+////
+//// Iostream wrapper for data read/write
+////
+
+#define MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(T, N, S) \
+ inline T read ## N(std::istream &is) \
+ { \
+ char buf[S] = {0}; \
+ is.read(buf, sizeof(buf)); \
+ return read ## N((u8 *)buf); \
+ }
+
+#define MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(T, N, S) \
+ inline void write ## N(std::ostream &os, T val) \
+ { \
+ char buf[S]; \
+ write ## N((u8 *)buf, val); \
+ os.write(buf, sizeof(buf)); \
+ }
+
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(u8, U8, 1);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(u16, U16, 2);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(u32, U32, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(u64, U64, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(s8, S8, 1);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(s16, S16, 2);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(s32, S32, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(s64, S64, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(f32, F1000, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(v2s16, V2S16, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(v3s16, V3S16, 6);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(v2s32, V2S32, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(v3s32, V3S32, 12);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(v2f, V2F1000, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(v3f, V3F1000, 12);
+MAKE_STREAM_READ_FXN(video::SColor, ARGB8, 4);
+
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(u8, U8, 1);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(u16, U16, 2);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(u32, U32, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(u64, U64, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(s8, S8, 1);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(s16, S16, 2);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(s32, S32, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(s64, S64, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(f32, F1000, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(v2s16, V2S16, 4);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(v3s16, V3S16, 6);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(v2s32, V2S32, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(v3s32, V3S32, 12);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(v2f, V2F1000, 8);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(v3f, V3F1000, 12);
+MAKE_STREAM_WRITE_FXN(video::SColor, ARGB8, 4);
+
+////
+//// More serialization stuff
+////