diff --git a/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go b/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go
index bf8912e1da..2e14b4b733 100644
--- a/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go
+++ b/src/cmd/godoc/godoc.go
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ func isTextFile(path string) bool {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	var buf [1024]byte
-	n, err := f.Read(&buf)
+	n, err := f.Read(buf[0:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return false
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go b/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go
index 7a996c4caf..32571d8d8e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go
+++ b/src/pkg/bytes/buffer.go
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) grow(n int) int {
 	if len(b.buf)+n > cap(b.buf) {
 		var buf []byte
 		if b.buf == nil && n <= len(b.bootstrap) {
-			buf = &b.bootstrap
+			buf = b.bootstrap[0:]
 		} else {
 			// not enough space anywhere
 			buf = make([]byte, 2*cap(b.buf)+n)
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (b *Buffer) WriteRune(r int) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		b.WriteByte(byte(r))
 		return 1, nil
 	}
-	n = utf8.EncodeRune(r, &b.runeBytes)
+	n = utf8.EncodeRune(r, b.runeBytes[0:])
 	b.Write(b.runeBytes[0:n])
 	return n, nil
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/compress/flate/flate_test.go b/src/pkg/compress/flate/flate_test.go
index 6beaf4a8e8..bfd3b8381d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/compress/flate/flate_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/compress/flate/flate_test.go
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ var initDecoderTests = []*InitDecoderTest{
 
 	// Static Huffman codes (RFC 1951 section 3.2.6)
 	&InitDecoderTest{
-		&fixedHuffmanBits,
+		fixedHuffmanBits[0:],
 		fixedHuffmanDecoder,
 		true,
 	},
diff --git a/src/pkg/compress/flate/huffman_bit_writer.go b/src/pkg/compress/flate/huffman_bit_writer.go
index 46e353ddcf..abff82dd69 100644
--- a/src/pkg/compress/flate/huffman_bit_writer.go
+++ b/src/pkg/compress/flate/huffman_bit_writer.go
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func (w *huffmanBitWriter) flushBits() {
 	w.bytes[n] = byte(bits)
 	w.bytes[n+1] = byte(bits >> 8)
 	if n += 2; n >= len(w.bytes) {
-		_, w.err = w.w.Write(&w.bytes)
+		_, w.err = w.w.Write(w.bytes[0:])
 		n = 0
 	}
 	w.nbytes = n
diff --git a/src/pkg/compress/flate/inflate.go b/src/pkg/compress/flate/inflate.go
index 92582be306..f0bd005318 100644
--- a/src/pkg/compress/flate/inflate.go
+++ b/src/pkg/compress/flate/inflate.go
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ func (f *decompressor) readHuffman() os.Error {
 	for i := nclen; i < len(codeOrder); i++ {
 		f.codebits[codeOrder[i]] = 0
 	}
-	if !f.h1.init(&f.codebits) {
+	if !f.h1.init(f.codebits[0:]) {
 		return CorruptInputError(f.roffset)
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/compress/zlib/writer_test.go b/src/pkg/compress/zlib/writer_test.go
index 4183e76d71..fa9e78e8e7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/compress/zlib/writer_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/compress/zlib/writer_test.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func testFileLevel(t *testing.T, fn string, level int) {
 		defer zlibw.Close()
 		var b [1024]byte
 		for {
-			n, err0 := raw.Read(&b)
+			n, err0 := raw.Read(b[0:])
 			if err0 != nil && err0 != os.EOF {
 				t.Errorf("%s (level=%d): %v", fn, level, err0)
 				return
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/block/ecb_test.go b/src/pkg/crypto/block/ecb_test.go
index 3767e63dba..1e991e1dde 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/block/ecb_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/block/ecb_test.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func TestECBEncrypter(t *testing.T) {
 		for frag := 0; frag < 2; frag++ {
 			c := &IncCipher{block, 0, true}
 			b.Reset()
-			r := bytes.NewBuffer(&plain)
+			r := bytes.NewBuffer(plain[0:])
 			w := NewECBEncrypter(c, b)
 
 			// copy plain into w in increasingly large chunks: 1, 1, 2, 4, 8, ...
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestECBEncrypter(t *testing.T) {
 				continue
 			}
 
