diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
index 1e9910762a1..25887cc1fe8 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
@@ -2153,10 +2153,16 @@ fn trans_crate_lit(cx: @crate_ctxt, lit: ast::lit) -> ValueRef {
     }
 }
 
-fn trans_lit(cx: @block_ctxt, lit: ast::lit) -> result {
+fn trans_lit(cx: @block_ctxt, lit: ast::lit, dest: dest) -> @block_ctxt {
+    if dest == ignore { ret cx; }
     alt lit.node {
-      ast::lit_str(s) { ret tvec::trans_str(cx, s); }
-      _ { ret rslt(cx, trans_crate_lit(bcx_ccx(cx), lit)); }
+      ast::lit_str(s) { ret tvec::trans_str(cx, s, dest); }
+      _ {
+        let cell = alt dest { by_val(c) { c }
+                             _ { bcx_ccx(cx).sess.span_note(lit.span, "here"); fail; }};
+        *cell = trans_crate_lit(bcx_ccx(cx), lit);
+        ret cx;
+      }
     }
 }
 
@@ -4129,7 +4135,6 @@ fn trans_rec(bcx: @block_ctxt, fields: [ast::field],
 fn trans_expr(cx: @block_ctxt, e: @ast::expr) -> result {
     // Fixme Fill in cx.sp
     alt e.node {
-      ast::expr_lit(lit) { ret trans_lit(cx, *lit); }
       ast::expr_binary(op, x, y) { ret trans_binary(cx, op, x, y); }
       ast::expr_fn(f) {
         let ccx = bcx_ccx(cx);
@@ -4186,7 +4191,6 @@ fn trans_expr(cx: @block_ctxt, e: @ast::expr) -> result {
       }
       ast::expr_bind(f, args) { ret trans_bind(cx, f, args, e.id); }
       ast::expr_cast(val, _) { ret trans_cast(cx, val, e.id); }
-      ast::expr_vec(args, _) { ret tvec::trans_vec(cx, args, e.id); }
       ast::expr_anon_obj(anon_obj) {
         ret trans_anon_obj(cx, e.span, anon_obj, e.id);
       }
@@ -4261,6 +4265,9 @@ fn trans_expr_dps(bcx: @block_ctxt, e: @ast::expr, dest: dest)
         ret trans_rec(bcx, args, base, e.id, dest);
       }
       ast::expr_tup(args) { ret trans_tup(bcx, args, e.id, dest); }
+      ast::expr_lit(lit) { ret trans_lit(bcx, *lit, dest); }
+      ast::expr_vec(args, _) { ret tvec::trans_vec(bcx, args, e.id, dest); }
+
       ast::expr_break. {
         assert dest == ignore;
         ret trans_break(e.span, bcx);
@@ -5306,13 +5313,18 @@ fn trans_closure(bcx_maybe: option::t<@block_ctxt>,
     // translation calls that don't have a return value (trans_crate,
     // trans_mod, trans_item, trans_obj, et cetera) and those that do
     // (trans_block, trans_expr, et cetera).
-    let dest = if !ty::type_is_bot(cx.ccx.tcx, block_ty) &&
-                  !ty::type_is_nil(cx.ccx.tcx, block_ty) &&
-                  f.proto != ast::proto_iter &&
-                  option::is_some(f.body.node.expr) {
-        save_in(fcx.llretptr)
-    } else { ignore };
-    bcx = trans_block_dps(bcx, f.body, dest);
+    if ty::type_is_bot(cx.ccx.tcx, block_ty) ||
+       ty::type_is_nil(cx.ccx.tcx, block_ty) ||
+       f.proto == ast::proto_iter ||
+       option::is_none(f.body.node.expr) {
+        bcx = trans_block_dps(bcx, f.body, ignore);
+    } else if type_is_immediate(cx.ccx, block_ty) {
+        let cell = empty_dest_cell();
+        bcx = trans_block_dps(bcx, f.body, by_val(cell));
+        Store(bcx, *cell, fcx.llretptr);
+    } else {
+        bcx = trans_block_dps(bcx, f.body, save_in(fcx.llretptr));
+    }
 
