diff --git a/basis/formatting/formatting.factor b/basis/formatting/formatting.factor
index ac0b0850b4..5a517e4ac4 100644
--- a/basis/formatting/formatting.factor
+++ b/basis/formatting/formatting.factor
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 USING: accessors arrays ascii assocs calendar combinators fry kernel 
 generalizations io io.encodings.ascii io.files io.streams.string
 macros math math.functions math.parser peg.ebnf quotations
-sequences splitting strings unicode.case vectors ;
+sequences splitting strings unicode.case vectors combinators.smart ;
 
 IN: formatting
 
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ MACRO: printf ( format-string -- )
 : sprintf ( format-string -- result )
     [ printf ] with-string-writer ; inline
 
-
 <PRIVATE
 
 : pad-00 ( n -- string ) number>string 2 CHAR: 0 pad-head ; inline
@@ -129,12 +128,15 @@ MACRO: printf ( format-string -- )
     [ pad-00 ] map "/" join ; inline
 
 : >datetime ( timestamp -- string )
-    { [ day-of-week day-abbreviation3 ]
-      [ month>> month-abbreviation ]
-      [ day>> pad-00 ]
-      [ >time ]
-      [ year>> number>string ]
-    } cleave 5 narray " " join ; inline
+    [
+       {
+          [ day-of-week day-abbreviation3 ]
+          [ month>> month-abbreviation ]
+          [ day>> pad-00 ]
+          [ >time ]
+          [ year>> number>string ]
+       } cleave
+    ] output>array " " join ; inline
 
 : (week-of-year) ( timestamp day -- n )
     [ dup clone 1 >>month 1 >>day day-of-week dup ] dip > [ 7 swap - ] when
@@ -187,5 +189,3 @@ PRIVATE>
 MACRO: strftime ( format-string -- )
     parse-strftime [ length ] keep [ ] join
     '[ _ <vector> @ reverse concat nip ] ;
-
-
diff --git a/basis/windows/errors/errors.factor b/basis/windows/errors/errors.factor
index e08704d469..d180cb20e7 100644
--- a/basis/windows/errors/errors.factor
+++ b/basis/windows/errors/errors.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: alien.c-types kernel locals math math.bitwise
 windows.kernel32 sequences byte-arrays unicode.categories
 io.encodings.string io.encodings.utf16n alien.strings
-arrays ;
+arrays literals ;
 IN: windows.errors
 
 CONSTANT: ERROR_SUCCESS                               0
@@ -732,11 +732,13 @@ ERROR: error-message-failed id ;
         win32-error-string throw
     ] when ;
 
-: expected-io-errors ( -- seq )
-    ERROR_SUCCESS
-    ERROR_IO_INCOMPLETE
-    ERROR_IO_PENDING
-    WAIT_TIMEOUT 4array ; foldable
+CONSTANT: expected-io-errors
+    ${
+        ERROR_SUCCESS
+        ERROR_IO_INCOMPLETE
+        ERROR_IO_PENDING
+        WAIT_TIMEOUT
+    }
 
 : expected-io-error? ( error-code -- ? )
     expected-io-errors member? ;
diff --git a/extra/spheres/spheres.factor b/extra/spheres/spheres.factor
index fa666dd776..18e326f1b7 100755
--- a/extra/spheres/spheres.factor
+++ b/extra/spheres/spheres.factor
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 USING: kernel opengl opengl.demo-support opengl.gl opengl.textures
 opengl.shaders opengl.framebuffers opengl.capabilities multiline
 ui.gadgets accessors sequences ui.render ui math locals arrays
-generalizations combinators ui.gadgets.worlds ;
+generalizations combinators ui.gadgets.worlds literals ;
 IN: spheres
 
 STRING: plane-vertex-shader
@@ -136,12 +136,14 @@ M: spheres-gadget distance-step ( gadget -- dz )
         GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S GL_CLAMP glTexParameteri
         GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T GL_CLAMP glTexParameteri
         GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_R GL_CLAMP glTexParameteri
-        GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X
-        GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y
-        GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z
-        GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X
-        GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y
-        GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z 6 narray
+        ${
+            GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X
+            GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y
+            GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z
+            GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X
+            GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y
+            GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z
+        }
         [ 0 GL_RGBA8 (reflection-dim) 0 GL_RGBA GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE f glTexImage2D ]
         each
     ] keep ;