@@ -17,8 +17,10 @@
 	kncond_fail_io,
 	kncond_overflow,
 	kncond_underflow,
 	kncond_bad_domain,
+	kncond_bad_base,
+ 
 } kncond;
 
 /* this "hard" random number generator
  * returns a block of random data that
@@ -60,35 +62,41 @@
  * two's complement or one's complement
  * for signed */
 
 typedef enum knmode {
-	knmode_saturate = 0x0001, /* 0b001 */
-	knmode_wrap     = 0x0002, /* 0b010 */
-	knmode_fail     = 0x0003, /* 0b011 */
+	/* knmode operations may be or'd with a base;
+	 * base will be inferred by prefix otherwise */
+	knmode_saturate = 0x0001 << 7, /* 0b001 */
+	knmode_wrap     = 0x0002 << 7, /* 0b010 */
+	knmode_fail     = 0x0003 << 7, /* 0b011 */
 
-	knmode_signed   = 1 << 2, /* 0b100*/
+	knmode_signed   = 1 << 6, /* 0b100*/
 	knmode_unsigned = 0 /* default */
 } knmode;
 
-/* it is legal for src and dest to be the
- * same location in memory. this will not
- * produce incorrect output. although the
- * functions formally take pointers to u8,
- * they are converted  appropriately with
- * regard to sign and size within the fn */
+/* it is legal for  src and dest to be the
+ * same location in memory.  this will not
+ * produce incorrect output.  although the
+ * functions  formally   take  pointers to
+ * ubyte, they are converted appropriately
+ * with  regard  to sign  and  size within
+ * the fn */
 
-kncond kniadd(knmode, sz, u8* dest, u8* src, u8* delta);
-kncond knisub(knmode, sz, u8* dest, u8* src, u8* delta);
-kncond knimul(knmode, sz, u8* dest, u8* src, u8* delta);
+kncond kniadd(knmode, sz, ubyte* dest, ubyte* src, ubyte* delta);
+kncond knisub(knmode, sz, ubyte* dest, ubyte* src, ubyte* delta);
+kncond knimul(knmode, sz, ubyte* dest, ubyte* src, ubyte* delta);
 kncond knidiv(knmode, sz,
-	/* output */ u8* ratio, u8* remainder,
-	/*  input */ u8* src, u8* delta);
+	/* output */ ubyte* ratio, ubyte* remainder,
+	/*  input */ ubyte* src, ubyte delta);
 
 /* we should probably also offer a bignum
  * type eventually, tho this will need to
  * be integrated with kmem for allocation. */
+
+kncond knstr(knmode, sz, char* dest_begin, char* dest_end, ubyte* src);
+kncond knparse(knmode, sz, ubyte* dest, ksraw src);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 	}
 #endif
 
 #endif