diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java
index 3b8921768..7cea3f879 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/threerings/presents/dobj/DSet.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
 package com.threerings.presents.dobj;
 
 import java.util.AbstractSet;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.ConcurrentModificationException;
 import java.util.Iterator;
@@ -280,14 +281,15 @@ public class DSet<E extends DSet.Entry>
     }
 
     /**
-     * Copies the elements of this distributed set into the supplied array. If the array is not
-     * large enough to hold all of the elements, as many as fit into the array will be copied. If
-     * the <code>array</code> argument is null, an object array of sufficient size to contain all
-     * of the elements of this set will be created and returned.
-     *
-     * @deprecated use {@link #clone} or add this to an ArrayList. Arrays are an untypesafe
-     * quagmire.
+     * Copies the elements of this distributed set into a newly created {@link ArrayList}.
      */
+    public ArrayList<E> toArrayList () {
+        ArrayList<E> list = new ArrayList<E>(size());
+        for (E elem : this) list.add(elem);
+        return list;
+    }
+
+    /** @deprecated use {@link #clone} or {@link #toArrayList}. */
     @Deprecated
     public E[] toArray (E[] array)
     {
@@ -299,10 +301,7 @@ public class DSet<E extends DSet.Entry>
         return array;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * @deprecated use {@link #clone} or add this to an ArrayList. Arrays are an untypesafe
-     * quagmire.
-     */
+    /** @deprecated use {@link #clone} or {@link #toArrayList}. */
     @Deprecated
     public Object[] toArray (Object[] array)
     {