diff --git a/base/array.jl b/base/array.jl
index fb34506ee77185..90cb154a41454a 100644
--- a/base/array.jl
+++ b/base/array.jl
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ typealias Vector{T} Array{T,1}
 typealias Matrix{T} Array{T,2}
 typealias VecOrMat{T} Union(Vector{T}, Matrix{T})
 
-typealias StridedArray{T,N,A<:Array}  Union(Array{T,N}, SubArray{T,N,A})
-typealias StridedVector{T,A<:Array}   Union(Vector{T} , SubArray{T,1,A})
-typealias StridedMatrix{T,A<:Array}   Union(Matrix{T} , SubArray{T,2,A})
+typealias StridedArray{T,N,A<:DenseArray} Union(DenseArray{T,N}, SubArray{T,N,A})
+typealias StridedVector{T,A<:DenseArray}  Union(DenseArray{T,1}, SubArray{T,1,A})
+typealias StridedMatrix{T,A<:DenseArray}  Union(DenseArray{T,2}, SubArray{T,2,A})
 typealias StridedVecOrMat{T} Union(StridedVector{T}, StridedMatrix{T})
 
 ## Basic functions ##
diff --git a/contrib/julia-mode.el b/contrib/julia-mode.el
index 1fa1271b8dbce8..3502285ea87614 100644
--- a/contrib/julia-mode.el
+++ b/contrib/julia-mode.el
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
 ].* \\(in\\)\\(\\s-\\|$\\)+")
 
 (defconst julia-font-lock-keywords
-  (list '("\\<\\(\\|Uint\\(8\\|16\\|32\\|64\\|128\\)\\|Int\\(8\\|16\\|32\\|64\\|128\\)\\|BigInt\\|Integer\\|BigFloat\\|FloatingPoint\\|Float16\\|Float32\\|Float64\\|Complex128\\|Complex64\\|ComplexPair\\|Bool\\|Char\\|Number\\|Real\\|Int\\|Uint\\|Array\\|DArray\\|AbstractArray\\|AbstractVector\\|AbstractMatrix\\|AbstractSparseMatrix\\|SubArray\\|StridedArray\\|StridedVector\\|StridedMatrix\\|VecOrMat\\|StridedVecOrMat\\|Range\\|Range1\\|SparseMatrixCSC\\|Tuple\\|NTuple\\|Symbol\\|Function\\|Vector\\|Matrix\\|Union\\|Type\\|Any\\|Complex\\|None\\|String\\|Ptr\\|Void\\|Exception\\|Task\\|Signed\\|Unsigned\\|Associative\\|Dict\\|IO\\|IOStream\\|Ranges\\|Rational\\|Regex\\|RegexMatch\\|Set\\|IntSet\\|ASCIIString\\|UTF8String\\|ByteString\\|Expr\\|WeakRef\\|Nothing\\|ObjectIdDict\\|SubString\\)\\>" .
+  (list '("\\<\\(\\|Uint\\(8\\|16\\|32\\|64\\|128\\)\\|Int\\(8\\|16\\|32\\|64\\|128\\)\\|BigInt\\|Integer\\|BigFloat\\|FloatingPoint\\|Float16\\|Float32\\|Float64\\|Complex128\\|Complex64\\|ComplexPair\\|Bool\\|Char\\|Number\\|Real\\|Int\\|Uint\\|Array\\|DArray\\|AbstractArray\\|AbstractVector\\|AbstractMatrix\\|AbstractSparseMatrix\\|SubArray\\|StridedArray\\|StridedVector\\|StridedMatrix\\|VecOrMat\\|StridedVecOrMat\\|StoredArray\\|DenseArray\\|Range\\|Range1\\|SparseMatrixCSC\\|Tuple\\|NTuple\\|Symbol\\|Function\\|Vector\\|Matrix\\|Union\\|Type\\|Any\\|Complex\\|None\\|String\\|Ptr\\|Void\\|Exception\\|Task\\|Signed\\|Unsigned\\|Associative\\|Dict\\|IO\\|IOStream\\|Ranges\\|Rational\\|Regex\\|RegexMatch\\|Set\\|IntSet\\|ASCIIString\\|UTF8String\\|ByteString\\|Expr\\|WeakRef\\|Nothing\\|ObjectIdDict\\|SubString\\)\\>" .
       font-lock-type-face)
     (cons
      (concat "\\<\\("