diff --git a/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/NNTP.pmod b/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/NNTP.pmod
index db2b8eeac5002fbff02a26a3199ad684887f049c..b024f300d239a0a71da354cb7ad3566eb501bab3 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/NNTP.pmod
+++ b/lib/modules/Protocols.pmod/NNTP.pmod
@@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ class protocol
     return code;
   }
 
-  string *read_body_lines()
+  array(string) read_body_lines()
   {
-    string *ret=({});
+    array(string) ret=({});
     string s;
     while(s = news::gets())
     {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class protocol
 
   string readreturnbody()
   {
-    string *tmp=read_body_lines();
+    array(string) tmp=read_body_lines();
     return tmp*"\n"+"\n";
   }
 
diff --git a/lib/modules/Simulate.pmod b/lib/modules/Simulate.pmod
index 55a11d621964191a07739cf99caa4544b6a1f3b2..e59b2ad83299a23237d126984c696b5e5b8b6c31 100644
--- a/lib/modules/Simulate.pmod
+++ b/lib/modules/Simulate.pmod
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ inherit Process;
 
 #define error(X) throw( ({ (X), backtrace()[0..sizeof(backtrace())-2] }) )
 
-int member_array(mixed needle,mixed *haystack,int|void start)
+int member_array(mixed needle,array(mixed) haystack,int|void start)
 {
   return search(haystack,needle,start);
 }
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ int member_array(mixed needle,mixed *haystack,int|void start)
 object previous_object()
 {
   int e;
-  mixed **trace;
+  array(array(mixed)) trace;
   object o,ret;
   trace=backtrace();
   o=function_object(trace[-2][2]);
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function get_function(object o, string a)
   return functionp(ret) ? ret : 0;
 }
 
-string *map_regexp(string *s, string reg)
+array(string) map_regexp(array(string) s, string reg)
 {
   
   object(Regexp) regexp = Regexp(reg);