--- a/ipc/ipdl/ipdl/lower.py
+++ b/ipc/ipdl/ipdl/lower.py
@@ -4,17 +4,17 @@
 
 import os, re, sys
 from copy import deepcopy
 from collections import OrderedDict
 
 import ipdl.ast
 import ipdl.builtin
 from ipdl.cxx.ast import *
-from ipdl.type import Actor, ActorType, ProcessGraph, TypeVisitor, builtinHeaderIncludes
+from ipdl.type import ActorType, ProcessGraph, TypeVisitor, builtinHeaderIncludes
 
 ##-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 ## "Public" interface to lowering
 ##
 class LowerToCxx:
     def lower(self, tu):
         '''returns |[ header: File ], [ cpp : File ]| representing the
 lowered form of |tu|'''
@@ -573,20 +573,20 @@ def _cxxConstPtrToType(ipdltype, side):
         t.ptr = 0
         t.ptrconstptr = 1
         return t
     t.const = 1
     t.ptr = 1
     return t
 
 def _allocMethod(ptype, side):
-    return ExprVar('Alloc'+ str(Actor(ptype, side)))
+    return ExprVar('Alloc' + ptype.name() + side.title())
 
 def _deallocMethod(ptype, side):
-    return ExprVar('Dealloc'+ str(Actor(ptype, side)))
+    return ExprVar('Dealloc' + ptype.name() + side.title())
 
 ##
 ## A _HybridDecl straddles IPDL and C++ decls.  It knows which C++
 ## types correspond to which IPDL types, and it also knows how
 ## serialize and deserialize "special" IPDL C++ types.
 ##
 class _HybridDecl:
     """A hybrid decl stores both an IPDL type and all the C++ type