-			if string(data) != string(&crypt) {
+			if string(data) != string(crypt[0:]) {
 				t.Errorf("block=%d frag=%d: want %x got %x", block, frag, data, crypt)
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/block/xor_test.go b/src/pkg/crypto/block/xor_test.go
index 87b493a405..50f6bb08df 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/block/xor_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/block/xor_test.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func testXorWriter(t *testing.T, maxio int) {
 		for frag := 0; frag < 2; frag++ {
 			test := fmt.Sprintf("block=%d frag=%d maxio=%d", block, frag, maxio)
 			b.Reset()
-			r := bytes.NewBuffer(&plain)
+			r := bytes.NewBuffer(plain[0:])
 			s := newIncStream(block)
 			w := newXorWriter(s, b)
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/block.go b/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/block.go
index 9d9a02e65d..7fbe7eefb0 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/block.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/block.go
@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package blowfish
 
 func expandKey(key []byte, c *Cipher) {
-	copy(&c.p, &p)
-	copy(&c.s0, &s0)
-	copy(&c.s1, &s1)
-	copy(&c.s2, &s2)
-	copy(&c.s3, &s3)
+	copy(c.p[0:], p[0:])
+	copy(c.s0[0:], s0[0:])
+	copy(c.s1[0:], s1[0:])
+	copy(c.s2[0:], s2[0:])
+	copy(c.s3[0:], s3[0:])
 
 	j := 0
 	for i := 0; i < 18; i++ {
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/cipher.go b/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/cipher.go
index 6a8bdc0e04..ee0def85e5 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/cipher.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/blowfish/cipher.go
@@ -71,9 +71,9 @@ func (c *Cipher) Decrypt(src, dst []byte) {
 // Reset zeros the key data, so that it will no longer
 // appear in the process's memory.
 func (c *Cipher) Reset() {
-	zero(&c.p)
-	zero(&c.s0)
-	zero(&c.s1)
-	zero(&c.s2)
-	zero(&c.s3)
+	zero(c.p[0:])
+	zero(c.s0[0:])
+	zero(c.s1[0:])
+	zero(c.s2[0:])
+	zero(c.s3[0:])
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/md4/md4.go b/src/pkg/crypto/md4/md4.go
index 54d1ba3dc2..adbdf29e7c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/md4/md4.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/md4/md4.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (d *digest) Write(p []byte) (nn int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		d.nx += n
 		if d.nx == _Chunk {
-			_Block(d, &d.x)
+			_Block(d, d.x[0:])
 			d.nx = 0
 		}
 		p = p[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/md5/md5.go b/src/pkg/crypto/md5/md5.go
index f61273c08a..a833376512 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/md5/md5.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/md5/md5.go
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ func (d *digest) Write(p []byte) (nn int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		d.nx += n
 		if d.nx == _Chunk {
-			_Block(d, &d.x)
+			_Block(d, d.x[0:])
 			d.nx = 0
 		}
 		p = p[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/rand/rand.go b/src/pkg/crypto/rand/rand.go
index 127b1d0825..01c30316bd 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/rand/rand.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/rand/rand.go
@@ -81,15 +81,15 @@ func (r *reader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 
 	for len(b) > 0 {
 		if r.budget == 0 {
-			_, err := io.ReadFull(r.entropy, &r.seed)
+			_, err := io.ReadFull(r.entropy, r.seed[0:])
 			if err != nil {
 				return n - len(b), err
 			}
-			_, err = io.ReadFull(r.entropy, &r.key)
+			_, err = io.ReadFull(r.entropy, r.key[0:])
 			if err != nil {
 				return n - len(b), err
 			}
-			r.cipher, err = aes.NewCipher(&r.key)
+			r.cipher, err = aes.NewCipher(r.key[0:])
 			if err != nil {
 				return n - len(b), err
 			}
@@ -112,17 +112,17 @@ func (r *reader) Read(b []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		r.time[5] = byte(ns >> 16)
 		r.time[6] = byte(ns >> 8)
 		r.time[7] = byte(ns)
-		r.cipher.Encrypt(&r.time, &r.time)
+		r.cipher.Encrypt(r.time[0:], r.time[0:])
 		for i := 0; i < aes.BlockSize; i++ {
 			r.dst[i] = r.time[i] ^ r.seed[i]
 		}
-		r.cipher.Encrypt(&r.dst, &r.dst)
+		r.cipher.Encrypt(r.dst[0:], r.dst[0:])
 		for i := 0; i < aes.BlockSize; i++ {
 			r.seed[i] = r.time[i] ^ r.dst[i]
 		}
-		r.cipher.Encrypt(&r.seed, &r.seed)
+		r.cipher.Encrypt(r.seed[0:], r.seed[0:])
 
