Issue 1:
I see my error here, but to support rust I will submit this bug as requested.

MacBookPro - OSX 10.10 - x64 intel -

Fresh log v0.2.1
Fresh libc v0.1.1
Fresh bitflags v0.1.0
Fresh gcc v0.1.7
Fresh unsafe-any v0.2.1
Fresh rustc-serialize v0.2.10
Fresh pkg-config v0.1.7
Fresh matches v0.1.2
Fresh mucell v0.1.12
Fresh unicase v0.0.3
Fresh mime v0.0.7
Fresh url v0.2.17
Fresh time v0.1.15
Fresh openssl-sys v0.2.18
Fresh openssl v0.2.18
Fresh cookie v0.1.9
Fresh hyper v0.1.9
Fresh websocket v0.10.3

Compiling testlib v0.0.1 (file:///Users/scott/repos/test_app)

Running rustc src/main.rs --crate-name test_app --crate-type bin -g --out-dir /Users/scott/repos/test_app/target --emit=dep-info,link -L dependency=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target -L dependency=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/deps --extern rustc-serialize=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/deps/librustc-serialize-181d5959361aa206.rlib --extern websocket=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/deps/libwebsocket-e2d678e8a9089abd.rlib --extern livesocket=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/libtestlib-b1f31b9645bad55b.rlib -L native=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/build/time-2215e3ac75eaa2c7/out

src/main.rs:19:16: 19:25 error: parenthesized parameters may only be used with a trait [E0214]

src/main.rs:19 let words: Vec(&str) = input.words().collect();

src/main.rs:19:19: 19:25 error: associated type bindings are not allowed here [E0229]

src/main.rs:19 let words: Vec(&str) = input.words().collect();

^~~~~~

error: internal compiler error: unexpected panic

note: the compiler unexpectedly panicked. this is a bug.

note: we would appreciate a bug report: http://doc.rust-lang.org/complement-bugreport.html

note: run with RUST_BACKTRACE=1 for a backtrace

thread 'rustc' panicked at 'assertion failed: !generic_bounds.has_escaping_regions()', /Users/rustbuild/src/rust-buildbot/slave/nightly-dist-rustc-mac/build/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs:1826

stack backtrace:

1: 0x109d28947 - sys::backtrace::write::he402374d097c734cvbu

2: 0x109d4edfc - failure::on_fail::hed9b34e067ca7da1qbB

3: 0x109cb0208 - rt::unwind::begin_unwind_inner::h7c63803321d7204cmTA

4: 0x10687d94c - rt::unwind::begin_unwind::h8602087355689510853

5: 0x1068daaa0 - check::FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx>::add_obligations_for_parameters::h7f082a14921c02246Nm

6: 0x10691b4d3 - check::wf::BoundsChecker<'cx, 'tcx>.TypeFolder<'tcx>::fold_ty::ha55680a6ab46ecc2Fxj

7: 0x10693b9e5 - check::GatherLocalsVisitor<'a, 'tcx>.Visitor<'v>::visit_local::hd09d95956c7da86886k

8: 0x106922286 - check::check_fn::h4985f8d75a08ff763dl

9: 0x10693a77f - check::check_bare_fn::h995c71688f4975c3v3k

10: 0x106932287 - check::check_item::ha4b08dad0c8499ae8ll

11: 0x106a01cf3 - check_crate::closure.32081

12: 0x1069fd24f - check_crate::h89c36ac38cf567e2DNy

13: 0x1063c316b - driver::phase_3_run_analysis_passes::h5a89a1160de7ae6eNFa

14: 0x1063a96dc - driver::compile_input::h4f8de4738327a360Bba

15: 0x106471c9e - run_compiler::hfa201cb78154d87an9b

16: 0x10646edaf - thunk::F.Invoke<A, R>::invoke::h11184981586525590284

17: 0x10646da40 - rt::unwind::try::try_fn::h2812590929445923530

18: 0x109dc52a9 - rust_try_inner

19: 0x109dc5296 - rust_try

20: 0x10646e104 - thunk::F.Invoke<A, R>::invoke::h9675590542894749928

21: 0x109d394b3 - sys:🧵:thread_start::h63de676196642ba2J3w

22: 0x7fff9a7b12fc - _pthread_body

23: 0x7fff9a7b1279 - _pthread_body

Could not compile test_app.

