diff --git a/examples/commits/app.js b/examples/commits/app.js
index b8539949..e240fd05 100644
--- a/examples/commits/app.js
+++ b/examples/commits/app.js
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ var demo = new Vue({
       xhr.open('GET', apiURL + self.currentBranch)
       xhr.onload = function () {
         self.commits = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText)
+        console.log(self.commits[0].html_url)
       }
       xhr.send()
     }
   }
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/examples/commits/index.html b/examples/commits/index.html
index f4cbbef1..af180177 100644
--- a/examples/commits/index.html
+++ b/examples/commits/index.html
@@ -23,24 +23,24 @@
   <body>
     <div id="demo">
       <h1>Latest Vue.js Commits</h1>
-      <template v-repeat="b:branches">
+      <template v-for="branch in branches">
         <input type="radio"
           name="branch"
-          id="{{*b}}"
-          value="{{*b}}"
+          id="{{branch}}"
+          value="{{branch}}"
           v-model="currentBranch">
-        <label for="{{*b}}">{{*b}}</label>
+        <label for="{{branch}}">{{branch}}</label>
       </template>
       <p>yyx990803/vue@{{currentBranch}}</p>
       <ul>
-        <li v-repeat="commits">
-          <a href="{{html_url}}" target="_blank" class="commit">{{sha.slice(0, 7)}}</a>
-          - <span class="message">{{commit.message | truncate}}</span><br>
-          by <span class="author">{{commit.author.name}}</span>
-          at <span class="date">{{commit.author.date | formatDate}}</span>
+        <li v-for="record in commits">
+          <a href="{{record.html_url}}" target="_blank" class="commit">{{record.sha.slice(0, 7)}}</a>
+          - <span class="message">{{record.commit.message | truncate}}</span><br>
+          by <span class="author">{{record.commit.author.name}}</span>
+          at <span class="date">{{record.commit.author.date | formatDate}}</span>
         </li>
       </ul>
     </div>
     <script src="app.js"></script>
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/firebase/index.html b/examples/firebase/index.html
index 95a7936d..a78ee8ce 100644
--- a/examples/firebase/index.html
+++ b/examples/firebase/index.html
@@ -10,9 +10,9 @@
   <body>
     <div id="app">
       <ul>
-        <li class="user" v-repeat="users" v-transition>
-          <span>{{name}} - {{email}}</span>
-          <button v-on="click:removeUser(this)">X</button>
+        <li class="user" v-for="user in users" v-transition>
+          <span>{{user.name}} - {{user.email}}</span>
+          <button v-on="click:removeUser(user)">X</button>
         </li>
       </ul>
       <form id="form" v-on="submit:addUser">
diff --git a/examples/grid/index.html b/examples/grid/index.html
index 031ca510..106d783a 100644
--- a/examples/grid/index.html
+++ b/examples/grid/index.html
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
       <table>
         <thead>
           <tr>
-            <th v-repeat="key: columns"
+            <th v-for="key in columns"
               v-on="click:sortBy(key)"
               v-class="active: sortKey == key">
               {{key | capitalize}}
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@
           </tr>
         </thead>
         <tbody>
-          <tr v-repeat="
-            entry: data
+          <tr v-for="
+            entry in data
             | filterBy filterKey
             | orderBy sortKey reversed[sortKey]">
-            <td v-repeat="key: columns">
+            <td v-for="key in columns">
               {{entry[key]}}
             </td>
           </tr>
@@ -51,4 +51,4 @@
     <script src="grid.js"></script>
 
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/svg/index.html b/examples/svg/index.html
index da6ec331..091f8634 100644
--- a/examples/svg/index.html
+++ b/examples/svg/index.html
@@ -13,13 +13,18 @@
       <g>
         <polygon v-attr="points:points"></polygon>
         <circle cx="100" cy="100" r="80"></circle>
-        <axis-label v-repeat="stats"></axis-label>
+        <axis-label
+          v-for="stat in stats"
+          stat="{{stat}}"
+          index="{{$index}}"
+          total="{{stats.length}}">
+        </axis-label>
       </g>
     </script>
 
