diff --git a/src/comp/front/parser.rs b/src/comp/front/parser.rs
index 8eb6c398f9c..767e7e932f1 100644
--- a/src/comp/front/parser.rs
+++ b/src/comp/front/parser.rs
@@ -801,15 +801,11 @@ fn parse_bottom_expr(parser p) -> @ast::expr {
         expect(p, token::LBRACE);
 
         while (p.peek() != token::RBRACE) {
-            alt (p.peek()) {
-                case (token::WITH) { 
-                    p.bump();
-                    with_obj = some[ast::ident](parse_ident(p));
-                }
-                case (_) {
-                    _vec::push[@ast::method](meths,
-                                             parse_method(p));
-                }
+            if (eat_word(p, "with")) {
+                with_obj = some[ast::ident](parse_ident(p));
+            } else {
+                _vec::push[@ast::method](meths,
+                                         parse_method(p));
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs b/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
index 99b2111e848..3a620fa75cf 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/typeck.rs
@@ -762,7 +762,7 @@ mod Collect {
             }
         }
     }
-    
+
     // Anonymous objects are expressions, not items, but they're enough like
     // items that we're going to include them in this fold.
     fn fold_expr_anon_obj(&@env e, &span sp,
@@ -1544,8 +1544,8 @@ mod Pushdown {
                 write_type_only(fcx.ccx.node_types, ast::ann_tag(ann), t);
             }
             /* FIXME: should this check the type annotations? */
-            case (ast::expr_fail(_))  { e_1 = e.node; } 
-            case (ast::expr_log(_,_,_)) { e_1 = e.node; } 
+            case (ast::expr_fail(_))  { e_1 = e.node; }
+            case (ast::expr_log(_,_,_)) { e_1 = e.node; }
             case (ast::expr_break(_)) { e_1 = e.node; }
             case (ast::expr_cont(_))  { e_1 = e.node; }
             case (ast::expr_ret(_,_)) { e_1 = e.node; }
@@ -2262,7 +2262,7 @@ fn check_expr(&@fn_ctxt fcx, &@ast::expr expr) -> @ast::expr {
                                      + "slot variables or literals");
                                 }
                             }
-                            
+
                             require_pure_function(fcx.ccx, d_id, expr.span);
 
                             ret @fold::respan[ast::expr_]
@@ -2574,7 +2574,7 @@ fn check_expr(&@fn_ctxt fcx, &@ast::expr expr) -> @ast::expr {
         case (ast::expr_call(?f, ?args, ?a)) {
             /* here we're kind of hosed, as f can be any expr
              need to restrict it to being an explicit expr_path if we're
-            inside a pure function, and need an environment mapping from 
+            inside a pure function, and need an environment mapping from
             function name onto purity-designation */
             require_pure_call(fcx.ccx, fcx.purity, f, expr.span);
 
@@ -2613,10 +2613,10 @@ fn check_expr(&@fn_ctxt fcx, &@ast::expr expr) -> @ast::expr {
                 }
                 // Otherwise, we should be able to look up the object we're
                 // "with".
-                case (_) { 
+                case (_) {
                     // TODO.
-                    
-                    fail; 
+
+                    fail;
                 }
             }
 
@@ -2886,7 +2886,7 @@ fn check_expr(&@fn_ctxt fcx, &@ast::expr expr) -> @ast::expr {
                 expr_ty(fcx.ccx.tcx, fcx.ccx.node_types, base_1));
 
             auto idx_1 = check_expr(fcx, idx);
-            auto idx_t = expr_ty(fcx.ccx.tcx, fcx.ccx.node_types, idx_1); 
+            auto idx_t = expr_ty(fcx.ccx.tcx, fcx.ccx.node_types, idx_1);
             alt (struct(fcx.ccx.tcx, base_t)) {
                 case (ty::ty_vec(?mt)) {
                     if (! type_is_integral(fcx.ccx.tcx, idx_t)) {
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/method-overriding.rs b/src/test/run-pass/anon-objs.rs
similarity index 97%
rename from src/test/run-pass/method-overriding.rs
rename to src/test/run-pass/anon-objs.rs
index c76123fe7e1..14279db2e58 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/method-overriding.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/anon-objs.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // xfail-boot
 // xfail-stage0
+// xfail-stage1
 use std;
 
 fn main() {