-		m := copy(b, &r.dst)
+		m := copy(b, r.dst[0:])
 		b = b[m:]
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/ripemd160/ripemd160.go b/src/pkg/crypto/ripemd160/ripemd160.go
index d485910563..5d55198424 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/ripemd160/ripemd160.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/ripemd160/ripemd160.go
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func (d *digest) Write(p []byte) (nn int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		d.nx += n
 		if d.nx == BlockSize {
-			_Block(d, &d.x)
+			_Block(d, d.x[0:])
 			d.nx = 0
 		}
 		p = p[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/sha1/sha1.go b/src/pkg/crypto/sha1/sha1.go
index cd7d8fd20b..681870a218 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/sha1/sha1.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/sha1/sha1.go
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ func (d *digest) Write(p []byte) (nn int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		d.nx += n
 		if d.nx == _Chunk {
-			_Block(d, &d.x)
+			_Block(d, d.x[0:])
 			d.nx = 0
 		}
 		p = p[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/sha256/sha256.go b/src/pkg/crypto/sha256/sha256.go
index b95fd8ecb5..df00a72985 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/sha256/sha256.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/sha256/sha256.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (d *digest) Write(p []byte) (nn int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		d.nx += n
 		if d.nx == _Chunk {
-			_Block(d, &d.x)
+			_Block(d, d.x[0:])
 			d.nx = 0
 		}
 		p = p[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/sha512/sha512.go b/src/pkg/crypto/sha512/sha512.go
index 9e8314898c..21b030563d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/sha512/sha512.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/sha512/sha512.go
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func (d *digest) Write(p []byte) (nn int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		d.nx += n
 		if d.nx == _Chunk {
-			_Block(d, &d.x)
+			_Block(d, d.x[0:])
 			d.nx = 0
 		}
 		p = p[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/crypto/tls/conn.go b/src/pkg/crypto/tls/conn.go
index d0e8464d53..0798e26f65 100644
--- a/src/pkg/crypto/tls/conn.go
+++ b/src/pkg/crypto/tls/conn.go
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ func (hc *halfConn) decrypt(b *block) (bool, alert) {
 		remoteMAC := payload[n:]
 
 		hc.mac.Reset()
-		hc.mac.Write(&hc.seq)
+		hc.mac.Write(hc.seq[0:])
 		hc.incSeq()
 		hc.mac.Write(b.data)
 
