diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h b/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h
index 8dc593174..62c73f1a9 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/DenseBase.h
@@ -281,29 +281,6 @@ template<typename Derived> class DenseBase
   public:
 #endif
 
-    typedef VectorBlock<Derived> SegmentReturnType;
-    typedef const VectorBlock<const Derived> ConstSegmentReturnType;
-    template<int Size> struct FixedSegmentReturnType { typedef VectorBlock<Derived, Size> Type; };
-    template<int Size> struct ConstFixedSegmentReturnType { typedef const VectorBlock<const Derived, Size> Type; };
-    
-    // Note: The "DenseBase::" prefixes are added to help MSVC9 to match these declarations with the later implementations.
-    SegmentReturnType segment(Index start, Index size);
-    typename DenseBase::ConstSegmentReturnType segment(Index start, Index size) const;
-
-    SegmentReturnType head(Index size);
-    typename DenseBase::ConstSegmentReturnType head(Index size) const;
-
-    SegmentReturnType tail(Index size);
-    typename DenseBase::ConstSegmentReturnType tail(Index size) const;
-
-    template<int Size> typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type head();
-    template<int Size> typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type head() const;
-
-    template<int Size> typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type tail();
-    template<int Size> typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type tail() const;
-
-    template<int Size> typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type segment(Index start);
-    template<int Size> typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type segment(Index start) const;
 
     static const ConstantReturnType
     Constant(Index rows, Index cols, const Scalar& value);
diff --git a/Eigen/src/Core/VectorBlock.h b/Eigen/src/Core/VectorBlock.h
index d0526dc95..1a7330f3c 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/Core/VectorBlock.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/Core/VectorBlock.h
@@ -90,195 +90,6 @@ template<typename VectorType, int Size> class VectorBlock
 };
 
