diff --git a/dyaml/constructor.d b/dyaml/constructor.d
index 9c4beab..55c2ed2 100644
--- a/dyaml/constructor.d
+++ b/dyaml/constructor.d
@@ -500,8 +500,7 @@ ubyte[] constructBinary(Mark start, Mark end, ref Node node)
         try{return Base64.decode(value.removechars("\n"));}
         catch(Exception e)
         {
-            throw new Error("Unable to decode base64 value: " ~ e.msg,
-                                           start, end);
+            throw new Error("Unable to decode base64 value: " ~ e.msg, start, end);
         }
     }
     catch(UtfException e)
diff --git a/dyaml/emitter.d b/dyaml/emitter.d
index 7b05b03..d3027c9 100644
--- a/dyaml/emitter.d
+++ b/dyaml/emitter.d
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ struct Emitter
         Event event_;
 
         ///Stack of previous indentation levels.
-        int[] indents_;
+        Array!int indents_;
         ///Current indentation level.
         int indent_ = -1;
 
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ struct Emitter
         body
         {
             states_.reserve(32);
+            indents_.reserve(32);
             stream_ = stream;
             canonical_ = canonical;
             state_ = &expectStreamStart;
@@ -179,7 +180,6 @@ struct Emitter
             clear(states_);
             clear(events_);
             clear(indents_);
-            indents_ = null;
             clear(tagDirectives_);
             tagDirectives_ = null;
             clear(preparedAnchor_);
@@ -217,8 +217,8 @@ struct Emitter
             enforce(indents_.length > 0, 
                     new YAMLException("Emitter: Need to pop an indent level but there"
                                       " are no indent levels left"));
-            const result = indents_.back();
-            indents_.popBack;
+            const result = indents_.back;
+            indents_.length = indents_.length - 1;
             return result;
         }
 
@@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ struct ScalarWriter
                         emitter_.writeIndent();
                     }
                 }
-                else if((c == dcharNone || "\' "d.canFind(c) || newlineSearch_.canFind(c))
+                else if((c == dcharNone || c == '\'' || c == ' ' || newlineSearch_.canFind(c))
                         && startChar_ < endChar_)
                 {
                     writeCurrentRange(Flag!"UpdateColumn".yes);
@@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@ struct ScalarWriter
                 }
                 updateBreaks(c, Flag!"UpdateSpaces".yes);
             }while(endByte_ < text_.length)
+
             emitter_.writeIndicator("\'", false);
         }
 
diff --git a/dyaml/queue.d b/dyaml/queue.d
index 242fc45..85b3a26 100644
--- a/dyaml/queue.d
+++ b/dyaml/queue.d
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import core.stdc.stdlib;
 import core.memory;
 
 import std.container;
+import std.traits;
 
 
 package:
@@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ T* allocate(T, Args...)(Args args)
     T* ptr = cast(T*)malloc(T.sizeof);
     *ptr = T(args);
     //The struct might contain references to GC-allocated memory, so tell the GC about it.
-    GC.addRange(cast(void*)ptr, T.sizeof);
+    if(hasIndirections!T){GC.addRange(cast(void*)ptr, T.sizeof);}
     return ptr;
 }
 
@@ -192,7 +193,7 @@ T* allocate(T, Args...)(Args args)
 void free(T)(T* ptr)
 {
     //GC doesn't need to care about any references in this struct anymore.
-    GC.removeRange(cast(void*)ptr);
+    if(hasIndirections!T){GC.removeRange(cast(void*)ptr);}
     clear(*ptr);
     std.c.stdlib.free(ptr);
 }
diff --git a/dyaml/resolver.d b/dyaml/resolver.d
index 51f30f6..dad33aa 100644
--- a/dyaml/resolver.d
+++ b/dyaml/resolver.d
@@ -248,7 +248,8 @@ final class Resolver
                                        "[0-9]?-[0-9][0-9]?[Tt]|[ \t]+[0-9]"
                                        "[0-9]?:[0-9][0-9]:[0-9][0-9]"
                                        "(?:\\.[0-9]*)?(?:[ \t]*Z|[-+][0-9]"
-                                       "[0-9]?(?::[0-9][0-9])?)?$"), "0123456789");
+                                       "[0-9]?(?::[0-9][0-9])?)?$"), 
+                                "0123456789");
             addImplicitResolver("tag:yaml.org,2002:value", regex(r"^=$"), "=");
 
 
diff --git a/dyaml/scanner.d b/dyaml/scanner.d
index 69a0226..e19ed65 100644
--- a/dyaml/scanner.d
+++ b/dyaml/scanner.d
@@ -1395,6 +1395,9 @@ final class Scanner
             //document separators at the beginning of the line.
             //if(indent == 0){indent = 1;}
             dstring spaces;
+
+            mixin FastCharSearch!" \t\0\n\r\u0085\u2028\u2029"d search;
+
             for(;;)
             {
                 if(reader_.peek() == '#'){break;}
@@ -1405,9 +1408,8 @@ final class Scanner
                 for(;;)
                 {
                     c = reader_.peek(length);
-                    bool done = " \t\0\n\r\u0085\u2028\u2029"d.canFind(c) || 
-                                (flowLevel_ == 0 && c == ':' && 
-                                " \t\0\n\r\u0085\u2028\u2029"d.canFind(reader_.peek(length + 1))) ||
+                    bool done = search.canFind(c) || (flowLevel_ == 0 && c == ':' && 
+                                search.canFind(reader_.peek(length + 1))) ||
                                 (flowLevel_ > 0 && ",:?[]{}"d.canFind(c));
                     if(done){break;}
                     ++length;
@@ -1415,7 +1417,7 @@ final class Scanner
 
                 //It's not clear what we should do with ':' in the flow context.
                 if(flowLevel_ > 0 && c == ':' &&
-                   !" \t\0\n\r\u0085\u2028\u2029"d.canFind(reader_.peek(length + 1)) &&
+                   !search.canFind(reader_.peek(length + 1)) &&
                    !",[]{}"d.canFind(reader_.peek(length + 1)))
                 {
                     reader_.forward(length);
@@ -1606,7 +1608,7 @@ final class Scanner
          *   '\r\n'      :   '\n'
          *   '\r'        :   '\n'
          *   '\n'        :   '\n'
-         *   '\u0085'      :   '\n'
+         *   '\u0085'    :   '\n'
          *   '\u2028'    :   '\u2028'
          *   '\u2029     :   '\u2029'
          *   no break    :   '\0'
@@ -1615,13 +1617,13 @@ final class Scanner
         {
             const c = reader_.peek();
 
-            if("\r\n\u0085"d.canFind(c))
+            if(c == '\n' || c == '\r' || c == '\u0085')
             {
                 if(reader_.prefix(2) == "\r\n"d){reader_.forward(2);}
                 else{reader_.forward();}
                 return '\n';
             }
-            if("\u2028\u2029"d.canFind(c))
+            if(c == '\u2028' || c == '\u2029')
             {
                 reader_.forward();
                 return c;