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ func (hc *halfConn) encrypt(b *block) (bool, alert) {
 	// mac
 	if hc.mac != nil {
 		hc.mac.Reset()
-		hc.mac.Write(&hc.seq)
+		hc.mac.Write(hc.seq[0:])
 		hc.incSeq()
 		hc.mac.Write(b.data)
 		mac := hc.mac.Sum()
diff --git a/src/pkg/debug/elf/file.go b/src/pkg/debug/elf/file.go
index 15e462db0d..568370b857 100644
--- a/src/pkg/debug/elf/file.go
+++ b/src/pkg/debug/elf/file.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func NewFile(r io.ReaderAt) (*File, os.Error) {
 	sr := io.NewSectionReader(r, 0, 1<<63-1)
 	// Read and decode ELF identifier
 	var ident [16]uint8
-	if _, err := r.ReadAt(&ident, 0); err != nil {
+	if _, err := r.ReadAt(ident[0:], 0); err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
 	if ident[0] != '\x7f' || ident[1] != 'E' || ident[2] != 'L' || ident[3] != 'F' {
diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/ascii85/ascii85.go b/src/pkg/encoding/ascii85/ascii85.go
index 67d6ef7edf..ead0c24757 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/ascii85/ascii85.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/ascii85/ascii85.go
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		if e.nbuf < 4 {
 			return
 		}
-		nout := Encode(&e.out, &e.buf)
+		nout := Encode(e.out[0:], e.buf[0:])
 		if _, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:nout]); e.err != nil {
 			return n, e.err
 		}
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		nn -= nn % 4
 		if nn > 0 {
-			nout := Encode(&e.out, p[0:nn])
+			nout := Encode(e.out[0:], p[0:nn])
 			if _, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:nout]); e.err != nil {
 				return n, e.err
 			}
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 func (e *encoder) Close() os.Error {
 	// If there's anything left in the buffer, flush it out
 	if e.err == nil && e.nbuf > 0 {
-		nout := Encode(&e.out, e.buf[0:e.nbuf])
+		nout := Encode(e.out[0:], e.buf[0:e.nbuf])
 		e.nbuf = 0
 		_, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:nout])
 	}
@@ -275,10 +275,10 @@ func (d *decoder) Read(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		// Decode leftover input from last read.
 		var nn, nsrc, ndst int
 		if d.nbuf > 0 {
-			ndst, nsrc, d.err = Decode(&d.outbuf, d.buf[0:d.nbuf], d.readErr != nil)
+			ndst, nsrc, d.err = Decode(d.outbuf[0:], d.buf[0:d.nbuf], d.readErr != nil)
 			if ndst > 0 {
 				d.out = d.outbuf[0:ndst]
-				d.nbuf = copy(&d.buf, d.buf[nsrc:d.nbuf])
+				d.nbuf = copy(d.buf[0:], d.buf[nsrc:d.nbuf])
 				continue // copy out and return
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/base64/base64.go b/src/pkg/encoding/base64/base64.go
index c8e70fccf0..496129798c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/base64/base64.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/base64/base64.go
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		if e.nbuf < 3 {
 			return
 		}
-		e.enc.Encode(&e.out, &e.buf)
+		e.enc.Encode(e.out[0:], e.buf[0:])
 		if _, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:4]); e.err != nil {
 			return n, e.err
 		}
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		}
 		nn -= nn % 3
 		if nn > 0 {
-			e.enc.Encode(&e.out, p[0:nn])
+			e.enc.Encode(e.out[0:], p[0:nn])
 			if _, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0 : nn/3*4]); e.err != nil {
 				return n, e.err
 			}
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 func (e *encoder) Close() os.Error {
 	// If there's anything left in the buffer, flush it out
 	if e.err == nil && e.nbuf > 0 {
-		e.enc.Encode(&e.out, e.buf[0:e.nbuf])
+		e.enc.Encode(e.out[0:], e.buf[0:e.nbuf])
 		e.nbuf = 0
 		_, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:4])
 	}
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ func (d *decoder) Read(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 	nr := d.nbuf / 4 * 4
 	nw := d.nbuf / 4 * 3
 	if nw > len(p) {
-		nw, d.end, d.err = d.enc.decode(&d.outbuf, d.buf[0:nr])
+		nw, d.end, d.err = d.enc.decode(d.outbuf[0:], d.buf[0:nr])
 		d.out = d.outbuf[0:nw]
 		n = copy(p, d.out)
 		d.out = d.out[n:]
diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/git85/git.go b/src/pkg/encoding/git85/git.go
index 25a3deac00..09a45cd3c7 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/git85/git.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/git85/git.go
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		if e.nbuf < 52 {
 			return
 		}
-		nout := Encode(&e.out, &e.buf)
+		nout := Encode(e.out[0:], e.buf[0:])
 		if _, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:nout]); e.err != nil {
 			return n, e.err
 		}
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 			nn = len(p) / 52 * 52
 		}
 		if nn > 0 {
-			nout := Encode(&e.out, p[0:nn])
+			nout := Encode(e.out[0:], p[0:nn])
 			if _, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:nout]); e.err != nil {
 				return n, e.err
 			}
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ func (e *encoder) Write(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 func (e *encoder) Close() os.Error {
 	// If there's anything left in the buffer, flush it out
 	if e.err == nil && e.nbuf > 0 {
-		nout := Encode(&e.out, e.buf[0:e.nbuf])
+		nout := Encode(e.out[0:], e.buf[0:e.nbuf])
 		e.nbuf = 0
 		_, e.err = e.w.Write(e.out[0:nout])
 	}
@@ -265,12 +265,12 @@ func (d *decoder) Read(p []byte) (n int, err os.Error) {
 		if nl < 0 {
 			continue
 		}
-		nn, d.err = Decode(&d.outbuf, d.buf[0:nl+1])
+		nn, d.err = Decode(d.outbuf[0:], d.buf[0:nl+1])
 		if e, ok := d.err.(CorruptInputError); ok {
 			d.err = CorruptInputError(int64(e) + d.off)
 		}
 		d.out = d.outbuf[0:nn]
-		d.nbuf = copy(&d.buf, d.buf[nl+1:d.nbuf])
+		d.nbuf = copy(d.buf[0:], d.buf[nl+1:d.nbuf])
 		d.off += int64(nl + 1)
 	}
 	panic("unreacahable")
diff --git a/src/pkg/exec/exec.go b/src/pkg/exec/exec.go
index a1b7bd6b9c..415b900b9c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/exec/exec.go
+++ b/src/pkg/exec/exec.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func Run(argv0 string, argv, envv []string, dir string, stdin, stdout, stderr in
 	}
 
