diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index ddf68cb..77fb458 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bincode"
-version = "0.8.0"
+version = "0.8.1"
 authors = ["Ty Overby <ty@pre-alpha.com>", "Francesco Mazzoli <f@mazzo.li>", "David Tolnay <dtolnay@gmail.com>", "Daniel Griffen"]
 
 repository = "https://github.com/TyOverby/bincode"
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ description = "A binary serialization / deserialization strategy that uses Serde
 
 [dependencies]
 byteorder = "1.0.0"
-num-traits = "0.1.32"
 serde = "1.*.*"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b37d430..cbfff19 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -10,13 +10,14 @@ A compact encoder / decoder pair that uses a binary zero-fluff encoding scheme.
 The size of the encoded object will be the same or smaller than the size that
 the object takes up in memory in a running Rust program.
 
-In addition to exposing two simple functions that encode to Vec<u8> and decode
-from Vec<u8>, binary-encode exposes a Reader/Writer API that makes it work
+In addition to exposing two simple functions
+(one that encodes to `Vec<u8>`, and one that decodes from `&[u8]`),
+binary-encode exposes a Reader/Writer API that makes it work
 perfectly with other stream-based apis such as rust files, network streams,
 and the [flate2-rs](https://github.com/alexcrichton/flate2-rs) compression
 library.
 
-## [Api Documentation](http://tyoverby.github.io/bincode/bincode/)
+## [Api Documentation](http://docs.rs/bincode/)
 
 ## Bincode in the wild
 
@@ -32,13 +33,13 @@ extern crate bincode;
 
 use bincode::{serialize, deserialize, Infinite};
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
 struct Entity {
     x: f32,
     y: f32,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
 struct World(Vec<Entity>);
 
 fn main() {
@@ -51,7 +52,7 @@ fn main() {
 
     let decoded: World = deserialize(&encoded[..]).unwrap();
 
