diff --git a/core/io/io.factor b/core/io/io.factor
index 085f8f3e70..ea37c13dd7 100644
--- a/core/io/io.factor
+++ b/core/io/io.factor
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-! Copyright (C) 2003, 2009 Slava Pestov.
+! Copyright (C) 2003, 2010 Slava Pestov.
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: accessors combinators continuations destructors kernel
 math namespaces sequences ;
@@ -26,20 +26,6 @@ SINGLETONS: seek-absolute seek-relative seek-end ;
 GENERIC: stream-tell ( stream -- n )
 GENERIC: stream-seek ( n seek-type stream -- )
 
-<PRIVATE
-
-SLOT: i
-
-: (stream-seek) ( n seek-type stream -- )
-    swap {
-        { seek-absolute [ i<< ] }
-        { seek-relative [ [ + ] change-i drop ] }
-        { seek-end [ [ underlying>> length + ] [ i<< ] bi ] }
-        [ bad-seek-type ]
-    } case ;
-
-PRIVATE>
-
 : stream-print ( str stream -- ) [ stream-write ] [ stream-nl ] bi ;
 
 ! Default streams
@@ -76,12 +62,13 @@ SYMBOL: error-stream
     [ with-output-stream* ] curry with-disposal ; inline
 
 : with-streams* ( input output quot -- )
-    [ output-stream set input-stream set ] prepose with-scope ; inline
+    swapd [ with-output-stream* ] curry with-input-stream* ; inline
 
 : with-streams ( input output quot -- )
-    [ [ with-streams* ] 3curry ]
-    [ [ [ drop [ &dispose drop ] bi@ ] 3curry ] with-destructors ] 3bi
-    [ ] cleanup ; inline
+    #! We have to dispose of the output stream first, so that
+    #! if both streams point to the same FD, we get to flush the
+    #! buffer before closing the FD.
+    swapd [ with-output-stream ] curry with-input-stream ; inline
 
 : print ( str -- ) output-stream get stream-print ;
 
diff --git a/core/io/streams/sequence/sequence.factor b/core/io/streams/sequence/sequence.factor
index 5ecbc321ce..22882d6a24 100644
--- a/core/io/streams/sequence/sequence.factor
+++ b/core/io/streams/sequence/sequence.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 ! Copyright (C) 2009 Daniel Ehrenberg
 ! See http://factorcode.org/license.txt for BSD license.
 USING: sequences io io.streams.plain kernel accessors math math.order
-growable destructors ;
+growable destructors combinators ;
 IN: io.streams.sequence
 
 ! Readers
@@ -46,3 +46,12 @@ M: growable stream-write push-all ;
 M: growable stream-flush drop ;
 
 INSTANCE: growable plain-writer
+
+! Seeking
+: (stream-seek) ( n seek-type stream -- )
+    swap {
+        { seek-absolute [ i<< ] }
+        { seek-relative [ [ + ] change-i drop ] }
+        { seek-end [ [ underlying>> length + ] [ i<< ] bi ] }
+        [ bad-seek-type ]
+    } case ;