diff --git a/src/OSC.jl b/src/OSC.jl
index f7e6970..4044744 100644
--- a/src/OSC.jl
+++ b/src/OSC.jl
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ macro incfp(x) quote begin
             gensym_
 end end end
 
-type OscMsg
+struct OscMsg
     data::Array{UInt8}
 end
 
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ function rtosc_argument(msg::OscMsg, idx::Int)
                 return t
             end
         elseif typeChar in "f"
-            return reinterpret(Float32,msg.data[arg_pos+(3:-1:0)])[1]
+            return read(IOBuffer(msg.data[arg_pos+(3:-1:0)]), Float32)
         elseif typeChar in "rci"
             i::UInt32 = 0
             i |= (UInt32(msg.data[@incfp(arg_pos)]) << 24)
@@ -323,12 +323,12 @@ function showField(io::IO, msg::OscMsg, arg_id)
            'm' :Midi;
            'T' true;
            'F' false;
+           'I' Inf;
            'N' Void]
     dict = Dict{Char, Any}(zip(Vector{Char}(map[:,1][:]),map[:,2][:]))
-    dict['I'] = Inf
     typeChar::Char = argType(msg, arg_id)
     value = msg[arg_id]
-    if issubtype(typeof(value), Array)
+    if typeof(value) <: Array
         value = value'
     end
     @printf(io, "    #%2d %c:", arg_id, typeChar)
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index e6fb14f..392fca1 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -23,11 +23,11 @@ test_type = length(ARGS) == 1 ? ARGS[1] : "ALL"
 
 #buffer = Array(UInt8,1024)
 #buf_size = rtosc_amessage(buffer, 1024, "/random/address", "sif",
-#                          "string", 0xdeadbeef, float32(12.0))
+#                          "string", 0xdeadbeef, Float32(12.0))
 #println()
 ##println(buffer)
 #println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), buffer[1:buf_size])...))
-#println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:buf_size])...))
+#println(string(map(x->(isprint(Char(x&0x7f)) ? string(Char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:buf_size])...))
 #println("argument string is=", rtosc_argument_string(buffer))
 #
 #println("arg 0=", rtosc_argument(buffer, 0))
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ function test_it_fat()
     show(msg)
 
     #println(string(map(x->(hex(x,2)), buffer[1:len])...))
-    #println(string(map(x->(isprint(char(x&0x7f)) ? string(char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:len])...))
+    #println(string(map(x->(isprint(Char(x&0x7f)) ? string(Char(x&0x7f)," ") : ". "), buffer[1:len])...))
     #println("argument string is=", rtosc_argument_string(buffer))
 
     @test msg[1]  == i