 
-/** \returns a dynamic-size expression of a segment (i.e. a vector block) in *this.
-  *
-  * \only_for_vectors
-  *
-  * \param start the first coefficient in the segment
-  * \param size the number of coefficients in the segment
-  *
-  * Example: \include MatrixBase_segment_int_int.cpp
-  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_segment_int_int.out
-  *
-  * \note Even though the returned expression has dynamic size, in the case
-  * when it is applied to a fixed-size vector, it inherits a fixed maximal size,
-  * which means that evaluating it does not cause a dynamic memory allocation.
-  *
-  * \sa class Block, segment(Index)
-  */
-template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::SegmentReturnType
-DenseBase<Derived>::segment(Index start, Index vecSize)
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return SegmentReturnType(derived(), start, vecSize);
-}
-
-/** This is the const version of segment(Index,Index).*/
-template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::ConstSegmentReturnType
-DenseBase<Derived>::segment(Index start, Index vecSize) const
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return ConstSegmentReturnType(derived(), start, vecSize);
-}
-
-/** \returns a dynamic-size expression of the first coefficients of *this.
-  *
-  * \only_for_vectors
-  *
-  * \param size the number of coefficients in the block
-  *
-  * Example: \include MatrixBase_start_int.cpp
-  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_start_int.out
-  *
-  * \note Even though the returned expression has dynamic size, in the case
-  * when it is applied to a fixed-size vector, it inherits a fixed maximal size,
-  * which means that evaluating it does not cause a dynamic memory allocation.
-  *
-  * \sa class Block, block(Index,Index)
-  */
-template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::SegmentReturnType
-DenseBase<Derived>::head(Index vecsize)
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return SegmentReturnType(derived(), 0, vecsize);
-}
-
-/** This is the const version of head(Index).*/
-template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::ConstSegmentReturnType
-DenseBase<Derived>::head(Index vecSize) const
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return ConstSegmentReturnType(derived(), 0, vecSize);
-}
-
-/** \returns a dynamic-size expression of the last coefficients of *this.
-  *
-  * \only_for_vectors
-  *
-  * \param size the number of coefficients in the block
-  *
-  * Example: \include MatrixBase_end_int.cpp
-  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_end_int.out
-  *
-  * \note Even though the returned expression has dynamic size, in the case
-  * when it is applied to a fixed-size vector, it inherits a fixed maximal size,
-  * which means that evaluating it does not cause a dynamic memory allocation.
-  *
-  * \sa class Block, block(Index,Index)
-  */
-template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::SegmentReturnType
-DenseBase<Derived>::tail(Index vecSize)
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return SegmentReturnType(derived(), this->size() - vecSize, vecSize);
-}
-
-/** This is the const version of tail(Index).*/
-template<typename Derived>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::ConstSegmentReturnType
-DenseBase<Derived>::tail(Index vecSize) const
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return ConstSegmentReturnType(derived(), this->size() - vecSize, vecSize);
-}
-
-/** \returns a fixed-size expression of a segment (i.e. a vector block) in \c *this
-  *
-  * \only_for_vectors
-  *
-  * The template parameter \a Size is the number of coefficients in the block
-  *
-  * \param start the index of the first element of the sub-vector
-  *
-  * Example: \include MatrixBase_template_int_segment.cpp
-  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_template_int_segment.out
-  *
-  * \sa class Block
-  */
-template<typename Derived>
-template<int Size>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::template FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type
-DenseBase<Derived>::segment(Index start)
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), start);
-}
-
-/** This is the const version of segment<int>(Index).*/
-template<typename Derived>
-template<int Size>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::template ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type
-DenseBase<Derived>::segment(Index start) const
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), start);
-}
-
-/** \returns a fixed-size expression of the first coefficients of *this.
-  *
-  * \only_for_vectors
-  *
-  * The template parameter \a Size is the number of coefficients in the block
-  *
-  * Example: \include MatrixBase_template_int_start.cpp
-  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_template_int_start.out
-  *
-  * \sa class Block
-  */
-template<typename Derived>
-template<int Size>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::template FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type
-DenseBase<Derived>::head()
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), 0);
-}
-
-/** This is the const version of head<int>().*/
-template<typename Derived>
-template<int Size>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::template ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type
-DenseBase<Derived>::head() const
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), 0);
-}
-
-/** \returns a fixed-size expression of the last coefficients of *this.
-  *
-  * \only_for_vectors
-  *
-  * The template parameter \a Size is the number of coefficients in the block
-  *
-  * Example: \include MatrixBase_template_int_end.cpp
-  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_template_int_end.out
-  *
-  * \sa class Block
-  */
-template<typename Derived>
-template<int Size>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::template FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type
-DenseBase<Derived>::tail()
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), size() - Size);
-}
-
-/** This is the const version of tail<int>.*/
-template<typename Derived>
-template<int Size>
-inline typename DenseBase<Derived>::template ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type
-DenseBase<Derived>::tail() const
-{
-  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
-  return typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), size() - Size);
-}
-
 } // end namespace Eigen
 
 #endif // EIGEN_VECTORBLOCK_H
diff --git a/Eigen/src/plugins/BlockMethods.h b/Eigen/src/plugins/BlockMethods.h
index fa90a289f..3414c1dd1 100644
--- a/Eigen/src/plugins/BlockMethods.h
+++ b/Eigen/src/plugins/BlockMethods.h
@@ -30,6 +30,10 @@ template<int N> struct ConstNColsBlockXpr { typedef const Block<const Derived, i
 template<int N> struct NRowsBlockXpr { typedef Block<Derived, N, internal::traits<Derived>::ColsAtCompileTime, IsRowMajor> Type; };
 template<int N> struct ConstNRowsBlockXpr { typedef const Block<const Derived, N, internal::traits<Derived>::ColsAtCompileTime, IsRowMajor> Type; };
 
+typedef VectorBlock<Derived> SegmentReturnType;
+typedef const VectorBlock<const Derived> ConstSegmentReturnType;
+template<int Size> struct FixedSegmentReturnType { typedef VectorBlock<Derived, Size> Type; };
+template<int Size> struct ConstFixedSegmentReturnType { typedef const VectorBlock<const Derived, Size> Type; };
 
