diff --git a/src/libextra/json.rs b/src/libextra/json.rs
index 6a7f0607dd66aa3240f999534240302839ec4ca0..4cd67d6ebacf3587e50d58f610904c76ecb50e31 100644
--- a/src/libextra/json.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/json.rs
@@ -1867,27 +1867,26 @@ fn test_read_object() {
                 col: 8u,
                 msg: @~"EOF while parsing object"}));
 
-        assert_eq!(result::unwrap(from_str("{}")), mk_object([]));
-        assert_eq!(result::unwrap(from_str("{\"a\": 3}")),
+        assert_eq!(from_str("{}").unwrap(), mk_object([]));
+        assert_eq!(from_str("{\"a\": 3}").unwrap(),
                   mk_object([(~"a", Number(3.0f))]));
 
-        assert_eq!(result::unwrap(from_str(
-                      "{ \"a\": null, \"b\" : true }")),
+        assert_eq!(from_str(
+                      "{ \"a\": null, \"b\" : true }").unwrap(),
                   mk_object([
                       (~"a", Null),
                       (~"b", Boolean(true))]));
-        assert_eq!(result::unwrap(
-                      from_str("\n{ \"a\": null, \"b\" : true }\n")),
+        assert_eq!(from_str("\n{ \"a\": null, \"b\" : true }\n").unwrap(),
                   mk_object([
                       (~"a", Null),
                       (~"b", Boolean(true))]));
-        assert_eq!(result::unwrap(from_str(
-                      "{\"a\" : 1.0 ,\"b\": [ true ]}")),
+        assert_eq!(from_str(
+                      "{\"a\" : 1.0 ,\"b\": [ true ]}").unwrap(),
                   mk_object([
                       (~"a", Number(1.0)),
                       (~"b", List(~[Boolean(true)]))
                   ]));
-        assert_eq!(result::unwrap(from_str(
+        assert_eq!(from_str(
                       ~"{" +
                           "\"a\": 1.0, " +
                           "\"b\": [" +
@@ -1895,7 +1894,7 @@ fn test_read_object() {
                               "\"foo\\nbar\", " +
                               "{ \"c\": {\"d\": null} } " +
                           "]" +
-                      "}")),
+                      "}").unwrap(),
                   mk_object([
                       (~"a", Number(1.0f)),
                       (~"b", List(~[
diff --git a/src/libextra/time.rs b/src/libextra/time.rs
index b1c07e83f52c7a3336246246c528dfe314e35abb..f926572dad61726a7ccb7356c1ffeba2f9023aa7 100644
--- a/src/libextra/time.rs
+++ b/src/libextra/time.rs
@@ -1132,13 +1132,13 @@ fn test(s: &str, format: &str) -> bool {
         assert!(test("6", "%w"));
         assert!(test("2009", "%Y"));
         assert!(test("09", "%y"));
-        assert!(result::unwrap(strptime("UTC", "%Z")).tm_zone ==
+        assert!(strptime("UTC", "%Z").unwrap().tm_zone ==
             ~"UTC");
-        assert!(result::unwrap(strptime("PST", "%Z")).tm_zone ==
+        assert!(strptime("PST", "%Z").unwrap().tm_zone ==
             ~"");
-        assert!(result::unwrap(strptime("-0000", "%z")).tm_gmtoff ==
+        assert!(strptime("-0000", "%z").unwrap().tm_gmtoff ==
             0);
-        assert!(result::unwrap(strptime("-0800", "%z")).tm_gmtoff ==
+        assert!(strptime("-0800", "%z").unwrap().tm_gmtoff ==
             0);
         assert!(test("%", "%%"));
 
diff --git a/src/librustpkg/tests.rs b/src/librustpkg/tests.rs
index 286b1f84802c3298eaec4541ab5306a605350916..a203fccfb5f3c7520ff3dbff0a78bccc5193e54a 100644
--- a/src/librustpkg/tests.rs
+++ b/src/librustpkg/tests.rs
@@ -62,9 +62,7 @@ fn git_repo_pkg() -> PkgId {
 }
 
 fn writeFile(file_path: &Path, contents: &str) {
-    let out: @io::Writer =
-        result::unwrap(io::file_writer(file_path,
-                                       [io::Create, io::Truncate]));
+    let out = io::file_writer(file_path, [io::Create, io::Truncate]).unwrap();
     out.write_line(contents);
 }
 
diff --git a/src/libstd/result.rs b/src/libstd/result.rs
index 8e44a42e038ab1545a7fed9b0bc93c20fc43b5b9..f43b3e73113056ed9f1f5d8f1fa546b7bc568ab8 100644
--- a/src/libstd/result.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/result.rs
@@ -31,27 +31,21 @@ pub enum Result<T, U> {
     Err(U)
 }
 
