--- libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2012/01/05 09:03:06	1.13.2.9
+++ libaitio/inc/aitio.h	2012/01/05 09:11:03	1.13.2.10
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 *  by Michael Pounov <misho@elwix.org>
 *
 * $Author: misho $
-* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.13.2.9 2012/01/05 09:03:06 misho Exp $
+* $Id: aitio.h,v 1.13.2.10 2012/01/05 09:11:03 misho Exp $
 *
 **************************************************************************
 The ELWIX and AITNET software is distributed under the following
@@ -148,8 +148,11 @@ typedef struct {
 
 #define AIT_TYPE(_vl)			((ait_type_t) (_vl)->val_type)
 #define AIT_LEN(_vl)			(_vl)->val_len
+#define AIT_RAW(_vl)			(_vl)->val.net
 #define AIT_BLOB_CHUNKS(_vl, _n)	(assert((_vl)), AIT_LEN((_vl)) / _n + (AIT_LEN((_vl)) % _n) ? 1 : 0)
 #define AIT_ISEMPTY(_vl)		(assert((_vl)), AIT_TYPE((_vl)) == empty)
+
+#define AIT_GET_LIKE(_vl, _type)	(assert((_vl)), (_type) (_vl)->val.net)
 
 #define AIT_GET_PTR(_vl)		(assert((_vl)), assert(AIT_TYPE((_vl)) == ptr), (_vl)->val.ptr)
 #define AIT_GET_PTR2(_vl)		(assert((_vl)), (_vl)->val.ptr)