2 files changed, 48 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/ser.h b/include/ser.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fc3451e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/ser.h
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+#ifndef SER_H
+#define SER_H
+
+#include <stdbool.h>
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include "str.h"
+
+// ser
+
+void ser_bytes(strbuf *w, size_t len, uint8_t *x);
+
+void ser_str(strbuf *w, str x);
+
+void ser_u8(strbuf *w, uint8_t x);
+void ser_i8(strbuf *w, int8_t x);
+
+void ser_u16(strbuf *w, uint16_t x);
+void ser_i16(strbuf *w, int16_t x);
+
+void ser_u32(strbuf *w, uint32_t x);
+void ser_i32(strbuf *w, int32_t x);
+
+void ser_u64(strbuf *w, uint64_t x);
+void ser_i64(strbuf *w, int64_t x);
+
+// deser
+
+bool deser_bytes(str *r, size_t len, uint8_t *buf);
+
+bool deser_str(str *r, str *buf); // returns slice!
+
+bool deser_u8(str *r, uint8_t *buf);
+bool deser_i8(str *r, int8_t *buf);
+
+bool deser_u16(str *r, uint16_t *buf);
+bool deser_i16(str *r, int16_t *buf);
+
+bool deser_u32(str *r, uint32_t *buf);
+bool deser_i32(str *r, int32_t *buf);
+
+bool deser_u64(str *r, uint64_t *buf);
+bool deser_i64(str *r, int64_t *buf);
+
+#endif
diff --git a/include/str.h b/include/str.h
index f4054a1..b208515 100644
--- a/include/str.h
+++ b/include/str.h
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ typedef array(char) str;
 #define S(X) ((str) { len(X)-1, X })
 #define NILS ((str) { 0, NULL })
 
+typedef struct { size_t cap; str buf; } strbuf;
+#define NILSBUF ((strbuf) { 0, NILS })
+
 // compares two strings by length and ASCII values. return value:
 //   < 0 if s1 < s2
 //   = 0 if s1 = s2