-/**
- * Convert to the `either` type
- *
- * `ok` result variants are converted to `either::right` variants, `err`
- * result variants are converted to `either::left`.
- */
-#[inline]
-pub fn to_either<T:Clone,U:Clone>(res: &Result<U, T>)
-    -> Either<T, U> {
-    match *res {
-      Ok(ref res) => either::Right((*res).clone()),
-      Err(ref fail_) => either::Left((*fail_).clone())
+impl<T, E> Result<T, E> {
+    /**
+     * Convert to the `either` type
+     *
+     * `ok` result variants are converted to `either::right` variants, `err`
+     * result variants are converted to `either::left`.
+     */
+    #[inline]
+    pub fn to_either(self)-> Either<E, T>{
+        match self {
+            Ok(t) => either::Right(t),
+            Err(e) => either::Left(e),
+        }
     }
-}
-
-
-
 
-
-
-impl<T, E> Result<T, E> {
     /**
      * Get a reference to the value out of a successful result
      *
@@ -84,7 +78,7 @@ pub fn is_err(&self) -> bool {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call a function based on a previous result
+     * Call a method based on a previous result
      *
      * If `*self` is `ok` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
      * `op`s result is returned. if `*self` is `err` then it is immediately
@@ -106,7 +100,7 @@ pub fn iter(&self, f: &fn(&T)) {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call a function based on a previous result
+     * Call a method based on a previous result
      *
      * If `*self` is `err` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
      * `op`s result is returned. if `*self` is `ok` then it is immediately returned.
@@ -140,7 +134,7 @@ pub fn unwrap_err(self) -> E {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Call a function based on a previous result
+     * Call a method based on a previous result
      *
      * If `self` is `ok` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
      * `op`s result is returned. if `self` is `err` then it is immediately
@@ -149,9 +143,9 @@ pub fn unwrap_err(self) -> E {
      *
      * Example:
      *
-     *     let res = read_file(file).chain(op) { |buf|
+     *     let res = do read_file(file).chain |buf| {
      *         ok(parse_bytes(buf))
-     *     }
+     *     };
      */
     #[inline]
     pub fn chain<U>(self, op: &fn(T) -> Result<U,E>) -> Result<U,E> {
@@ -162,7 +156,7 @@ pub fn chain<U>(self, op: &fn(T) -> Result<U,E>) -> Result<U,E> {
     }
 
     /**
-    * Call a function based on a previous result
+    * Call a method based on a previous result
     *
     * If `self` is `err` then the value is extracted and passed to `op`
     * whereupon `op`s result is returned. if `self` is `ok` then it is
@@ -195,13 +189,13 @@ pub fn get(&self) -> T {
     }
 
     /**
-    * Call a function based on a previous result
-    *
-    * If `*self` is `err` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
-    * `op`s result is wrapped in an `err` and returned. if `*self` is `ok` then it
-    * is immediately returned.  This function can be used to pass through a
-    * successful result while handling an error.
-    */
+     * Call a method based on a previous result
+     *
+     * If `*self` is `err` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
+     * `op`s result is wrapped in an `err` and returned. if `*self` is `ok` then it
+     * is immediately returned.  This function can be used to pass through a
+     * successful result while handling an error.
+     */
     #[inline]
     pub fn map_err<F:Clone>(&self, op: &fn(&E) -> F) -> Result<T,F> {
         match *self {
@@ -228,19 +222,19 @@ pub fn get_err(&self) -> E {
     }
 
     /**
-    * Call a function based on a previous result
-    *
-    * If `res` is `ok` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
-    * `op`s result is wrapped in `ok` and returned. if `res` is `err` then it is
-    * immediately returned.  This function can be used to compose the results of
-    * two functions.
-    *
-    * Example:
-    *
-    *     let res = map(read_file(file)) { |buf|
-    *         parse_bytes(buf)
-    *     }
-    */
+     * Call a method based on a previous result
+     *
+     * If `res` is `ok` then the value is extracted and passed to `op` whereupon
+     * `op`s result is wrapped in `ok` and returned. if `res` is `err` then it is
+     * immediately returned.  This function can be used to compose the results of
+     * two functions.
+     *
+     * Example:
+     *
+     *     let res = read_file(file).map() { |buf|
+     *         parse_bytes(buf)
+     *     });
+     */
     #[inline]
     pub fn map<U:Clone>(&self, op: &fn(&T) -> U) -> Result<U,E> {
         match *self {
@@ -351,6 +345,7 @@ pub fn iter_vec2<S,T,U>(ss: &[S], ts: &[T],
 mod tests {
     use result::{Err, Ok, Result};
     use result;
+    use either;
 
