diff --git a/test/fixedbugs/bug363.go b/test/fixedbugs/bug363.go
index 7a99526..04fcfe1 100644
--- a/test/fixedbugs/bug363.go
+++ b/test/fixedbugs/bug363.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 
 func main() {
 	var i uint = 33
-	var a = (1<<i) + 4.5  // ERROR "shift of type float64|shift of non-integer"
+	var a = (1<<i) + 4.5  // ERROR "shift of type float64|invalid.*shift"
 	println(a)
 	
-	var b = (1<<i) + 4.0  // ERROR "shift of type float64|shift of non-integer"
+	var b = (1<<i) + 4.0  // ERROR "shift of type float64|invalid.*shift"
 	println(b)
 
 	var c int64 = (1<<i) + 4.0  // ok - it's all int64
diff --git a/test/interface/pointer.go b/test/interface/pointer.go
index fe4d8e3..f1e363c 100644
--- a/test/interface/pointer.go
+++ b/test/interface/pointer.go
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@
 	print("call addinst\n")
 	var x Inst = AddInst(new(Start)) // ERROR "pointer to interface"
 	print("return from  addinst\n")
-	var y *Inst = new(Start)  // ERROR "pointer to interface"
+	var y *Inst = new(Start)  // ERROR "pointer to interface|incompatible type"
 }
diff --git a/test/method2.go b/test/method2.go
index 2fdc9fc..039779e 100644
--- a/test/method2.go
+++ b/test/method2.go
@@ -12,14 +12,14 @@
 type P *T
 type P1 *T
 
-func (p P) val() int   { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.* pointer"
-func (p *P1) val() int { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.* pointer"
+func (p P) val() int   { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.* pointer|invalid pointer or interface receiver"
+func (p *P1) val() int { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.* pointer|invalid pointer or interface receiver"
 
 type I interface{}
 type I1 interface{}
 
-func (p I) val() int { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.*interface"
-func (p *I1) val() int { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.*interface"
+func (p I) val() int { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.*interface|invalid pointer or interface receiver"
+func (p *I1) val() int { return 1 } // ERROR "receiver.*interface|invalid pointer or interface receiver"
 
 type Val interface {
 	val() int
diff --git a/test/shift1.go b/test/shift1.go
index 6a8e26e..c197eef 100644
--- a/test/shift1.go
+++ b/test/shift1.go
@@ -15,14 +15,14 @@
 // from the spec
 var (
 	s uint    = 33
-	u         = 1.0 << s // ERROR "invalid operation"
-	v float32 = 1 << s   // ERROR "invalid operation" "as type float32"
+	u         = 1.0 << s // ERROR "invalid operation|shift of non-integer operand"
+	v float32 = 1 << s   // ERROR "invalid" "as type float32"
 )
 
 // non-constant shift expressions
 var (
-	e1       = g(2.0 << s) // ERROR "invalid operation" "as type interface"
-	f1       = h(2 << s)   // ERROR "invalid operation" "as type float64"
+	e1       = g(2.0 << s) // ERROR "invalid" "as type interface"
+	f1       = h(2 << s)   // ERROR "invalid" "as type float64"
 	g1 int64 = 1.1 << s    // ERROR "truncated"
 )