 	// Run command.
-	p.Pid, err = os.ForkExec(argv0, argv, envv, dir, &fd)
+	p.Pid, err = os.ForkExec(argv0, argv, envv, dir, fd[0:])
 	if err != nil {
 		goto Error
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/fmt/format.go b/src/pkg/fmt/format.go
index 2637eb4cd6..c7a67d3bde 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fmt/format.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fmt/format.go
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ func (f *fmt) fmt_boolean(v bool) {
 // integer; interprets prec but not wid.  Once formatted, result is sent to pad()
 // and then flags are cleared.
 func (f *fmt) integer(a int64, base uint64, signedness bool, digits string) {
-	var buf []byte = &f.intbuf
+	var buf []byte = f.intbuf[0:]
 	negative := signedness == signed && a < 0
 	if negative {
 		a = -a
diff --git a/src/pkg/fmt/print.go b/src/pkg/fmt/print.go
index e4413efa47..9c19405990 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fmt/print.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fmt/print.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (p *pp) add(c int) {
 	if c < utf8.RuneSelf {
 		p.buf.WriteByte(byte(c))
 	} else {
-		w := utf8.EncodeRune(c, &p.runeBuf)
+		w := utf8.EncodeRune(c, p.runeBuf[0:])
 		p.buf.Write(p.runeBuf[0:w])
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go b/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go
index b082399fa4..0c9ed4d76c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go
+++ b/src/pkg/fmt/scan.go
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ func (r readRune) ReadRune() (rune int, size int, err os.Error) {
 		if err != nil {
 			break
 		}
-		if !utf8.FullRune(&r.buf) {
+		if !utf8.FullRune(r.buf[0:]) {
 			continue
 		}
 		if c, w := utf8.DecodeRune(r.buf[0:size]); w == size {
diff --git a/src/pkg/go/printer/printer.go b/src/pkg/go/printer/printer.go
index 8e59089a6c..9bb6564a5e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/go/printer/printer.go
+++ b/src/pkg/go/printer/printer.go
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ func (p *printer) writeWhitespace(n int) {
 			fallthrough
 		default:
 			data[0] = byte(ch)
-			p.write(&data)
+			p.write(data[0:])
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/http/fs.go b/src/pkg/http/fs.go
index 309dd82740..40bb3d1384 100644
--- a/src/pkg/http/fs.go
+++ b/src/pkg/http/fs.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func serveFileInternal(c *Conn, r *Request, name string, redirect bool) {
 	} else {
 		// read first chunk to decide between utf-8 text and binary
 		var buf [1024]byte
-		n, _ := io.ReadFull(f, &buf)
+		n, _ := io.ReadFull(f, buf[0:])
 		b := buf[0:n]
 		if isText(b) {
 			c.SetHeader("Content-Type", "text-plain; charset=utf-8")
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/fd.go b/src/pkg/net/fd.go
index d7f2c9a5c4..2f5930bcc1 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/fd.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/fd.go
@@ -248,8 +248,8 @@ func (s *pollServer) Run() {
 		}
 		if fd == s.pr.Fd() {
 			// Drain our wakeup pipe.
-			for nn, _ := s.pr.Read(&scratch); nn > 0; {
-				nn, _ = s.pr.Read(&scratch)
+			for nn, _ := s.pr.Read(scratch[0:]); nn > 0; {
+				nn, _ = s.pr.Read(scratch[0:])
 			}
 			// Read from channels
 			for fd, ok := <-s.cr; ok; fd, ok = <-s.cr {
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (s *pollServer) Run() {
 
 var wakeupbuf [1]byte
 
-func (s *pollServer) Wakeup() { s.pw.Write(&wakeupbuf) }
+func (s *pollServer) Wakeup() { s.pw.Write(wakeupbuf[0:]) }
 
 func (s *pollServer) WaitRead(fd *netFD) {
 	s.cr <- fd
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/fd_darwin.go b/src/pkg/net/fd_darwin.go
index a33504f6e4..cd07387532 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/fd_darwin.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/fd_darwin.go
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func (p *pollster) AddFD(fd int, mode int, repeat bool) os.Error {
 	}
 	syscall.SetKevent(ev, fd, kmode, flags)
 
