diff --git a/src/comp/middle/trans.rs b/src/comp/middle/trans.rs
diff --git a/src/lib/fs.rs b/src/lib/fs.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ fn basename(path p) -> path {
 fn connect(path pre, path post) -> path {
     auto len = str::byte_len(pre);
     ret if (pre.(len - 1u) == os_fs::path_sep as u8) {
-
             // Trailing '/'?
             pre + post
         } else { pre + path_sep() + post };

diff --git a/src/lib/str.rs b/src/lib/str.rs
@@ -313,10 +313,7 @@ fn refcount(str s) -> uint {
     if (r == dbg::const_refcount) {
         ret r;
     } else {
-        // -2 because calling this function and the native function both
-        // incremented the refcount.
-
-        ret r - 2u;
+        ret r - 1u;
     }
 }
 

diff --git a/src/lib/vec.rs b/src/lib/vec.rs
@@ -46,10 +46,7 @@ fn refcount[T](array[T] v) -> uint {
     if (r == dbg::const_refcount) {
         ret r;
     } else {
-        // -2 because calling this function and the native function both
-        // incremented the refcount.
-
-        ret r - 2u;
+        ret r - 1u;
     }
 }
 

diff --git a/src/test/run-pass/lib-fs.rs b/src/test/run-pass/lib-fs.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import std::fs;
 
 fn test_connect() {
     auto slash = fs::path_sep();
+    log_err fs::connect("a", "b");
     assert (fs::connect("a", "b") == "a" + slash + "b");
     assert (fs::connect("a" + slash, "b") == "a" + slash + "b");
 }