     pub fn op1() -> result::Result<int, ~str> { result::Ok(666) }
 
@@ -408,4 +403,13 @@ pub fn test_get_ref_method() {
         let foo: Result<int, ()> = Ok(100);
         assert_eq!(*foo.get_ref(), 100);
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    pub fn test_to_either() {
+        let r: Result<int, ()> = Ok(100);
+        let err: Result<(), int> = Err(404);
+
+        assert_eq!(r.to_either(), either::Right(100));
+        assert_eq!(err.to_either(), either::Left(404));
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/test/bench/core-std.rs b/src/test/bench/core-std.rs
index 0d93bdb6f9446347d80912c2487b3d8f9ccc98c2..754181f9cd848ba7f83cb0acb72db6d629548b6f 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/core-std.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/core-std.rs
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ fn read_line() {
         .push_rel(&Path("src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide.data"));
 
     for int::range(0, 3) |_i| {
-        let reader = result::unwrap(io::file_reader(&path));
+        let reader = io::file_reader(&path).unwrap();
         while !reader.eof() {
             reader.read_line();
         }
diff --git a/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta.rs b/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta.rs
index 5d05817e512a0e59ca1831365b34222af82637d2..4597212b390eb90cc6bf72a22e2140f401dec1e9 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/shootout-fasta.rs
@@ -124,8 +124,8 @@ fn main() {
     };
 
     let writer = if os::getenv("RUST_BENCH").is_some() {
-        result::unwrap(io::file_writer(&Path("./shootout-fasta.data"),
-                                       [io::Truncate, io::Create]))
+        io::file_writer(&Path("./shootout-fasta.data"),
+                        [io::Truncate, io::Create]).unwrap()
     } else {
         io::stdout()
     };
diff --git a/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs b/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs
index 46b882f7b82534873d0c07b1df05c62f4a00a510..8b4664ac0606e94dbb049100f9501b4b58f49d2f 100644
--- a/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs
+++ b/src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide-pipes.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ fn main() {
        // get to this massive data set, but include_bin! chokes on it (#2598)
        let path = Path(env!("CFG_SRC_DIR"))
            .push_rel(&Path("src/test/bench/shootout-k-nucleotide.data"));
-       result::unwrap(io::file_reader(&path))
+       io::file_reader(&path).unwrap()
    } else {
       io::stdin()
    };
diff --git a/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs b/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs
index cb9cce3249f011046196ecb429389472ec53b987..6e5005fe03dc12aa003db7d3b9c8c5910ad6a6e2 100644
--- a/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-fail/result-get-fail.rs
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@
 use std::result;
 
 fn main() {
-  error!(result::get(&result::Err::<int,~str>(~"kitty")));
+  error!(result::Err::<int,~str>(~"kitty").get());
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/cleanup-copy-mode.rs b/src/test/run-pass/cleanup-copy-mode.rs
index 2446e9057c2e7ccd27dd78ad05c15537f527574a..45375efe9d630a0d7e5e6a04d9fd867e7c66954c 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/cleanup-copy-mode.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/cleanup-copy-mode.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 fn adder(x: @int, y: @int) -> int { return *x + *y; }
 fn failer() -> @int { fail!(); }
 pub fn main() {
-    assert!(result::is_err(&task::try(|| {
+    assert!(task::try(|| {
         adder(@2, failer()); ()
-    })));
+    }).is_err());
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/issue-4016.rs b/src/test/run-pass/issue-4016.rs
index 6b0dd6cb9472269d7c34ff1a1f9ca1bc71d971d6..c4178961d9e6946577d558a0018cdf8df04ca640 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/issue-4016.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/issue-4016.rs
@@ -11,14 +11,13 @@
 
 extern mod extra;
 
-use std::result;
 use extra::json;
 use extra::serialize::Decodable;
 
 trait JD : Decodable<json::Decoder> { }
 
 fn exec<T: JD>() {
-    let doc = result::unwrap(json::from_str(""));
+    let doc = json::from_str("").unwrap();
     let mut decoder = json::Decoder(doc);
     let _v: T = Decodable::decode(&mut decoder);
     fail!()