below which can be used to return the value in a more useful form when
you know the type in advance.";
+ "node_struct_length", (RSize, [AHive; ANode "node"]),
+ "return the length of a node",
+ "\
+Return the length of the node data structure.";
+
+ "value_struct_length", (RSize, [AHive; AValue "val"]),
+ "return the length of a value data structure",
+ "\
+Return the length of the value data structure.";
+
"value_value", (RLenTypeVal, [AHive; AValue "val"]),
"return data length, data type and data of a value",
"\