diff --git a/src/compiletest/compiletest.rs b/src/compiletest/compiletest.rs
index 15bddfc8022..9c8fdafe9ad 100644
--- a/src/compiletest/compiletest.rs
+++ b/src/compiletest/compiletest.rs
@@ -301,8 +301,8 @@ pub fn is_test(config: &config, testfile: &Path) -> bool {
     return valid;
 }
 
-pub fn make_test(config: &config, testfile: &Path,
-                 f: &fn()->test::TestFn) -> test::TestDescAndFn {
+pub fn make_test(config: &config, testfile: &Path, f: || -> test::TestFn)
+                 -> test::TestDescAndFn {
     test::TestDescAndFn {
         desc: test::TestDesc {
             name: make_test_name(config, testfile),
diff --git a/src/compiletest/header.rs b/src/compiletest/header.rs
index 2c01907d7fa..f722f873d5e 100644
--- a/src/compiletest/header.rs
+++ b/src/compiletest/header.rs
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub fn is_test_ignored(config: &config, testfile: &Path) -> bool {
     !val
 }
 
-fn iter_header(testfile: &Path, it: &fn(&str) -> bool) -> bool {
+fn iter_header(testfile: &Path, it: |&str| -> bool) -> bool {
     use std::io::buffered::BufferedReader;
     use std::io::File;
 
diff --git a/src/compiletest/runtest.rs b/src/compiletest/runtest.rs
index 035f0b83406..7104a506fcc 100644
--- a/src/compiletest/runtest.rs
+++ b/src/compiletest/runtest.rs
@@ -730,9 +730,12 @@ fn compose_and_run(config: &config, testfile: &Path,
                           prog, args, procenv, input);
 }
 
-fn make_compile_args(config: &config, props: &TestProps, extras: ~[~str],
-                     xform: &fn(&config, (&Path)) -> Path,
-                     testfile: &Path) -> ProcArgs {
+fn make_compile_args(config: &config,
+                     props: &TestProps,
+                     extras: ~[~str],
+                     xform: |&config, &Path| -> Path,
+                     testfile: &Path)
+                     -> ProcArgs {
     let xform_file = xform(config, testfile);
     // FIXME (#9639): This needs to handle non-utf8 paths
     let mut args = ~[testfile.as_str().unwrap().to_owned(),
diff --git a/src/librustuv/addrinfo.rs b/src/librustuv/addrinfo.rs
index 49782c62838..e90d320e723 100644
--- a/src/librustuv/addrinfo.rs
+++ b/src/librustuv/addrinfo.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl Drop for Addrinfo {
     }
 }
 
-fn each_ai_flag(_f: &fn(c_int, ai::Flag)) {
+fn each_ai_flag(_f: |c_int, ai::Flag|) {
     /* XXX: do we really want to support these?
     unsafe {
         f(uvll::rust_AI_ADDRCONFIG(), ai::AddrConfig);
diff --git a/src/librustuv/file.rs b/src/librustuv/file.rs
index ceda5f22adb..a94ae695eb7 100644
--- a/src/librustuv/file.rs
+++ b/src/librustuv/file.rs
@@ -294,7 +294,7 @@ impl Drop for FsRequest {
     }
 }
 
-fn execute(f: &fn(*uvll::uv_fs_t, uvll::uv_fs_cb) -> c_int)
+fn execute(f: |*uvll::uv_fs_t, uvll::uv_fs_cb| -> c_int)
     -> Result<FsRequest, UvError>
 {
     let mut req = FsRequest {
@@ -326,9 +326,8 @@ fn execute(f: &fn(*uvll::uv_fs_t, uvll::uv_fs_cb) -> c_int)
     }
 }
 
-fn execute_nop(f: &fn(*uvll::uv_fs_t, uvll::uv_fs_cb) -> c_int)
-    -> Result<(), UvError>
-{
+fn execute_nop(f: |*uvll::uv_fs_t, uvll::uv_fs_cb| -> c_int)
+    -> Result<(), UvError> {
     execute(f).map(|_| {})
 }
 
diff --git a/src/librustuv/lib.rs b/src/librustuv/lib.rs
index e8ce8113033..4690a347f11 100644
--- a/src/librustuv/lib.rs
+++ b/src/librustuv/lib.rs
@@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ impl Drop for ForbidUnwind {
     }
 }
 
-fn wait_until_woken_after(slot: *mut Option<BlockedTask>, f: &fn()) {
+fn wait_until_woken_after(slot: *mut Option<BlockedTask>, f: ||) {
     let _f = ForbidUnwind::new("wait_until_woken_after");
     unsafe {
         assert!((*slot).is_none());
diff --git a/src/librustuv/net.rs b/src/librustuv/net.rs
index c009cc3998c..0e90e01c46a 100644
--- a/src/librustuv/net.rs
+++ b/src/librustuv/net.rs
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ use uvll::sockaddr;
 /// Generic functions related to dealing with sockaddr things
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-fn socket_addr_as_sockaddr<T>(addr: SocketAddr, f: &fn(*sockaddr) -> T) -> T {
+fn socket_addr_as_sockaddr<T>(addr: SocketAddr, f: |*sockaddr| -> T) -> T {
     let malloc = match addr.ip {
         Ipv4Addr(*) => uvll::rust_malloc_ip4_addr,
         Ipv6Addr(*) => uvll::rust_malloc_ip6_addr,
diff --git a/src/librustuv/process.rs b/src/librustuv/process.rs
index c537ee582cb..1ab84210fac 100644
--- a/src/librustuv/process.rs
+++ b/src/librustuv/process.rs
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ unsafe fn set_stdio(dst: *uvll::uv_stdio_container_t,
 }
 
