+/* Allocated fields carry the size of the actual data, not the pointer */
+#define PB_REQUIRED_POINTER(tag, st, m, fd, ltype, ptr) \
+ {tag, PB_ATYPE_POINTER | PB_HTYPE_REQUIRED | ltype, \
+ fd, 0, pb_membersize(st, m[0]), 0, ptr}
+
+/* Optional fields don't need a has_ variable, as information would be redundant */
+#define PB_OPTIONAL_POINTER(tag, st, m, fd, ltype, ptr) \
+ {tag, PB_ATYPE_POINTER | PB_HTYPE_OPTIONAL | ltype, \
+ fd, 0, pb_membersize(st, m[0]), 0, ptr}
+
+/* Repeated fields have a _count field and a pointer to array of pointers */
+#define PB_REPEATED_POINTER(tag, st, m, fd, ltype, ptr) \
+ {tag, PB_ATYPE_POINTER | PB_HTYPE_REPEATED | ltype, \
+ fd, pb_delta(st, m ## _count, m), \
+ pb_membersize(st, m[0]), 0, ptr}
+