diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/linear-scan-tests.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/linear-scan-tests.factor
index 1673b1b365..f38946f8e2 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/linear-scan-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/linear-scan-tests.factor
@@ -1761,11 +1761,6 @@ test-diamond
 
 [ ] [ { 1 2 } test-linear-scan-on-cfg ] unit-test
 
-[ ] [
-    1 get instructions>> first regs>> V int-regs 0 swap at
-    2 get instructions>> first regs>> V int-regs 1 swap at assert=
-] unit-test
-
 ! Not until splitting is finished
 ! [ _copy ] [ 3 get instructions>> second class ] unit-test
 
diff --git a/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/resolve/resolve-tests.factor b/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/resolve/resolve-tests.factor
index b1b44cde44..ee3595dd06 100644
--- a/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/resolve/resolve-tests.factor
+++ b/basis/compiler/cfg/linear-scan/resolve/resolve-tests.factor
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 IN: compiler.cfg.linear-scan.resolve.tests
 USING: compiler.cfg.linear-scan.resolve tools.test kernel namespaces
-compiler.cfg.instructions cpu.architecture make
+compiler.cfg.instructions cpu.architecture make sequences
 compiler.cfg.linear-scan.allocation.state ;
 
 [
diff --git a/basis/xml/tests/test.factor b/basis/xml/tests/test.factor
index 74ba931c79..e371c3aab5 100644
--- a/basis/xml/tests/test.factor
+++ b/basis/xml/tests/test.factor
@@ -73,3 +73,7 @@ SYMBOL: xml-file
 [ T{ xml-chunk f V{ "hello" } } ] [ "hello" string>xml-chunk ] unit-test
 [ "1.1" ] [ "<?xml version='1.1'?><x/>" string>xml prolog>> version>> ] unit-test
 [ "ß" ] [ "<x>ß</x>" <string-reader> read-xml children>string ] unit-test
+
+! <pull-xml> tests
+! this tests just checks that pull-event doesn't raise an exception
+[ ] [ "vocab:xml/tests/test.xml" binary [ <pull-xml> pull-event drop ] with-file-reader ] unit-test
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/basis/xml/xml.factor b/basis/xml/xml.factor
index cca1b5e2e0..a1d734f291 100755
--- a/basis/xml/xml.factor
+++ b/basis/xml/xml.factor
@@ -110,6 +110,7 @@ PRIVATE>
 TUPLE: pull-xml scope ;
 : <pull-xml> ( -- pull-xml )
     [
+        init-parser
         input-stream [ ] change ! bring var in this scope
         init-xml text-now? on
     ] H{ } make-assoc
diff --git a/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor b/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor
index 1b4a4550dc..b065dfe2f0 100644
--- a/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor
+++ b/extra/irc/client/internals/internals.factor
@@ -75,8 +75,9 @@ M: to-many-chats message-forwards sender>> participant-chats ;
 GENERIC: process-message ( irc-message -- )
 M: object process-message drop ;
 M: ping   process-message trailing>> /PONG ;
-M: join   process-message [ sender>> ] [ chat> ] bi join-participant ;
-M: part   process-message [ sender>> ] [ chat> ] bi part-participant ;
+! FIXME: it shouldn't be checking for the presence of chat here...
+M: join   process-message [ sender>> ] [ chat> ] bi [ join-participant ] [ drop ] if* ;
+M: part   process-message [ sender>> ] [ chat> ] bi [ part-participant ] [ drop ] if* ;
 M: quit   process-message sender>> quit-participant ;
 M: nick   process-message [ trailing>> ] [ sender>> ] bi rename-participant* ;
 M: rpl-nickname-in-use process-message name>> "_" append /NICK ;
diff --git a/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor b/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor
index ff8085a9a9..976a3832f4 100644
--- a/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor
+++ b/extra/irc/logbot/logbot.factor
@@ -21,15 +21,17 @@ SYMBOL: current-stream
 : timestamp-path ( timestamp -- path )
     timestamp>ymd ".log" append log-directory prepend-path ;
 
+: update-current-stream ( timestamp -- )
+    current-stream get [ dispose ] when*
+    [ day-of-year current-day set ]
+    [ timestamp-path latin1 <file-appender> ] bi
+    current-stream set ;
+
+: same-day? ( timestamp -- ? ) day-of-year current-day get = ;
+
 : timestamp>stream ( timestamp  -- stream )
-    dup day-of-year current-day get = [
-        drop
-    ] [
-        current-stream get [ dispose ] when*
-        [ day-of-year current-day set ]
-        [ timestamp-path latin1 <file-appender> ] bi
-        current-stream set
-    ] if current-stream get ;
+    dup same-day? [ drop ] [ update-current-stream ] if
+    current-stream get ;
 
 : log-message ( string timestamp -- )
     [ add-timestamp ] [ timestamp>stream ] bi