-    assert!(world == decoded);
+    assert_eq!(world, decoded);
 }
 ```
 
@@ -67,7 +68,7 @@ then the contents.
 However, there are some implementation details to be aware of:
 
 * `isize`/`usize` are encoded as `i64`/`u64`, for portability.
-* enums variants are encoded as a `u32` instead of a `uint`.
+* enums variants are encoded as a `u32` instead of a `usize`.
   `u32` is enough for all practical uses.
 * `str` is encoded as `(u64, &[u8])`, where the `u64` is the number of
   bytes contained in the encoded string.
diff --git a/examples/basic.rs b/examples/basic.rs
index 28c8b61..1632d75 100644
--- a/examples/basic.rs
+++ b/examples/basic.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,13 @@ extern crate bincode;
 
 use bincode::{serialize, deserialize, Infinite};
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
 struct Entity {
     x: f32,
     y: f32,
 }
 
-#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Serialize, Deserialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
 struct World(Vec<Entity>);
 
 fn main() {
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ fn main() {
 
     let encoded: Vec<u8> = serialize(&world, Infinite).unwrap();
 
-    // 8 bytes for the length of the vector, 4 bytes per float.
+    // 8 bytes for the length of the vector (usize), 4 bytes per float.
     assert_eq!(encoded.len(), 8 + 4 * 4);
 
     let decoded: World = deserialize(&encoded[..]).unwrap();
 
-    assert!(world == decoded);
+    assert_eq!(world, decoded);
 }
diff --git a/src/de/mod.rs b/src/de/mod.rs
index b98be7e..ec3cb17 100644
--- a/src/de/mod.rs
+++ b/src/de/mod.rs
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ where R: BincodeRead<'de>, S: SizeLimit, E: ByteOrder {
     fn deserialize_any<V>(self, _visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value>
         where V: serde::de::Visitor<'de>,
     {
-        let message = "bincode does not support Deserializer::deserialize";
+        let message = "bincode does not support Deserializer::deserialize_any";
         Err(Error::custom(message))
     }
 
diff --git a/src/de/read.rs b/src/de/read.rs
index c22ee23..87aa304 100644
--- a/src/de/read.rs
+++ b/src/de/read.rs
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-use std::io::{Read as IoRead, Result as IoResult, Error as IoError, ErrorKind as IoErrorKind};
+use std::io;
 use ::Result;
 use serde_crate as serde;
 
 /// A byte-oriented reading trait that is specialized for
 /// slices and generic readers.
-pub trait BincodeRead<'storage>: IoRead {
+pub trait BincodeRead<'storage>: io::Read + ::private::Sealed {
     #[doc(hidden)]
     fn forward_read_str<V>(&mut self, length: usize, visitor: V) ->  Result<V::Value>
     where V: serde::de::Visitor<'storage>;
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ pub struct SliceReader<'storage> {
 }
 
 /// A BincodeRead implementation for io::Readers
-pub struct IoReadReader<R> {
+pub struct IoReader<R> {
     reader: R,
     temp_buffer: Vec<u8>,
 }
@@ -37,31 +37,37 @@ impl <'storage> SliceReader<'storage> {
     }
 }
 
-impl <R> IoReadReader<R> {
+impl <R> IoReader<R> {
     /// Constructs an IoReadReader
-    pub fn new(r: R) -> IoReadReader<R> {
-        IoReadReader {
+    pub fn new(r: R) -> IoReader<R> {
+        IoReader {
             reader: r,
             temp_buffer: vec![],
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl <'storage> IoRead for SliceReader<'storage> {
-    fn read(&mut self, out: & mut [u8]) -> IoResult<usize> {
+impl <'storage> io::Read for SliceReader<'storage> {
+    fn read(&mut self, out: & mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         (&mut self.slice).read(out)
     }
+    fn read_exact(&mut self, out: & mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        (&mut self.slice).read_exact(out)
+    }
 }
 
-impl <R: IoRead> IoRead for IoReadReader<R> {
-    fn read(&mut self, out: & mut [u8]) -> IoResult<usize> {
+impl <R: io::Read> io::Read for IoReader<R> {
+    fn read(&mut self, out: & mut [u8]) -> io::Result<usize> {
         self.reader.read(out)
     }
+    fn read_exact(&mut self, out: & mut [u8]) -> io::Result<()> {
+        self.reader.read_exact(out)
+    }
 }
 
 impl <'storage> SliceReader<'storage> {
     fn unexpected_eof() -> Box<::ErrorKind> {
-        return Box::new(::ErrorKind::IoError(IoError::new(IoErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "")));
+        return Box::new(::ErrorKind::Io(io::Error::new(io::ErrorKind::UnexpectedEof, "")));
     }
 }
 
@@ -107,7 +113,7 @@ impl <'storage> BincodeRead<'storage> for SliceReader<'storage> {
     }
 }
 
-impl <R> IoReadReader<R> where R: IoRead {
+impl <R> IoReader<R> where R: io::Read {
     fn fill_buffer(&mut self, length: usize) -> Result<()> {
         let current_length = self.temp_buffer.len();
         if length > current_length{
@@ -120,7 +126,7 @@ impl <R> IoReadReader<R> where R: IoRead {
     }
 }
 
-impl <R> BincodeRead<'static> for IoReadReader<R> where R: IoRead {
+impl <R> BincodeRead<'static> for IoReader<R> where R: io::Read {
     fn forward_read_str<V>(&mut self, length: usize, visitor: V) ->  Result<V::Value>
     where V: serde::de::Visitor<'static> {
         self.fill_buffer(length)?;
diff --git a/src/internal.rs b/src/internal.rs
index d8aa74e..78e4cfa 100644
--- a/src/internal.rs
+++ b/src/internal.rs
@@ -2,10 +2,9 @@
 //! that use the `serde` crate for the serializable and deserializable
 //! implementation.
 
-use std::io::{Write, Read};
-use std::io::Error as IoError;
+use std::io::{self, Write, Read};
 use std::{error, fmt, result};
-use ::SizeLimit;
+use ::{CountSize, SizeLimit};
 use byteorder::{ByteOrder};
 
 pub use super::de::{
