diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs b/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
index ac88fc835d50d..9e23501a13bff 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ast_util.rs
@@ -740,7 +740,7 @@ pub fn new_mark(m:Mrk, tail:SyntaxContext) -> SyntaxContext {
 }
 
 // Extend a syntax context with a given mark and table
-// FIXME #4536 : currently pub to allow testing
+// FIXME #8215 : currently pub to allow testing
 pub fn new_mark_internal(m:Mrk, tail:SyntaxContext,table:&mut SCTable)
     -> SyntaxContext {
     let key = (tail,m);
@@ -769,7 +769,7 @@ pub fn new_rename(id:Ident, to:Name, tail:SyntaxContext) -> SyntaxContext {
 }
 
 // Extend a syntax context with a given rename and sctable
-// FIXME #4536 : currently pub to allow testing
+// FIXME #8215 : currently pub to allow testing
 pub fn new_rename_internal(id:Ident, to:Name, tail:SyntaxContext, table: &mut SCTable)
     -> SyntaxContext {
     let key = (tail,id,to);
@@ -792,7 +792,7 @@ pub fn new_rename_internal(id:Ident, to:Name, tail:SyntaxContext, table: &mut SC
 
 /// Make a fresh syntax context table with EmptyCtxt in slot zero
 /// and IllegalCtxt in slot one.
-// FIXME #4536 : currently pub to allow testing
+// FIXME #8215 : currently pub to allow testing
 pub fn new_sctable_internal() -> SCTable {
     SCTable {
         table: ~[EmptyCtxt,IllegalCtxt],
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ pub fn mtwt_resolve(id : Ident) -> Name {
     resolve_internal(id, get_sctable(), get_resolve_table())
 }
 
-// FIXME #4536: must be pub for testing
+// FIXME #8215: must be pub for testing
 pub type ResolveTable = HashMap<(Name,SyntaxContext),Name>;
 
 // okay, I admit, putting this in TLS is not so nice:
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ pub fn get_resolve_table() -> @mut ResolveTable {
 
 // Resolve a syntax object to a name, per MTWT.
 // adding memoization to possibly resolve 500+ seconds in resolve for librustc (!)
-// FIXME #4536 : currently pub to allow testing
+// FIXME #8215 : currently pub to allow testing
 pub fn resolve_internal(id : Ident,
                         table : &mut SCTable,
                         resolve_table : &mut ResolveTable) -> Name {
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
index 004a889fb4df7..64f30803ca734 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/ext/expand.rs
@@ -1640,9 +1640,10 @@ mod test {
                   macro_rules! user(($x:ident) => ({letty!($x); $x}))
                   fn main() -> int {user!(z)}",
                  ~[~[0]], false),
-                // FIXME #8062: this test exposes a *potential* bug; our system does
-                // not behave exactly like MTWT, but I haven't thought of a way that
-                // this could cause a bug in Rust, yet.
+                // no longer a fixme #8062: this test exposes a *potential* bug; our system does
+                // not behave exactly like MTWT, but a conversation with Matthew Flatt
+                // suggests that this can only occur in the presence of local-expand, which
+                // we have no plans to support.
                 // ("fn main() {let hrcoo = 19; macro_rules! getx(()=>(hrcoo)); getx!();}",
                 // ~[~[0]], true)
                 // FIXME #6994: the next string exposes the bug referred to in issue 6994, so I'm
@@ -1655,6 +1656,7 @@ mod test {
                 //   fn a(){g!(z)}"
                 // create a really evil test case where a $x appears inside a binding of $x
                 // but *shouldnt* bind because it was inserted by a different macro....
+                // can't write this test case until we have macro-generating macros.
             ];
         for (idx,s) in tests.iter().enumerate() {
             run_renaming_test(s,idx);
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
index d3b0866d4a79c..797fd5ba7f6d8 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/lexer.rs
@@ -868,7 +868,6 @@ fn consume_whitespace(rdr: @mut StringReader) {
 mod test {
     use super::*;
 