 #endif // not EIGEN_PARSED_BY_DOXYGEN
 
@@ -574,3 +578,170 @@ inline ConstRowXpr row(Index i) const
 {
   return ConstRowXpr(derived(), i);
 }
+
+/** \returns a dynamic-size expression of a segment (i.e. a vector block) in *this.
+  *
+  * \only_for_vectors
+  *
+  * \param start the first coefficient in the segment
+  * \param size the number of coefficients in the segment
+  *
+  * Example: \include MatrixBase_segment_int_int.cpp
+  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_segment_int_int.out
+  *
+  * \note Even though the returned expression has dynamic size, in the case
+  * when it is applied to a fixed-size vector, it inherits a fixed maximal size,
+  * which means that evaluating it does not cause a dynamic memory allocation.
+  *
+  * \sa class Block, segment(Index)
+  */
+inline SegmentReturnType segment(Index start, Index vecSize)
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return SegmentReturnType(derived(), start, vecSize);
+}
+
+
+/** This is the const version of segment(Index,Index).*/
+inline ConstSegmentReturnType segment(Index start, Index vecSize) const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return ConstSegmentReturnType(derived(), start, vecSize);
+}
+
+/** \returns a dynamic-size expression of the first coefficients of *this.
+  *
+  * \only_for_vectors
+  *
+  * \param size the number of coefficients in the block
+  *
+  * Example: \include MatrixBase_start_int.cpp
+  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_start_int.out
+  *
+  * \note Even though the returned expression has dynamic size, in the case
+  * when it is applied to a fixed-size vector, it inherits a fixed maximal size,
+  * which means that evaluating it does not cause a dynamic memory allocation.
+  *
+  * \sa class Block, block(Index,Index)
+  */
+inline SegmentReturnType head(Index vecsize)
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return SegmentReturnType(derived(), 0, vecsize);
+}
+
+/** This is the const version of head(Index).*/
+inline ConstSegmentReturnType
+  head(Index vecSize) const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return ConstSegmentReturnType(derived(), 0, vecSize);
+}
+
+/** \returns a dynamic-size expression of the last coefficients of *this.
+  *
+  * \only_for_vectors
+  *
+  * \param size the number of coefficients in the block
+  *
+  * Example: \include MatrixBase_end_int.cpp
+  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_end_int.out
+  *
+  * \note Even though the returned expression has dynamic size, in the case
+  * when it is applied to a fixed-size vector, it inherits a fixed maximal size,
+  * which means that evaluating it does not cause a dynamic memory allocation.
+  *
+  * \sa class Block, block(Index,Index)
+  */
+inline SegmentReturnType tail(Index vecSize)
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return SegmentReturnType(derived(), this->size() - vecSize, vecSize);
+}
+
+/** This is the const version of tail(Index).*/
+inline ConstSegmentReturnType tail(Index vecSize) const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return ConstSegmentReturnType(derived(), this->size() - vecSize, vecSize);
+}
+
+/** \returns a fixed-size expression of a segment (i.e. a vector block) in \c *this
+  *
+  * \only_for_vectors
+  *
+  * The template parameter \a Size is the number of coefficients in the block
+  *
+  * \param start the index of the first element of the sub-vector
+  *
+  * Example: \include MatrixBase_template_int_segment.cpp
+  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_template_int_segment.out
+  *
+  * \sa class Block
+  */
+template<int Size>
+inline typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type segment(Index start)
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), start);
+}
+
+/** This is the const version of segment<int>(Index).*/
+template<int Size>
+inline typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type segment(Index start) const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), start);
+}
+
+/** \returns a fixed-size expression of the first coefficients of *this.
+  *
+  * \only_for_vectors
+  *
+  * The template parameter \a Size is the number of coefficients in the block
+  *
+  * Example: \include MatrixBase_template_int_start.cpp
+  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_template_int_start.out
+  *
+  * \sa class Block
+  */
+template<int Size>
+inline typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type head()
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), 0);
+}
+
+/** This is the const version of head<int>().*/
+template<int Size>
+inline typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type head() const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), 0);
+}
+
+/** \returns a fixed-size expression of the last coefficients of *this.
+  *
+  * \only_for_vectors
+  *
+  * The template parameter \a Size is the number of coefficients in the block
+  *
+  * Example: \include MatrixBase_template_int_end.cpp
+  * Output: \verbinclude MatrixBase_template_int_end.out
+  *
+  * \sa class Block
+  */
+template<int Size>
+inline typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type tail()
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return typename FixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), size() - Size);
+}
+
+/** This is the const version of tail<int>.*/
+template<int Size>
+inline typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type tail() const
+{
+  EIGEN_STATIC_ASSERT_VECTOR_ONLY(Derived)
+  return typename ConstFixedSegmentReturnType<Size>::Type(derived(), size() - Size);
+}