diff --git a/src/servo/content/jsnames.rs b/src/servo/content/jsnames.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aad0e631cef
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+++ b/src/servo/content/jsnames.rs
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+type name_pool = {
+    
+};
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diff --git a/src/servo/content/jsutil.rs b/src/servo/content/jsutil.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..169d88ac01e
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+++ b/src/servo/content/jsutil.rs
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+import spidermonkey::jsapi::{JSContext, jsval};
+
+impl methods<T: copy> for *T {
+    unsafe fn +(idx: uint) -> *T {
+        ptr::offset(self, idx)
+    }
+    unsafe fn [](idx: uint) -> T {
+        *(self + idx)
+    }
+}
+
+const JSVAL_VOID: u64 =  0x0001fff2_00000000_u64;
+const JSVAL_NULL: u64 =  0x0001fff6_00000000_u64;
+const JSVAL_ZERO: u64 =  0x0001fff1_00000000_u64;
+const JSVAL_ONE: u64 =   0x0001fff1_00000001_u64;
+const JSVAL_FALSE: u64 = 0x0001fff3_00000000_u64;
+const JSVAL_TRUE: u64 =  0x0001fff3_00000001_u64;
+
+unsafe fn JS_ARGV(_cx: *JSContext, vp: *jsval) -> *jsval {
+    vp + 2u
+}
+
+unsafe fn JS_SET_RVAL(_cx: *JSContext, vp: *jsval, v: jsval) {
+    let vp: *mut jsval = unsafe::reinterpret_cast(vp);
+    *vp = v;
+}
+
diff --git a/src/servo/content/name_pool.rs b/src/servo/content/name_pool.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..7b39866ec4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/servo/content/name_pool.rs
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+import libc::c_char;
+
+type name_pool = @{
+    mut strbufs: [str]
+};
+
+fn name_pool() -> name_pool {
+    @{mut strbufs: []}
+}
+
+impl methods for name_pool {
+    fn add(-s: str) -> *c_char {
+        let c_str = str::as_c_str(s) { |bytes| bytes };
+        self.strbufs += [s]; // in theory, this should *move* the str in here..
+        ret c_str; // ...and so this ptr ought to be valid.
+    }
+}
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