+#ifdef PB_ENABLE_MALLOC
+/* Release any allocated pointer fields. If you use dynamic allocation, you should
+ * call this for any successfully decoded message when you are done with it. If
+ * pb_decode() returns with an error, the message is already released.
+ */
+void pb_release(const pb_field_t fields[], void *dest_struct);
+#endif
+
+
+/**************************************
+ * Functions for manipulating streams *
+ **************************************/
+
+/* Create an input stream for reading from a memory buffer.
+ *
+ * Alternatively, you can use a custom stream that reads directly from e.g.
+ * a file or a network socket.
+ */
+pb_istream_t pb_istream_from_buffer(const uint8_t *buf, size_t bufsize);
+
+/* Function to read from a pb_istream_t. You can use this if you need to
+ * read some custom header data, or to read data in field callbacks.
+ */
+bool pb_read(pb_istream_t *stream, uint8_t *buf, size_t count);
+
+
+/************************************************
+ * Helper functions for writing field callbacks *
+ ************************************************/
+
+/* Decode the tag for the next field in the stream. Gives the wire type and
+ * field tag. At end of the message, returns false and sets eof to true. */
+bool pb_decode_tag(pb_istream_t *stream, pb_wire_type_t *wire_type, uint32_t *tag, bool *eof);
+
+/* Skip the field payload data, given the wire type. */