 /// Converts the program and arguments to the argv array expected by libuv
-fn with_argv<T>(prog: &str, args: &[~str], f: &fn(**libc::c_char) -> T) -> T {
+fn with_argv<T>(prog: &str, args: &[~str], f: |**libc::c_char| -> T) -> T {
     // First, allocation space to put all the C-strings (we need to have
     // ownership of them somewhere
     let mut c_strs = vec::with_capacity(args.len() + 1);
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ fn with_argv<T>(prog: &str, args: &[~str], f: &fn(**libc::c_char) -> T) -> T {
 }
 
 /// Converts the environment to the env array expected by libuv
-fn with_env<T>(env: Option<&[(~str, ~str)]>, f: &fn(**libc::c_char) -> T) -> T {
+fn with_env<T>(env: Option<&[(~str, ~str)]>, f: |**libc::c_char| -> T) -> T {
     let env = match env {
         Some(s) => s,
         None => { return f(ptr::null()); }
diff --git a/src/librustuv/uvio.rs b/src/librustuv/uvio.rs
index 0ce3e56c29d..fbf81a6f3a0 100644
--- a/src/librustuv/uvio.rs
+++ b/src/librustuv/uvio.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ impl EventLoop for UvEventLoop {
         ~AsyncWatcher::new(self.uvio.uv_loop(), f) as ~RemoteCallback
     }
 
-    fn io<'a>(&'a mut self, f: &fn(&'a mut IoFactory)) {
+    fn io<'a>(&'a mut self, f: |&'a mut IoFactory|) {
         f(&mut self.uvio as &mut IoFactory)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
index 3adedf76eb8..8e291ca6705 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/obsolete.rs
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ pub enum ObsoleteSyntax {
     ObsoleteStructWildcard,
     ObsoleteVecDotDotWildcard,
     ObsoleteBoxedClosure,
+    ObsoleteClosureType,
 }
 
 impl to_bytes::IterBytes for ObsoleteSyntax {
@@ -134,6 +135,11 @@ impl ParserObsoleteMethods for Parser {
                 "managed closures have been removed and owned closures are \
                  now written `proc()`"
             ),
+            ObsoleteClosureType => (
+                "closure type",
+                "closures are now written `|A| -> B` rather than `&fn(A) -> \
+                 B`."
+            ),
         };
 
         self.report(sp, kind, kind_str, desc);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 7de8e3087c8..5db26dd99dd 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -1286,7 +1286,7 @@ impl Parser {
                 return self.parse_ty_closure(Some(sigil), Some(lifetime));
             }
 
-            token::IDENT(*) if sigil == ast::BorrowedSigil => {
+            token::IDENT(*) => {
                 if self.token_is_old_style_closure_keyword() {
                     self.obsolete(*self.last_span, ObsoleteBoxedClosure);
                     return self.parse_ty_closure(Some(sigil), None);
@@ -1311,6 +1311,7 @@ impl Parser {
         let opt_lifetime = self.parse_opt_lifetime();
 
         if self.token_is_old_style_closure_keyword() {
+            self.obsolete(*self.last_span, ObsoleteClosureType);
             return self.parse_ty_closure(Some(BorrowedSigil), opt_lifetime);
         }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/closure-bounds-cant-promote-superkind-in-struct.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/closure-bounds-cant-promote-superkind-in-struct.rs
index 00eb31485b9..e5898b33e77 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/closure-bounds-cant-promote-superkind-in-struct.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/closure-bounds-cant-promote-superkind-in-struct.rs
@@ -9,10 +9,10 @@
 // except according to those terms.
 
 struct X {
-    field: &'static fn:Send(),
+    field: 'static ||:Send,
 }
 
-fn foo(blk: &'static fn:()) -> X {
+fn foo(blk: 'static ||:) -> X {
     return X { field: blk }; //~ ERROR expected bounds `Send` but found no bounds
 }
 
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/once-cant-call-twice-on-stack.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/once-cant-call-twice-on-stack.rs
index 9469d123d18..9cc69228c56 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/once-cant-call-twice-on-stack.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/once-cant-call-twice-on-stack.rs
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ extern mod extra;
 use extra::arc;
 use std::util;
 
-fn foo(blk: &once fn()) {
+fn foo(blk: once ||) {
     blk();
     blk(); //~ ERROR use of moved value
 }
diff --git a/src/test/compile-fail/once-fn-subtyping.rs b/src/test/compile-fail/once-fn-subtyping.rs
index 503b4d3e77b..3a0afd70e3e 100644
--- a/src/test/compile-fail/once-fn-subtyping.rs
+++ b/src/test/compile-fail/once-fn-subtyping.rs
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
 
 #[feature(once_fns)];
 fn main() {
-    let f: &once fn() = ||();
+    let f: once || = ||();
     let g: || = f;  //~ ERROR mismatched types
     let h: || = ||();
-    let i: &once fn() = h;  // ok
+    let i: once || = h;  // ok
 }
diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/once-move-out-on-stack.rs b/src/test/run-pass/once-move-out-on-stack.rs
index 8e340275d7f..645948f1426 100644
--- a/src/test/run-pass/once-move-out-on-stack.rs
+++ b/src/test/run-pass/once-move-out-on-stack.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ extern mod extra;
 use extra::arc;
 use std::util;
 
-fn foo(blk: &once fn()) {
+fn foo(blk: once ||) {
     blk();
 }