--- libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2011/11/02 16:10:24	1.12.2.4
+++ libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2011/11/03 14:17:39	1.12.2.5
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.12.2.4 2011/11/02 16:10:24 misho Exp $
+* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.12.2.5 2011/11/03 14:17:39 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ typedef enum {
 
 typedef struct {
 	uint8_t		val_type;
+	uint8_t		val_pad[3];
 	uint32_t	val_len;
 	union {
 		uint64_t	net;
@@ -309,6 +310,19 @@ int io_vals2map(u_char *buf, int buflen, array_t *vars
  * return: =NULL error, !=NULL allocated variable array, after use must free with io_arrayDestroy()
  */
 array_t *io_map2vals(u_char *buf, int buflen, int vnum, int zcpy);
+
+/*
+ * io_allocVars() Allocate ait_val_t array
+ * @varnum = Number of variables
+ * return: =NULL error or !=NULL allocated array
+ */
+inline array_t *io_allocVars(u_int varnum);
+/*
+ * io_freeVars() Free ait_val_t array
+ * @vars = Variable array
+ * return: none
+ */
+inline void io_freeVars(array_t ** __restrict vars);
 
 /*
  * ioPromptRead() Read data from input h[0] with prompt to output h[1]