diff --git a/buffer.h b/buffer.h
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+#ifndef BUFFER_H
+#define BUFFER_H
+
+typedef struct buffer {
+  char *x;
+  unsigned int p;
+  unsigned int n;
+  int fd;
+  int (*op)();
+} buffer;
+
+#define BUFFER_INIT(op,fd,buf,len) { (buf), 0, (len), (fd), (op) }
+#define BUFFER_INSIZE 8192
+#define BUFFER_OUTSIZE 8192
+
+extern void buffer_init(buffer* b,int (*op)(),int fd,char* y,unsigned int ylen);
+
+extern int buffer_flush(buffer* b);
+extern int buffer_put(buffer* b,const char* x,unsigned int len);
+extern int buffer_putalign(buffer* b,const char* x,unsigned int len);
+extern int buffer_putflush(buffer* b,const char* x,unsigned int len);
+extern int buffer_puts(buffer* b,const char* x);
+extern int buffer_putsalign(buffer* b,const char* x);
+extern int buffer_putsflush(buffer* b,const char* x);
+
+#define buffer_PUTC(s,c) \
+  ( ((s)->n != (s)->p) \
+    ? ( (s)->x[(s)->p++] = (c), 0 ) \
+    : buffer_put((s),&(c),1) \
+  )
+
+extern int buffer_get(buffer* b,char* x,unsigned int len);
+extern int buffer_bget(buffer* b,char* x,unsigned int len);
+extern int buffer_feed(buffer* b);
+
+extern char *buffer_peek(buffer* b);
+extern void buffer_seek(buffer* b,unsigned int len);
+
+#define buffer_PEEK(s) ( (s)->x + (s)->n )
+#define buffer_SEEK(s,len) ( ( (s)->p -= (len) ) , ( (s)->n += (len) ) )
+
+#define buffer_GETC(s,c) \
+  ( ((s)->p > 0) \
+    ? ( *(c) = (s)->x[(s)->n], buffer_SEEK((s),1), 1 ) \
+    : buffer_get((s),(c),1) \
+  )
+
+extern int buffer_copy(buffer* out,buffer* in);
+
+extern buffer *buffer_0;
+extern buffer *buffer_0small;
+extern buffer *buffer_1;
+extern buffer *buffer_1small;
+extern buffer *buffer_2;
+
+#endif