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ pub type Error = Box<ErrorKind>;
 pub enum ErrorKind {
     /// If the error stems from the reader/writer that is being used
     /// during (de)serialization, that error will be stored and returned here.
-    IoError(IoError),
+    Io(io::Error),
     /// If the bytes in the reader are not decodable because of an invalid
     /// encoding, this error will be returned.  This error is only possible
     /// if a stream is corrupted.  A stream produced from `encode` or `encode_into`
@@ -57,7 +56,7 @@ pub enum ErrorKind {
 impl error::Error for ErrorKind {
     fn description(&self) -> &str {
         match *self {
-            ErrorKind::IoError(ref err) => error::Error::description(err),
+            ErrorKind::Io(ref err) => error::Error::description(err),
             ErrorKind::InvalidEncoding{desc, ..} => desc,
             ErrorKind::SequenceMustHaveLength => "bincode can't encode infinite sequences",
             ErrorKind::SizeLimit => "the size limit for decoding has been reached",
@@ -68,7 +67,7 @@ impl error::Error for ErrorKind {
 
     fn cause(&self) -> Option<&error::Error> {
         match *self {
-            ErrorKind::IoError(ref err) => err.cause(),
+            ErrorKind::Io(ref err) => Some(err),
             ErrorKind::InvalidEncoding{..} => None,
             ErrorKind::SequenceMustHaveLength => None,
             ErrorKind::SizeLimit => None,
@@ -77,17 +76,17 @@ impl error::Error for ErrorKind {
     }
 }
 
-impl From<IoError> for Error {
-    fn from(err: IoError) -> Error {
-        ErrorKind::IoError(err).into()
+impl From<io::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(err: io::Error) -> Error {
+        ErrorKind::Io(err).into()
     }
 }
 
 impl fmt::Display for ErrorKind {
     fn fmt(&self, fmt: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
         match *self {
-            ErrorKind::IoError(ref ioerr) =>
-                write!(fmt, "IoError: {}", ioerr),
+            ErrorKind::Io(ref ioerr) =>
+                write!(fmt, "Io: {}", ioerr),
             ErrorKind::InvalidEncoding{desc, detail: None}=>
                 write!(fmt, "InvalidEncoding: {}", desc),
             ErrorKind::InvalidEncoding{desc, detail: Some(ref detail)}=>
@@ -122,7 +121,7 @@ impl serde::ser::Error for Error {
 /// If this returns an `Error` (other than SizeLimit), assume that the
 /// writer is in an invalid state, as writing could bail out in the middle of
 /// serializing.
-pub fn serialize_into<W: ?Sized, T: ?Sized, S, E>(writer: &mut W, value: &T, size_limit: S) -> Result<()>
+pub fn serialize_into<W, T: ?Sized, S, E>(writer: W, value: &T, size_limit: S) -> Result<()>
     where W: Write, T: serde::Serialize, S: SizeLimit, E: ByteOrder
 {
     if let Some(limit) = size_limit.limit() {
@@ -155,12 +154,6 @@ pub fn serialize<T: ?Sized, S, E>(value: &T, size_limit: S) -> Result<Vec<u8>>
     Ok(writer)
 }
 
-
-struct CountSize {
-    total: u64,
-    limit: Option<u64>,
-}
-
 impl SizeLimit for CountSize {
     fn add(&mut self, c: u64) -> Result<()> {
         self.total += c;
@@ -219,10 +212,10 @@ pub fn serialized_size_bounded<T: ?Sized>(value: &T, max: u64) -> Option<u64>
 /// If this returns an `Error`, assume that the buffer that you passed
 /// in is in an invalid state, as the error could be returned during any point
 /// in the reading.
-pub fn deserialize_from<R: ?Sized, T, S, E>(reader: &mut R, size_limit: S) -> Result<T>
+pub fn deserialize_from<R, T, S, E>(reader: R, size_limit: S) -> Result<T>
     where R: Read, T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned, S: SizeLimit, E: ByteOrder
 {
-    let reader = ::de::read::IoReadReader::new(reader);
+    let reader = ::de::read::IoReader::new(reader);
     let mut deserializer = Deserializer::<_, S, E>::new(reader, size_limit);
     serde::Deserialize::deserialize(&mut deserializer)
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index f4d7681..c1c736b 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #![crate_type = "dylib"]
 
 extern crate byteorder;
-extern crate num_traits;
 extern crate serde as serde_crate;
 
 mod ser;
@@ -46,7 +45,7 @@ pub mod internal;
 
 pub mod read_types {
     //! The types that the deserializer uses for optimizations
-    pub use ::de::read::{SliceReader, BincodeRead, IoReadReader};
+    pub use ::de::read::{SliceReader, BincodeRead, IoReader};
 }
 
 use std::io::{Read, Write};
@@ -125,7 +124,7 @@ pub fn serialize<T: ?Sized, S>(value: &T, size_limit: S) -> internal::Result<Vec
 /// encoding function, the encoder will verify that the structure can be encoded
 /// within that limit.  This verification occurs before any bytes are written to
 /// the Writer, so recovering from an error is easy.
-pub trait SizeLimit {
+pub trait SizeLimit: private::Sealed {
     /// Tells the SizeLimit that a certain number of bytes has been
     /// read or written.  Returns Err if the limit has been exceeded.
     fn add(&mut self, n: u64) -> Result<()>;
@@ -143,6 +142,11 @@ pub struct Bounded(pub u64);
 #[derive(Copy, Clone)]
 pub struct Infinite;
 
+struct CountSize {
+    total: u64,
+    limit: Option<u64>,
+}
+
 impl SizeLimit for Bounded {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn add(&mut self, n: u64) -> Result<()> {
@@ -165,3 +169,13 @@ impl SizeLimit for Infinite {
     #[inline(always)]
     fn limit(&self) -> Option<u64> { None }
 }
+
+mod private {
+    pub trait Sealed {}
+
+    impl<'a> Sealed for super::de::read::SliceReader<'a> {}
+    impl<R> Sealed for super::de::read::IoReader<R> {}
+    impl Sealed for super::Infinite {}
+    impl Sealed for super::Bounded {}
+    impl Sealed for super::CountSize {}
+}