diff --git a/src/libstd/c_vec.rs b/src/libstd/c_vec.rs
index 5af596c1f84e..30538a129425 100644
--- a/src/libstd/c_vec.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/c_vec.rs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ pub struct CVec<T> {
 }
 
 struct DtorRes {
-  dtor: Option<fn@()>,
+  dtor: Option<@fn()>,
 }
 
 impl Drop for DtorRes {
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ impl Drop for DtorRes {
     }
 }
 
-fn DtorRes(dtor: Option<fn@()>) -> DtorRes {
+fn DtorRes(dtor: Option<@fn()>) -> DtorRes {
     DtorRes {
         dtor: dtor
     }
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub unsafe fn CVec<T>(base: *mut T, len: uint) -> CVec<T> {
  * * dtor - A function to run when the value is destructed, useful
  *          for freeing the buffer, etc.
  */
-pub unsafe fn c_vec_with_dtor<T>(base: *mut T, len: uint, dtor: fn@())
+pub unsafe fn c_vec_with_dtor<T>(base: *mut T, len: uint, dtor: @fn())
   -> CVec<T> {
     return CVec{
         base: base,
diff --git a/src/libstd/future.rs b/src/libstd/future.rs
index c57754061259..990c37ce807e 100644
--- a/src/libstd/future.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/future.rs
@@ -37,13 +37,13 @@ pub struct Future<A> {
 }
 
 // FIXME(#2829) -- futures should not be copyable, because they close
-// over fn~'s that have pipes and so forth within!
+// over ~fn's that have pipes and so forth within!
 impl<A> Drop for Future<A> {
     fn finalize(&self) {}
 }
 
 priv enum FutureState<A> {
-    Pending(fn~() -> A),
+    Pending(~fn() -> A),
     Evaluating,
     Forced(A)
 }
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ pub fn from_fn<A>(f: ~fn() -> A) -> Future<A> {
     Future {state: Pending(f)}
 }
 
-pub fn spawn<A:Owned>(blk: fn~() -> A) -> Future<A> {
+pub fn spawn<A:Owned>(blk: ~fn() -> A) -> Future<A> {
     /*!
      * Create a future from a unique closure.
      *
diff --git a/src/libstd/net_tcp.rs b/src/libstd/net_tcp.rs
index 4266cab0a056..5b116705698f 100644
--- a/src/libstd/net_tcp.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/net_tcp.rs
@@ -625,8 +625,8 @@ pub fn accept(new_conn: TcpNewConnection)
  */
 pub fn listen(host_ip: ip::IpAddr, port: uint, backlog: uint,
               iotask: &IoTask,
-              on_establish_cb: fn~(SharedChan<Option<TcpErrData>>),
-              new_connect_cb: fn~(TcpNewConnection,
+              on_establish_cb: ~fn(SharedChan<Option<TcpErrData>>),
+              new_connect_cb: ~fn(TcpNewConnection,
                                   SharedChan<Option<TcpErrData>>))
     -> result::Result<(), TcpListenErrData> {
     do listen_common(host_ip, port, backlog, iotask,
@@ -643,11 +643,13 @@ pub fn listen(host_ip: ip::IpAddr, port: uint, backlog: uint,
     }
 }
 
-fn listen_common(host_ip: ip::IpAddr, port: uint, backlog: uint,
-          iotask: &IoTask,
-          on_establish_cb: fn~(SharedChan<Option<TcpErrData>>),
-          on_connect_cb: fn~(*uv::ll::uv_tcp_t))
-    -> result::Result<(), TcpListenErrData> {
+fn listen_common(host_ip: ip::IpAddr,
+                 port: uint,
+                 backlog: uint,
+                 iotask: &IoTask,
+                 on_establish_cb: ~fn(SharedChan<Option<TcpErrData>>),
+                 on_connect_cb: ~fn(*uv::ll::uv_tcp_t))
+              -> result::Result<(), TcpListenErrData> {
     unsafe {
         let (stream_closed_po, stream_closed_ch) = stream::<()>();
         let stream_closed_ch = SharedChan(stream_closed_ch);
@@ -1197,7 +1199,7 @@ struct TcpListenFcData {
     server_stream_ptr: *uv::ll::uv_tcp_t,
     stream_closed_ch: SharedChan<()>,
     kill_ch: SharedChan<Option<TcpErrData>>,
-    on_connect_cb: fn~(*uv::ll::uv_tcp_t),
+    on_connect_cb: ~fn(*uv::ll::uv_tcp_t),
     iotask: IoTask,
     ipv6: bool,
     mut active: bool,
diff --git a/src/libstd/par.rs b/src/libstd/par.rs
index 0839ce181235..d65921f910cb 100644
--- a/src/libstd/par.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/par.rs
@@ -94,24 +94,24 @@ pub fn map<A:Copy + Owned,B:Copy + Owned>(
     xs: &[A], fn_factory: &fn() -> ~fn(&A) -> B) -> ~[B] {
     vec::concat(map_slices(xs, || {
         let f = fn_factory();
-        fn~(_base: uint, slice : &[A]) -> ~[B] {
-            vec::map(slice, |x| f(x))
-        }
+        let result: ~fn(uint, &[A]) -> ~[B] =
+            |_, slice| vec::map(slice, |x| f(x));
+        result
     }))
 }
 