     <!-- template for the axis label component. -->
     <script type="text/x-template" id="axis-label-template">
-      <text v-attr="x:point.x, y:point.y">{{label}}</text>
+      <text v-attr="x:point.x, y:point.y">{{stat.label}}</text>
     </script>
 
     <!-- demo root element -->
@@ -29,11 +34,11 @@
         <polygraph stats="{{stats}}"></polygraph>
       </svg>
       <!-- controls -->
-      <div v-repeat="stats">
-        <label>{{label}}</label>
-        <input type="range" v-model="value" min="0" max="100">
-        <span>{{value}}</span>
-        <button v-on="click:remove(this)">X</button>
+      <div v-for="stat in stats">
+        <label>{{stat.label}}</label>
+        <input type="range" v-model="stat.value" min="0" max="100">
+        <span>{{stat.value}}</span>
+        <button v-on="click:remove(stat)">X</button>
       </div>
       <form id="add">
         <input name="newlabel" v-model="newLabel">
@@ -47,4 +52,4 @@
     <script src="svg.js"></script>
 
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/examples/svg/svg.js b/examples/svg/svg.js
index 3458d0f7..9c308705 100644
--- a/examples/svg/svg.js
+++ b/examples/svg/svg.js
@@ -26,14 +26,19 @@ Vue.component('polygraph', {
   components: {
     // a sub component for the labels
     'axis-label': {
+      props: {
+        stat: Object,
+        index: Number,
+        total: Number
+      },
       template: '#axis-label-template',
       replace: true,
       computed: {
         point: function () {
           return valueToPoint(
-            +this.value + 10,
-            this.$index,
-            this.$parent.stats.length
+            +this.stat.value + 10,
+            this.index,
+            this.total
           )
         }
       }
@@ -75,10 +80,10 @@ new Vue({
     },
     remove: function (stat) {
       if (this.stats.length > 3) {
-        this.stats.$remove(stat.$data)
+        this.stats.$remove(stat)
       } else {
         alert('Can\'t delete more!')
       }
     }
   }
-})
\ No newline at end of file
+})
diff --git a/examples/tree/index.html b/examples/tree/index.html
index 89a2bb73..c94be245 100644
--- a/examples/tree/index.html
+++ b/examples/tree/index.html
@@ -33,8 +33,7 @@
           <span v-if="isFolder">[{{open ? '-' : '+'}}]</span>
         </div>
         <ul v-show="open" v-if="isFolder">
-          <item class="item"
-            v-repeat="model: model.children">
+          <item class="item" v-for="model in model.children" model="{{model}}">
           </item>
           <li v-on="click: addChild">+</li>
         </ul>
@@ -53,4 +52,4 @@
     <!-- demo code -->
     <script src="tree.js"></script>
   </body>
-</html>
\ No newline at end of file
+</html>
diff --git a/src/compiler/compile.js b/src/compiler/compile.js
index 4e02e804..ae2e02ec 100644
--- a/src/compiler/compile.js
+++ b/src/compiler/compile.js
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ function makeNodeLinkFn (directives) {
       dir = directives[i]
       if (dir._link) {
         // custom link fn
-        dir._link(vm, el)
+        dir._link(vm, el, scope)
       } else {
         k = dir.descriptors.length
         for (j = 0; j < k; j++) {
@@ -597,10 +597,10 @@ function collectAttrDirective (name, value, options) {
     return {
       def: def,
       _link: allOneTime
-        ? function (vm, el, host, scope) {
+        ? function (vm, el, scope) {
             el.setAttribute(name, (scope || vm).$interpolate(value))
           }
-        : function (vm, el, host, scope) {
+        : function (vm, el, scope) {
             var exp = textParser.tokensToExp(tokens, (scope || vm))
             var desc = isClass
               ? dirParser.parse(exp)[0]
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ function collectAttrDirective (name, value, options) {
             if (isClass) {
               desc._rawClass = value
             }
-            vm._bindDir(dirName, el, desc, def, host, scope)
+            vm._bindDir(dirName, el, desc, def, null, scope)
           }
     }
   }