-	n, e := syscall.Kevent(p.kq, &events, &events, nil)
+	n, e := syscall.Kevent(p.kq, events[0:], events[0:], nil)
 	if e != 0 {
 		return os.NewSyscallError("kevent", e)
 	}
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (p *pollster) DelFD(fd int, mode int) {
 	// EV_RECEIPT - generate fake EV_ERROR as result of add,
 	//	rather than waiting for real event
 	syscall.SetKevent(ev, fd, kmode, syscall.EV_DELETE|syscall.EV_RECEIPT)
-	syscall.Kevent(p.kq, &events, &events, nil)
+	syscall.Kevent(p.kq, events[0:], events[0:], nil)
 }
 
 func (p *pollster) WaitFD(nsec int64) (fd int, mode int, err os.Error) {
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ func (p *pollster) WaitFD(nsec int64) (fd int, mode int, err os.Error) {
 			}
 			*t = syscall.NsecToTimespec(nsec)
 		}
-		nn, e := syscall.Kevent(p.kq, nil, &p.eventbuf, t)
+		nn, e := syscall.Kevent(p.kq, nil, p.eventbuf[0:], t)
 		if e != 0 {
 			if e == syscall.EINTR {
 				continue
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/fd_linux.go b/src/pkg/net/fd_linux.go
index 5024eec026..ef86cb17f3 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/fd_linux.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/fd_linux.go
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ func (p *pollster) WaitFD(nsec int64) (fd int, mode int, err os.Error) {
 	if nsec > 0 {
 		msec = int((nsec + 1e6 - 1) / 1e6)
 	}
-	n, e := syscall.EpollWait(p.epfd, &evarray, msec)
+	n, e := syscall.EpollWait(p.epfd, evarray[0:], msec)
 	for e == syscall.EAGAIN || e == syscall.EINTR {
-		n, e = syscall.EpollWait(p.epfd, &evarray, msec)
+		n, e = syscall.EpollWait(p.epfd, evarray[0:], msec)
 	}
 	if e != 0 {
 		return -1, 0, os.NewSyscallError("epoll_wait", e)
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/ipsock.go b/src/pkg/net/ipsock.go
index e4b442e73c..9477420d66 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/ipsock.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/ipsock.go
@@ -103,9 +103,9 @@ func getip(fd int, remote bool) (ip []byte, port int, ok bool) {
 	}
 	switch sa := sa.(type) {
 	case *syscall.SockaddrInet4:
-		return &sa.Addr, sa.Port, true
+		return sa.Addr[0:], sa.Port, true
 	case *syscall.SockaddrInet6:
-		return &sa.Addr, sa.Port, true
+		return sa.Addr[0:], sa.Port, true
 	}
 	return
 }
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/server_test.go b/src/pkg/net/server_test.go
index d6b3276ba7..0d077fe95f 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/server_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/server_test.go
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ func runEcho(fd io.ReadWriter, done chan<- int) {
 	var buf [1024]byte
 
 	for {
-		n, err := fd.Read(&buf)
+		n, err := fd.Read(buf[0:])
 		if err != nil || n == 0 {
 			break
 		}
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ func connect(t *testing.T, network, addr string, isEmpty bool) {
 		t.Fatalf("fd.Write(%q) = %d, %v", b, n, err1)
 	}
 
