diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.as b/src/as/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.as
index 4638d8aa7..5c2fb63d7 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/crowd/data/PlaceObject.as
@@ -192,7 +192,6 @@ public class PlaceObject extends DObject
     public override function readObject (ins :ObjectInputStream) :void
     {
         super.readObject(ins);
-        // TODO: this needs fixing!
         occupants = (ins.readObject() as OidList);
         occupantInfo = (ins.readObject() as DSet);
         speakService = (ins.readObject() as SpeakMarshaller);
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/io/Streamer.as b/src/as/com/threerings/io/Streamer.as
index 73b0c37e0..677745509 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/io/Streamer.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/io/Streamer.as
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package com.threerings.io {
 import flash.utils.ByteArray;
 
 import com.threerings.util.ClassUtil;
-import com.threerings.util.SimpleMap;
 
 import com.threerings.io.streamers.ArrayStreamer;
 import com.threerings.io.streamers.ByteStreamer;
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ public class Streamer
         if (_streamers == null) {
             _streamers = [
                 new StringStreamer(),
-                new ArrayStreamer("[Ljava.lang.Object;"),
+                new ArrayStreamer(),
                 new NumberStreamer(),
                 new ByteArrayStreamer(),
                 new ByteStreamer(),
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/io/streamers/ArrayStreamer.as b/src/as/com/threerings/io/streamers/ArrayStreamer.as
index 204d7217b..f2984ea53 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/io/streamers/ArrayStreamer.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/io/streamers/ArrayStreamer.as
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ import com.threerings.presents.Log;
  */
 public class ArrayStreamer extends Streamer
 {
-    public function ArrayStreamer (jname :String)
+    public function ArrayStreamer (jname :String = "[Ljava.lang.Object;")
     {
         super(TypedArray, jname);
 
diff --git a/src/as/com/threerings/util/Name.as b/src/as/com/threerings/util/Name.as
index e9fa18379..281304a10 100644
--- a/src/as/com/threerings/util/Name.as
+++ b/src/as/com/threerings/util/Name.as
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import com.threerings.io.ObjectOutputStream;
 import com.threerings.io.Streamable;
 
 public class Name extends Object
-    implements Equalable, Streamable
+    implements Hashable, Streamable
 {
     public function Name (name :String = "")
     {
@@ -37,13 +37,24 @@ public class Name extends Object
         return _name;
     }
 
-    // documentation inherited from interface Equalable
+    // documentation inherited from interface Hashable
     public function equals (other :Object) :Boolean
     {
         return (other is Name) &&
             (getNormal() === (other as Name).getNormal());
     }
 
+    // documentation inherited from interface Hashable
+    public function hashCode () :int
+    {
+        var norm :String = getNormal();
+        var hash :int = 0;
+        for (var ii :int = 0; ii < norm.length; ii++) {
+            hash = (hash << 1) ^ int(norm.charCodeAt(ii));
+        }
+        return hash;
+    }
+
     // documentation inherited from interface Streamable
     public function writeObject (out :ObjectOutputStream) :void
         //throws IOError