-/* Stores and arbitrary binary string in the buffer. */
-void buffer_put_string(Buffer * buffer, const void *buf, unsigned int len);
-void buffer_put_cstring(Buffer *buffer, const char *s);
+int buffer_put_bignum_ret(Buffer *, const BIGNUM *);
+int buffer_get_bignum_ret(Buffer *, BIGNUM *);
+int buffer_put_bignum2_ret(Buffer *, const BIGNUM *);
+int buffer_get_bignum2_ret(Buffer *, BIGNUM *);
+int buffer_get_short_ret(u_short *, Buffer *);
+int buffer_get_int_ret(u_int *, Buffer *);
+int buffer_get_int64_ret(u_int64_t *, Buffer *);
+void *buffer_get_string_ret(Buffer *, u_int *);
+int buffer_get_char_ret(char *, Buffer *);