-	n, err1 = fd.Read(&b1)
+	n, err1 = fd.Read(b1[0:])
 	if n != len(b) || err1 != nil {
 		t.Fatalf("fd.Read() = %d, %v (want %d, nil)", n, err1, len(b))
 	}
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ func runPacket(t *testing.T, network, addr string, listening chan<- string, done
 	c.SetReadTimeout(10e6) // 10ms
 	var buf [1000]byte
 	for {
-		n, addr, err := c.ReadFrom(&buf)
+		n, addr, err := c.ReadFrom(buf[0:])
 		if e, ok := err.(Error); ok && e.Timeout() {
 			if done <- 1 {
 				break
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/sock.go b/src/pkg/net/sock.go
index be92095a66..fbdb695839 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/sock.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/sock.go
@@ -155,9 +155,9 @@ func (e *UnknownSocketError) String() string {
 func sockaddrToString(sa syscall.Sockaddr) (name string, err os.Error) {
 	switch a := sa.(type) {
 	case *syscall.SockaddrInet4:
-		return joinHostPort(IP(&a.Addr).String(), itoa(a.Port)), nil
+		return joinHostPort(IP(a.Addr[0:]).String(), itoa(a.Port)), nil
 	case *syscall.SockaddrInet6:
-		return joinHostPort(IP(&a.Addr).String(), itoa(a.Port)), nil
+		return joinHostPort(IP(a.Addr[0:]).String(), itoa(a.Port)), nil
 	case *syscall.SockaddrUnix:
 		return a.Name, nil
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/net/timeout_test.go b/src/pkg/net/timeout_test.go
index 9a7a2685e4..3594c0a350 100644
--- a/src/pkg/net/timeout_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/net/timeout_test.go
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ func testTimeout(t *testing.T, network, addr string, readFrom bool) {
 	var n int
 	var err1 os.Error
 	if readFrom {
-		n, _, err1 = fd.(PacketConn).ReadFrom(&b)
+		n, _, err1 = fd.(PacketConn).ReadFrom(b[0:])
 	} else {
-		n, err1 = fd.Read(&b)
+		n, err1 = fd.Read(b[0:])
 	}
 	t1 := time.Nanoseconds()
 	what := "Read"
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/dir_linux.go b/src/pkg/os/dir_linux.go
index e693794f02..84f87007ed 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/dir_linux.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/dir_linux.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func (file *File) Readdirnames(count int) (names []string, err Error) {
 				continue
 			}
 			bytes := (*[len(dirent.Name)]byte)(unsafe.Pointer(&dirent.Name[0]))
-			var name = string(bytes[0:clen(bytes)])
+			var name = string(bytes[0:clen(bytes[0:])])
 			if name == "." || name == ".." { // Useless names
 				continue
 			}
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/file.go b/src/pkg/os/file.go
index 3196406d60..be2a30693e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/file.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/file.go
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ func Pipe() (r *File, w *File, err Error) {
 
 	// See ../syscall/exec.go for description of lock.
 	syscall.ForkLock.RLock()
-	e := syscall.Pipe(&p)
+	e := syscall.Pipe(p[0:])
 	if e != 0 {
 		syscall.ForkLock.RUnlock()
 		return nil, nil, NewSyscallError("pipe", e)
@@ -418,7 +418,7 @@ func Chtimes(name string, atime_ns int64, mtime_ns int64) Error {
 	var utimes [2]syscall.Timeval
 	utimes[0] = syscall.NsecToTimeval(atime_ns)
 	utimes[1] = syscall.NsecToTimeval(mtime_ns)
-	if e := syscall.Utimes(name, &utimes); e != 0 {
+	if e := syscall.Utimes(name, utimes[0:]); e != 0 {
 		return &PathError{"chtimes", name, Errno(e)}
 	}
 	return nil
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/os_test.go b/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
index b2332f0c8f..6827c3f60c 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ func size(name string, t *testing.T) int64 {
 	var buf [100]byte
 	len := 0
 	for {
-		n, e := file.Read(&buf)
+		n, e := file.Read(buf[0:])
 		len += n
 		if e == EOF {
 			break
diff --git a/src/pkg/os/sys_linux.go b/src/pkg/os/sys_linux.go
index 0622b67122..b82d295d3d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/sys_linux.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/sys_linux.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func Hostname() (name string, err Error) {
 	defer f.Close()
 
 	var buf [512]byte // Enough for a DNS name.
-	n, err := f.Read(&buf)
+	n, err := f.Read(buf[0:])
 	if err != nil {
 		return "", err
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/patch/git.go b/src/pkg/patch/git.go
index 3c70d8ced2..6516097260 100644
--- a/src/pkg/patch/git.go
+++ b/src/pkg/patch/git.go
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ func ParseGitBinary(raw []byte) (Diff, os.Error) {
 				return nil, err
 			}
 			var buf [1]byte
-			m, err := z.Read(&buf)
+			m, err := z.Read(buf[0:])
 			if m != 0 || err != os.EOF {
 				return nil, os.NewError("Git binary literal longer than expected")
 			}
diff --git a/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go b/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go
index 4c5ed61ef3..2085a67c82 100644
--- a/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/sort/sort_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ var strings = [...]string{"", "Hello", "foo", "bar", "foo", "f00", "%*&^*&^&", "
 
