax/print/pprust.rs b/src/comp/syntax/print/pprust.rs
index 43a2ee6035d9e6a00c0c17c03db50c2115e2982e..63a17c3e50b0d75059c414c6165988680af358cc 100644
--- a/src/comp/syntax/print/pprust.rs
+++ b/src/comp/syntax/print/pprust.rs
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ fn commasep_exprs(&ps s, breaks b, vec[@ast::expr] exprs) {
     commasep_cmnt(s, b, exprs, print_expr, expr_span);
 }
 
-fn print_mod(&ps s, ast::_mod _mod, &vec[ast::attribute] attrs) {
+fn print_mod(&ps s, ast::_mod _mod, &ast::attribute[] attrs) {
     print_inner_attributes(s, attrs);
     for (@ast::view_item vitem in _mod.view_items) {
         print_view_item(s, vitem);
@@ -533,7 +533,7 @@ fn print_field(&ps s, &ast::obj_field field) {
     s.ann.post(ann_node);
 }
 
-fn print_outer_attributes(&ps s, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) {
+fn print_outer_attributes(&ps s, &ast::attribute[] attrs) {
     auto count = 0;
     for (ast::attribute attr in attrs) {
         alt (attr.node.style) {
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ fn print_outer_attributes(&ps s, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) {
     if (count > 0) { hardbreak_if_not_bol(s); }
 }
 
-fn print_inner_attributes(&ps s, vec[ast::attribute] attrs) {
+fn print_inner_attributes(&ps s, &ast::attribute[] attrs) {
     auto count = 0;
     for (ast::attribute attr in attrs) {
         alt (attr.node.style) {