Caused by:

Process didn't exit successfully: rustc src/main.rs --crate-name test_app --crate-type bin -g --out-dir /Users/scott/repos/test_app/target --emit=dep-info,link -L dependency=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target -L dependency=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/deps --extern rustc-serialize=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/deps/librustc-serialize-181d5959361aa206.rlib --extern websocket=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/deps/libwebsocket-e2d678e8a9089abd.rlib --extern testlib=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/libtestlib-b1f31b9645bad55b.rlib -L native=/Users/scott/repos/test_app/target/build/time-2215e3ac75eaa2c7/out (status=101)

Issue 2:
Minimal example to reproduce (using parenthesis instead of <> ):

fn main() {
let v: Vec(&str) = vec!['1','2'];
}

~/D/s/o/test-rs git:master ❯❯❯ RUST_BACKTRACE=1 rustc src/main.rs
src/main.rs:2:12: 2:21 error: parenthesized parameters may only be used with a trait [E0214]
src/main.rs:2 let v: Vec(&str) = vec!['1','2'];
^~~~~~~~~
src/main.rs:2:15: 2:21 error: associated type bindings are not allowed here [E0229]
src/main.rs:2 let v: Vec(&str) = vec!['1','2'];
^~~~~~
error: internal compiler error: unexpected panic
note: the compiler unexpectedly panicked. this is a bug.
note: we would appreciate a bug report: https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#bug-reports
note: run with `RUST_BACKTRACE=1` for a backtrace
thread 'rustc' panicked at 'assertion failed: !predicates.has_escaping_regions()', /Users/rustbuild/src/rust-buildbot/slave/nightly-dist-rustc-mac/build/src/librustc_typeck/check/mod.rs:1887

stack backtrace:
1: 0x103b1725b - sys::backtrace::write::hf72be5f813c90d15u5C
2: 0x103b42918 - panicking::on_panic::h357b9ffd8bc8f79dSWI
3: 0x103a5f7f7 - rt::unwind::begin_unwind_inner::h12b438ebbd8042edUFI
4: 0x100184bbf - rt::unwind::begin_unwind::h4407626155523256809
5: 0x1001f01b1 - check::FnCtxt<'a, 'tcx>::add_obligations_for_parameters::hedc68c4e9f8bb7eaR3o
6: 0x1002348de - check::wf::BoundsChecker<'cx, 'tcx>.TypeFolder<'tcx>::fold_ty::h81005dd8c26ce0f4dxl
7: 0x100259d85 - check::GatherLocalsVisitor<'a, 'tcx>.Visitor<'tcx>::visit_local::hbbae7f527d661f07Jln
8: 0x10023d4d5 - check::check_fn::h1d6196fc5f338991ssn
9: 0x1002583ef - check::check_bare_fn::h866934e1757608268hn
10: 0x100250650 - check::check_item::h403800fd4efc7443MAn
11: 0x100328962 - check_crate::closure.36029
12: 0x1003235ca - check_crate::hae957740b683eaa4IhC
13: 0x10005b6e7 - driver::phase_3_run_analysis_passes::hdf5ccffdc8a743bcsGa
14: 0x100041f96 - driver::compile_input::h7fdf739785f6d9d4Rba
15: 0x1001027d3 - run_compiler::hb484336e43423a0fv2b
16: 0x1001002f5 - thunk::F.Invoke<A, R>::invoke::h11654417678186204529
17: 0x1000ff6b7 - rt::unwind::try::try_fn::h10741634765121132143
18: 0x103bc6f68 - rust_try_inner
19: 0x103bc6f55 - rust_try
20: 0x1000ffa55 - thunk::F.Invoke<A, R>::invoke::h13457747256212984027
21: 0x103b2d83d - sys::thread::create::thread_start::h937519545136f3ecJBH
22: 0x7fff94a06267 - _pthread_body
23: 0x7fff94a061e4 - _pthread_start

rustc --version
rustc 1.0.0-nightly (f4e0ce66a 2015-03-19) (built 2015-03-20)