-    use ast;
     use codemap::{BytePos, CodeMap, Span};
     use diagnostic;
     use parse::token;
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
index 91ef55c78f6af..37f2f8345cd17 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/mod.rs
@@ -324,17 +324,10 @@ mod test {
     use abi;
     use parse::parser::Parser;
     use parse::token::{str_to_ident};
-    use util::parser_testing::{string_to_tts_and_sess, string_to_parser};
+    use util::parser_testing::{string_to_tts, string_to_parser};
     use util::parser_testing::{string_to_expr, string_to_item};
     use util::parser_testing::string_to_stmt;
 
-    // map a string to tts, return the tt without its parsesess
-    fn string_to_tts_only(source_str : @str) -> ~[ast::token_tree] {
-        let (tts,_ps) = string_to_tts_and_sess(source_str);
-        tts
-    }
-
-
     #[cfg(test)] fn to_json_str<E : Encodable<extra::json::Encoder>>(val: @E) -> ~str {
         do io::with_str_writer |writer| {
             let mut encoder = extra::json::Encoder(writer);
@@ -395,8 +388,53 @@ mod test {
         string_to_expr(@"::abc::def::return");
     }
 
+    // check the token-tree-ization of macros
+    #[test] fn string_to_tts_macro () {
+        let tts = string_to_tts(@"macro_rules! zip (($a)=>($a))");
+        match tts {
+            [ast::tt_tok(_,_),
+             ast::tt_tok(_,token::NOT),
+             ast::tt_tok(_,_),
+             ast::tt_delim(delim_elts)] =>
+                match *delim_elts {
+                [ast::tt_tok(_,token::LPAREN),
+                 ast::tt_delim(first_set),
+                 ast::tt_tok(_,token::FAT_ARROW),
+                 ast::tt_delim(second_set),
+                 ast::tt_tok(_,token::RPAREN)] =>
+                    match *first_set {
+                    [ast::tt_tok(_,token::LPAREN),
+                     ast::tt_tok(_,token::DOLLAR),
+                     ast::tt_tok(_,_),
+                     ast::tt_tok(_,token::RPAREN)] =>
+                        match *second_set {
+                        [ast::tt_tok(_,token::LPAREN),
+                         ast::tt_tok(_,token::DOLLAR),
+                         ast::tt_tok(_,_),
+                         ast::tt_tok(_,token::RPAREN)] =>
+                            assert_eq!("correct","correct"),
+                        _ => assert_eq!("wrong 4","correct")
+                    },
+                    _ => {
+                        error!("failing value 3: %?",first_set);
+                        assert_eq!("wrong 3","correct")
+                    }
+                },
+                _ => {
+                    error!("failing value 2: %?",delim_elts);
+                    assert_eq!("wrong","correct");
+                }
+
+            },
+            _ => {
+                error!("failing value: %?",tts);
+                assert_eq!("wrong 1","correct");
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     #[test] fn string_to_tts_1 () {
-        let (tts,_ps) = string_to_tts_and_sess(@"fn a (b : int) { b; }");
+        let tts = string_to_tts(@"fn a (b : int) { b; }");
         assert_eq!(to_json_str(@tts),
         ~"[\
     {\
diff --git a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
index 4aad5c24d0f3d..4e64508944e2c 100644
--- a/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
+++ b/src/libsyntax/parse/parser.rs
@@ -2035,6 +2035,11 @@ impl Parser {
 
     // parse a single token tree from the input.
     pub fn parse_token_tree(&self) -> token_tree {
+        // FIXME #6994: currently, this is too eager. It
+        // parses token trees but also identifies tt_seq's
+        // and tt_nonterminals; it's too early to know yet
+        // whether something will be a nonterminal or a seq
+        // yet.
         maybe_whole!(deref self, nt_tt);
 
         // this is the fall-through for the 'match' below.