     if !bcx.unreachable {
         // FIXME: until LLVM has a unit type, we are moving around
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans_alt.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans_alt.rs
index 9afc3f6819c..c9375115d3c 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans_alt.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans_alt.rs
@@ -33,7 +33,19 @@ fn opt_eq(a: opt, b: opt) -> bool {
 }
 fn trans_opt(bcx: @block_ctxt, o: opt) -> result {
     alt o {
-      lit(l) { ret trans::trans_lit(bcx, *l); }
+      lit(l) {
+        alt l.node {
+          ast::lit_str(s) {
+            let {bcx, val: dst} =
+                trans::alloc_ty(bcx, ty::mk_str(bcx_tcx(bcx)));
+            bcx = trans_vec::trans_str(bcx, s, trans::save_in(dst));
+            ret rslt(bcx, dst);
+          }
+          _ {
+            ret rslt(bcx, trans::trans_crate_lit(bcx_ccx(bcx), *l));
+          }
+        }
+      }
       var(id, _) { ret rslt(bcx, C_int(id as int)); }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans_vec.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans_vec.rs
index e47e841bd03..0536f0ab12d 100644
--- a/src/comp/middle/trans_vec.rs
+++ b/src/comp/middle/trans_vec.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import trans::{call_memmove, trans_shared_malloc, llsize_of, type_of_or_i8,
                llderivedtydescs_block_ctxt, lazily_emit_tydesc_glue,
                get_tydesc, load_inbounds, move_val_if_temp, trans_lval,
                node_id_type, new_sub_block_ctxt, tps_normal, do_spill_noroot,
-               GEPi, alloc_ty};
+               GEPi, alloc_ty, dest};
 import trans_build::*;
 import trans_common::*;
 
@@ -49,7 +49,8 @@ type alloc_result =
      llunitsz: ValueRef,
      llunitty: TypeRef};
 
-fn alloc(bcx: @block_ctxt, vec_ty: ty::t, elts: uint) -> alloc_result {
+fn alloc(bcx: @block_ctxt, vec_ty: ty::t, elts: uint, dest: dest)
+    -> alloc_result {
     let unit_ty = ty::sequence_element_type(bcx_tcx(bcx), vec_ty);
     let llunitty = type_of_or_i8(bcx, unit_ty);
     let llvecty = T_vec(llunitty);
@@ -60,12 +61,9 @@ fn alloc(bcx: @block_ctxt, vec_ty: ty::t, elts: uint) -> alloc_result {
     let {bcx: bcx, val: vptr} = alloc_raw(bcx, fill, alloc);
     let vptr = PointerCast(bcx, vptr, T_ptr(llvecty));
 
-    let r = alloc_ty(bcx, vec_ty);
-    let vptrptr = r.val;
-    bcx = r.bcx;
-
+    let vptrptr = alt dest { trans::save_in(a) { a } };
     Store(bcx, vptr, vptrptr);
-    add_clean_temp(bcx, vptrptr, vec_ty);
+//    add_clean_temp(bcx, vptrptr, vec_ty);
     ret {bcx: bcx,
          val: vptrptr,
          unit_ty: unit_ty,
@@ -102,18 +100,19 @@ fn make_drop_glue(bcx: @block_ctxt, vptrptr: ValueRef, vec_ty: ty::t) ->
     ret next_cx;
 }
 
-fn trans_vec(bcx: @block_ctxt, args: [@ast::expr], id: ast::node_id) ->
-   result {
+// FIXME handle dest == ignore
+fn trans_vec(bcx: @block_ctxt, args: [@ast::expr], id: ast::node_id,
+             dest: dest) -> @block_ctxt {
     let vec_ty = node_id_type(bcx_ccx(bcx), id);
     let {bcx: bcx,
-         val: vptr,
+         val: vptrptr,
          llunitsz: llunitsz,
          unit_ty: unit_ty,
          llunitty: llunitty} =
-        alloc(bcx, vec_ty, vec::len(args));
+        alloc(bcx, vec_ty, vec::len(args), dest);
 
     // Store the individual elements.
-    let dataptr = get_dataptr(bcx, vptr, llunitty);
+    let dataptr = get_dataptr(bcx, vptrptr, llunitty);
     let i = 0u;
     for e in args {
         let lv = trans_lval(bcx, e);
@@ -125,19 +124,18 @@ fn trans_vec(bcx: @block_ctxt, args: [@ast::expr], id: ast::node_id) ->
         bcx = move_val_if_temp(bcx, INIT, lleltptr, lv, unit_ty);
         i += 1u;
     }
-    ret rslt(bcx, vptr);
+    ret bcx;
 }
-fn trans_str(bcx: @block_ctxt, s: str) -> result {
+fn trans_str(bcx: @block_ctxt, s: str, dest: dest) -> @block_ctxt {
     let veclen = std::str::byte_len(s) + 1u; // +1 for \0
-    let {bcx: bcx, val: sptr, _} =
-        alloc(bcx, ty::mk_str(bcx_tcx(bcx)), veclen);
+    let {bcx: bcx, val: sptrptr, _} =
+        alloc(bcx, ty::mk_str(bcx_tcx(bcx)), veclen, dest);
 
     let llcstr = C_cstr(bcx_ccx(bcx), s);
     let bcx =
-        call_memmove(bcx, get_dataptr(bcx, sptr, T_i8()), llcstr,
+        call_memmove(bcx, get_dataptr(bcx, sptrptr, T_i8()), llcstr,
                      C_uint(veclen)).bcx;
-
-    ret rslt(bcx, sptr);
+    ret bcx;
 }
 
 fn trans_append(cx: @block_ctxt, vec_ty: ty::t, lhsptr: ValueRef,