 /// A parallel version of mapi.
 pub fn mapi<A:Copy + Owned,B:Copy + Owned>(
-    xs: &[A],
-    fn_factory: &fn() -> ~fn(uint, &A) -> B) -> ~[B]
-{
+        xs: &[A],
+        fn_factory: &fn() -> ~fn(uint, &A) -> B) -> ~[B] {
     let slices = map_slices(xs, || {
         let f = fn_factory();
-        fn~(base: uint, slice : &[A]) -> ~[B] {
+        let result: ~fn(uint, &[A]) -> ~[B] = |base, slice| {
             vec::mapi(slice, |i, x| {
                 f(i + base, x)
             })
-        }
+        };
+        result
     });
     let r = vec::concat(slices);
     log(info, (r.len(), xs.len()));
@@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ pub fn alli<A:Copy + Owned>(
 {
     do vec::all(map_slices(xs, || {
         let f = fn_factory();
-        fn~(base: uint, slice : &[A]) -> bool {
+        let result: ~fn(uint, &[A]) -> bool = |base, slice| {
             vec::alli(slice, |i, x| {
                 f(i + base, x)
             })
-        }
+        };
+        result
     })) |x| { *x }
 }
 
@@ -140,8 +141,8 @@ pub fn any<A:Copy + Owned>(
     fn_factory: &fn() -> ~fn(&A) -> bool) -> bool {
     do vec::any(map_slices(xs, || {
         let f = fn_factory();
-        fn~(_base : uint, slice: &[A]) -> bool {
-            vec::any(slice, |x| f(x))
-        }
+        let result: ~fn(uint, &[A]) -> bool =
+            |_, slice| vec::any(slice, |x| f(x));
+        result
     })) |x| { *x }
 }
diff --git a/src/libstd/test.rs b/src/libstd/test.rs
index 3ebebe59d946..4ffa9b01d2b1 100644
--- a/src/libstd/test.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/test.rs
@@ -409,7 +409,7 @@ type MonitorMsg = (TestDesc, TestResult);
 
 fn run_tests(opts: &TestOpts,
              tests: ~[TestDescAndFn],
-             callback: fn@(e: TestEvent)) {
+             callback: @fn(e: TestEvent)) {
     let mut filtered_tests = filter_tests(opts, tests);
 
     let filtered_descs = filtered_tests.map(|t| t.desc);
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ pub fn filter_tests(
 
 struct TestFuture {
     test: TestDesc,
-    wait: fn@() -> TestResult,
+    wait: @fn() -> TestResult,
 }
 
 pub fn run_test(force_ignore: bool,
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ignore: true,
                 should_fail: false
             },
-            testfn: DynTestFn(fn~() { f()}),
+            testfn: DynTestFn(|| f()),
         };
         let (p, ch) = stream();
         let ch = SharedChan(ch);
@@ -800,7 +800,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ignore: true,
                 should_fail: false
             },
-            testfn: DynTestFn(fn~() { f()}),
+            testfn: DynTestFn(|| f()),
         };
         let (p, ch) = stream();
         let ch = SharedChan(ch);
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ignore: false,
                 should_fail: true
             },
-            testfn: DynTestFn(fn~() { f() }),
+            testfn: DynTestFn(|| f()),
         };
         let (p, ch) = stream();
         let ch = SharedChan(ch);
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ mod tests {
                 ignore: false,
                 should_fail: true
             },
-            testfn: DynTestFn(fn~() { f() }),
+            testfn: DynTestFn(|| f()),
         };
         let (p, ch) = stream();
         let ch = SharedChan(ch);
@@ -890,7 +890,7 @@ mod tests {
                     ignore: true,
                     should_fail: false,
                 },
-                testfn: DynTestFn(fn~() { }),
+                testfn: DynTestFn(|| {}),
             },
             TestDescAndFn {
                 desc: TestDesc {
@@ -898,7 +898,7 @@ mod tests {
                     ignore: false,
                     should_fail: false
                 },
-                testfn: DynTestFn(fn~() { }),
+                testfn: DynTestFn(|| {}),
             },
         ];
         let filtered = filter_tests(&opts, tests);
diff --git a/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs b/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
index 1898ef77320b..daf90f345e05 100644
--- a/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/uv_global_loop.rs
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ fn get_monitor_task_gl() -> IoTask {
 
 fn spawn_loop() -> IoTask {
     let builder = do task().add_wrapper |task_body| {
-        fn~() {
+        let result: ~fn() = || {
             // The I/O loop task also needs to be weak so it doesn't keep
             // the runtime alive
             unsafe {
@@ -112,7 +112,8 @@ fn spawn_loop() -> IoTask {
                     debug!("global libuv task is leaving weakened state");
                 }
             }
-        }
+        };
+        result
     };
     let builder = builder.unlinked();
     spawn_iotask(builder)
diff --git a/src/libstd/uv_iotask.rs b/src/libstd/uv_iotask.rs
index 14726a0854de..6179b10f3c37 100644
--- a/src/libstd/uv_iotask.rs
+++ b/src/libstd/uv_iotask.rs
@@ -76,8 +76,7 @@ pub fn spawn_iotask(task: task::TaskBuilder) -> IoTask {
  * module. It is not safe to send the `loop_ptr` param to this callback out
  * via ports/chans.
  */
-pub unsafe fn interact(iotask: &IoTask,
-                   cb: fn~(*c_void)) {
+pub unsafe fn interact(iotask: &IoTask, cb: ~fn(*c_void)) {
     send_msg(iotask, Interaction(cb));
 }
 
@@ -98,7 +97,7 @@ pub fn exit(iotask: &IoTask) {
 // INTERNAL API
 
 enum IoTaskMsg {
-    Interaction (fn~(*libc::c_void)),
+    Interaction(~fn(*libc::c_void)),
     TeardownLoop
 }