 func TestSortIntArray(t *testing.T) {
 	data := ints
-	a := IntArray(&data)
+	a := IntArray(data[0:])
 	Sort(a)
 	if !IsSorted(a) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", ints)
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ func TestSortIntArray(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSortFloatArray(t *testing.T) {
 	data := floats
-	a := FloatArray(&data)
+	a := FloatArray(data[0:])
 	Sort(a)
 	if !IsSorted(a) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", floats)
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ func TestSortFloatArray(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSortStringArray(t *testing.T) {
 	data := strings
-	a := StringArray(&data)
+	a := StringArray(data[0:])
 	Sort(a)
 	if !IsSorted(a) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", strings)
@@ -48,8 +48,8 @@ func TestSortStringArray(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSortInts(t *testing.T) {
 	data := ints
-	SortInts(&data)
-	if !IntsAreSorted(&data) {
+	SortInts(data[0:])
+	if !IntsAreSorted(data[0:]) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", ints)
 		t.Errorf("   got %v", data)
 	}
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@ func TestSortInts(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSortFloats(t *testing.T) {
 	data := floats
-	SortFloats(&data)
-	if !FloatsAreSorted(&data) {
+	SortFloats(data[0:])
+	if !FloatsAreSorted(data[0:]) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", floats)
 		t.Errorf("   got %v", data)
 	}
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func TestSortFloats(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestSortStrings(t *testing.T) {
 	data := strings
-	SortStrings(&data)
-	if !StringsAreSorted(&data) {
+	SortStrings(data[0:])
+	if !StringsAreSorted(data[0:]) {
 		t.Errorf("sorted %v", strings)
 		t.Errorf("   got %v", data)
 	}
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/exec.go b/src/pkg/syscall/exec.go
index 3418ff0888..c7f7893e7d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/exec.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/exec.go
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ func forkExec(argv0 string, argv []string, envv []string, traceme bool, dir stri
 	ForkLock.Lock()
 
 	// Allocate child status pipe close on exec.
-	if err = Pipe(&p); err != 0 {
+	if err = Pipe(p[0:]); err != 0 {
 		goto error
 	}
 	if _, err = fcntl(p[0], F_SETFD, FD_CLOEXEC); err != 0 {
diff --git a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_linux.go b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_linux.go
index c0f580c7bc..bf124bd135 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syscall/syscall_linux.go
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ const ImplementsGetwd = true
 //sys	Getcwd(buf []byte) (n int, errno int)
 func Getwd() (wd string, errno int) {
 	var buf [PathMax]byte
-	n, err := Getcwd(&buf)
+	n, err := Getcwd(buf[0:])
 	if err != 0 {
 		return "", err
 	}
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ func ptracePeek(req int, pid int, addr uintptr, out []byte) (count int, errno in
 		if errno != 0 {
 			return n, errno
 		}
-		copied := copy(out, &buf)
+		copied := copy(out, buf[0:])
 		n += copied
 		out = out[copied:]
 	}
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ func ptracePoke(pokeReq int, peekReq int, pid int, addr uintptr, data []byte) (c
 		if errno != 0 {
 			return n, errno
 		}
-		copy(&buf, data)
+		copy(buf[0:], data)
 		word := *((*uintptr)(unsafe.Pointer(&buf[0])))
 		errno = ptrace(pokeReq, pid, addr+uintptr(n), word)
 		if errno != 0 {
diff --git a/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_test.go b/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_test.go
index 6a8ae3012c..7b95be3b7d 100644
--- a/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/syslog/syslog_test.go
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ func runSyslog(c net.PacketConn, done chan<- string) {
 	var buf [4096]byte
 	var rcvd string = ""
 	for {
-		n, _, err := c.ReadFrom(&buf)
+		n, _, err := c.ReadFrom(buf[0:])
 		if err != nil || n == 0 {
 			break
 		}
diff --git a/src/pkg/tabwriter/tabwriter.go b/src/pkg/tabwriter/tabwriter.go
index f37be51411..e6ce3232ac 100644
--- a/src/pkg/tabwriter/tabwriter.go
+++ b/src/pkg/tabwriter/tabwriter.go
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ func (b *Writer) writePadding(textw, cellw int, useTabs bool) {
 	}
 
 	// padding is done with non-tab characters
-	b.writeN(&b.padbytes, cellw-textw)
+	b.writeN(b.padbytes[0:], cellw-textw)
 }
 
 
diff --git a/src/pkg/utf8/utf8_test.go b/src/pkg/utf8/utf8_test.go
index 460fdb543c..2466cf554b 100644
--- a/src/pkg/utf8/utf8_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/utf8/utf8_test.go
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ func TestEncodeRune(t *testing.T) {
 		m := utf8map[i]
 		b := makeBytes(m.str)
 		var buf [10]byte
-		n := EncodeRune(m.rune, &buf)
+		n := EncodeRune(m.rune, buf[0:])
 		b1 := buf[0:n]
 		if !bytes.Equal(b, b1) {
 			t.Errorf("EncodeRune(%#04x) = %q want %q", m.rune, b1, b)