diff --git a/edit.c b/edit.c
index 6144b6b..abde485 100644
--- a/edit.c
+++ b/edit.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #ifndef MKSH_NO_CMDLINE_EDITING
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/edit.c,v 1.252 2012/09/21 17:20:20 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/edit.c,v 1.253 2012/10/03 15:50:29 tg Exp $");
 
 /*
  * in later versions we might use libtermcap for this, but since external
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ x_print_expansions(int nwords, char * const *words, bool is_command)
 {
 	bool use_copy = false;
 	int prefix_len;
-	XPtrV l = { NULL, NULL, NULL };
+	XPtrV l = { NULL, 0, 0 };
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if all matches are in the same directory (in this
@@ -439,7 +439,7 @@ static int
 x_command_glob(int flags, char *toglob, char ***wordsp)
 {
 	char *pat, *fpath;
-	int nwords;
+	size_t nwords;
 	XPtrV w;
 	struct block *l;
 
@@ -470,7 +470,7 @@ x_command_glob(int flags, char *toglob, char ***wordsp)
 		/* Sort by basename, then path order */
 		struct path_order_info *info, *last_info = NULL;
 		char **words = (char **)XPptrv(w);
-		int i, path_order = 0;
+		size_t i, path_order = 0;
 
 		info = (struct path_order_info *)
 		    alloc2(nwords, sizeof(struct path_order_info), ATEMP);
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ x_command_glob(int flags, char *toglob, char ***wordsp)
 	} else {
 		/* Sort and remove duplicate entries */
 		char **words = (char **)XPptrv(w);
-		int i, j;
+		size_t i, j;
 
 		qsort(words, nwords, sizeof(void *), xstrcmp);
 		for (i = j = 0; i < nwords - 1; i++) {
@@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ x_command_glob(int flags, char *toglob, char ***wordsp)
 				afree(words[i], ATEMP);
 		}
 		words[j++] = words[i];
-		nwords = j;
-		w.cur = (void **)&words[j];
+		w.len = nwords = j;
 	}
 
 	XPput(w, NULL);
@@ -796,7 +795,7 @@ glob_path(int flags, const char *pat, XPtrV *wp, const char *lpath)
 			} else
 				afree(words[i], ATEMP);
 		}
-		wp->cur = (void **)&words[j];
+		wp->len = j;
 
 		if (!*sp++)
 			break;
diff --git a/sh.h b/sh.h
index 001b264..a7d7c7e 100644
--- a/sh.h
+++ b/sh.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifdef EXTERN
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/sh.h,v 1.588 2012/10/03 15:13:34 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/sh.h,v 1.589 2012/10/03 15:50:31 tg Exp $");
 #endif
 #define MKSH_VERSION "R40 2012/09/07"
 
@@ -1413,35 +1413,38 @@ char *Xcheck_grow(XString *, const char *, size_t);
  * expandable vector of generic pointers
  */
 
-typedef struct XPtrV {
-	void **cur;		/* next avail pointer */
-	void **beg, **end;	/* begin, end of vector */
+typedef struct {
+	/* begin of allocated area */
+	void **beg;
+	/* currently used number of entries */
+	size_t len;
+	/* allocated number of entries */
+	size_t siz;
 } XPtrV;
 
-#define XPinit(x, n) do {					\
-	void **XPinit_vp;					\
-	XPinit_vp = alloc2((n), sizeof(void *), ATEMP);		\
-	(x).cur = (x).beg = XPinit_vp;				\
-	(x).end = XPinit_vp + (n);				\
-} while (/* CONSTCOND */ 0)
+#define XPinit(x, n)	do {					\
+	(x).siz = (n);						\
+	(x).len = 0;						\
+	(x).beg = alloc2((x).siz, sizeof(void *), ATEMP);	\
+} while (/* CONSTCOND */ 0)					\
 
-#define XPput(x, p) do {					\
-	if ((x).cur >= (x).end) {				\
-		size_t n = XPsize(x);				\
-		(x).beg = aresize2((x).beg,			\
-		    n, 2 * sizeof(void *), ATEMP);		\
-		(x).cur = (x).beg + n;				\
-		(x).end = (x).cur + n;				\
+#define XPput(x, p)	do {					\
+	if ((x).len == (x).siz) {				\
+		(x).beg = aresize2((x).beg, (x).siz,		\
+		    2 * sizeof(void *), ATEMP);			\
+		(x).siz <<= 1;					\
 	}							\
-	*(x).cur++ = (p);					\
+	(x).beg[(x).len++] = (p);				\
 } while (/* CONSTCOND */ 0)
 
 #define XPptrv(x)	((x).beg)
-#define XPsize(x)	((x).cur - (x).beg)
+#define XPsize(x)	((x).len)
 #define XPclose(x)	aresize2((x).beg, XPsize(x), sizeof(void *), ATEMP)
 #define XPfree(x)	afree((x).beg, ATEMP)
 
-#define IDENT	64
+/*
+ * Lexer internals
+ */
 
 typedef struct source Source;
 struct source {
@@ -1542,10 +1545,12 @@ typedef union {
 #define	CTRL(x)		((x) == '?' ? 0x7F : (x) & 0x1F)	/* ASCII */
 #define	UNCTRL(x)	((x) ^ 0x40)				/* ASCII */
 
+#define IDENT		64
+
 EXTERN Source *source;		/* yyparse/yylex source */
 EXTERN YYSTYPE yylval;		/* result from yylex */
 EXTERN struct ioword *heres[HERES], **herep;
-EXTERN char ident[IDENT+1];
+EXTERN char ident[IDENT + 1];
 
 EXTERN char **history;		/* saved commands */
 EXTERN char **histptr;		/* last history item */
diff --git a/syn.c b/syn.c
index a14b0bc..44a4337 100644
--- a/syn.c
+++ b/syn.c
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 
 #include "sh.h"
 
-__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/syn.c,v 1.80 2012/08/17 18:34:25 tg Exp $");
+__RCSID("$MirOS: src/bin/mksh/syn.c,v 1.81 2012/10/03 15:50:32 tg Exp $");
 
 extern void yyskiputf8bom(void);
 
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ get_command(int cf)
 					ACCEPT;
 
 					/* manipulate the vars string */
-					tcp = *(--vars.cur);
+					tcp = XPptrv(vars)[(vars.len = 0)];
 					/* 'varname=' -> 'varname' */
 					tcp[wdscan(tcp, EOS) - tcp - 3] = EOS;