-/* Stores a character in the buffer. */
-void buffer_put_char(Buffer * buffer, int value);
-
-/*
- * Returns an arbitrary binary string from the buffer. The string cannot be
- * longer than 256k. The returned value points to memory allocated with
- * xmalloc; it is the responsibility of the calling function to free the
- * data. If length_ptr is non-NULL, the length of the returned data will be
- * stored there. A null character will be automatically appended to the
- * returned string, and is not counted in length.
- */
-char *buffer_get_string(Buffer * buffer, u_int *length_ptr);
+void *buffer_get_string(Buffer *, u_int *);
+void buffer_put_string(Buffer *, const void *, u_int);
+void buffer_put_cstring(Buffer *, const char *);