diff --git a/src/lib/fmt/format.go b/src/lib/fmt/format.go
index 9c8b127b7324772d442c653f2e4089ae856eb183..ef8477764f1ff804c996ea33d335dd918b85e0e5 100644
--- a/src/lib/fmt/format.go
+++ b/src/lib/fmt/format.go
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func (f *Fmt) Fmt_q(s string) *Fmt {
 
 // floating-point
 
-func Prec(f *Fmt, def int) int {
+func doPrec(f *Fmt, def int) int {
 	if f.prec_present {
 		return f.prec;
 	}
@@ -428,15 +428,15 @@ func fmtString(f *Fmt, s string) *Fmt {
 
 // float64
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_e64(a float64) *Fmt {
-	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa64(a, 'e', Prec(f, 6)));
+	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa64(a, 'e', doPrec(f, 6)));
 }
 
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_f64(a float64) *Fmt {
-	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa64(a, 'f', Prec(f, 6)));
+	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa64(a, 'f', doPrec(f, 6)));
 }
 
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_g64(a float64) *Fmt {
-	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa64(a, 'g', Prec(f, -1)));
+	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa64(a, 'g', doPrec(f, -1)));
 }
 
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_fb64(a float64) *Fmt {
@@ -447,15 +447,15 @@ func (f *Fmt) Fmt_fb64(a float64) *Fmt {
 // cannot defer to float64 versions
 // because it will get rounding wrong in corner cases.
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_e32(a float32) *Fmt {
-	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa32(a, 'e', Prec(f, 6)));
+	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa32(a, 'e', doPrec(f, 6)));
 }
 
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_f32(a float32) *Fmt {
-	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa32(a, 'f', Prec(f, 6)));
+	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa32(a, 'f', doPrec(f, 6)));
 }
 
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_g32(a float32) *Fmt {
-	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa32(a, 'g', Prec(f, -1)));
+	return fmtString(f, strconv.Ftoa32(a, 'g', doPrec(f, -1)));
 }
 
 func (f *Fmt) Fmt_fb32(a float32) *Fmt {
diff --git a/src/lib/fmt/print.go b/src/lib/fmt/print.go
index 97fb1460da5aad0da1d6fb9fe3747d7c0cc6cba7..67d56e1c18ea550b0ad8d7feb3433064fdf8a621 100644
--- a/src/lib/fmt/print.go
+++ b/src/lib/fmt/print.go
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ type pp struct {
 	fmt	*Fmt;
 }
 
-func Printer() *pp {
+func newPrinter() *pp {
 	p := new(pp);
 	p.fmt = fmt.New();
 	return p;
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ func (p *pp) doprint(v reflect.StructValue, addspace, addnewline bool);
 
 export func Fprintf(w io.Write, format string, a ...) (n int, error *os.Error) {
 	v := reflect.NewValue(a).(reflect.PtrValue).Sub().(reflect.StructValue);
-	p := Printer();
+	p := newPrinter();
 	p.doprintf(format, v);
 	n, error = w.Write(p.buf[0:p.n]);
 	return n, error;
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ export func Printf(format string, v ...) (n int, errno *os.Error) {
 
 export func Sprintf(format string, a ...) string {
 	v := reflect.NewValue(a).(reflect.PtrValue).Sub().(reflect.StructValue);
-	p := Printer();
+	p := newPrinter();
 	p.doprintf(format, v);
 	s := string(p.buf)[0 : p.n];
 	return s;
@@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ export func Sprintf(format string, a ...) string {
 
 export func Fprint(w io.Write, a ...) (n int, error *os.Error) {
 	v := reflect.NewValue(a).(reflect.PtrValue).Sub().(reflect.StructValue);
-	p := Printer();
+	p := newPrinter();
 	p.doprint(v, false, false);
 	n, error = w.Write(p.buf[0:p.n]);
 	return n, error;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ export func Print(v ...) (n int, errno *os.Error) {
 
 export func Sprint(a ...) string {
 	v := reflect.NewValue(a).(reflect.PtrValue).Sub().(reflect.StructValue);
-	p := Printer();
+	p := newPrinter();
 	p.doprint(v, false, false);
 	s := string(p.buf)[0 : p.n];
 	return s;
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ export func Sprint(a ...) string {
 
 export func Fprintln(w io.Write, a ...) (n int, error *os.Error) {
 	v := reflect.NewValue(a).(reflect.PtrValue).Sub().(reflect.StructValue);
-	p := Printer();
+	p := newPrinter();
 	p.doprint(v, true, true);
 	n, error = w.Write(p.buf[0:p.n]);
 	return n, error;
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ export func Println(v ...) (n int, errno *os.Error) {
 
 export func Sprintln(a ...) string {
 	v := reflect.NewValue(a).(reflect.PtrValue).Sub().(reflect.StructValue);
-	p := Printer();
+	p := newPrinter();
 	p.doprint(v, true, true);
 	s := string(p.buf)[0 : p.n];
 	return s;