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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/bidispec-extras.cabal b/bidispec-extras.cabal
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+Name:                bidispec-extras
+Version:             0.1
+Synopsis:            Extra helper functions for bidirectional specifications
+Description:
+ Provides generic helper functions for defining bidirectionally executable
+ specifications (a.k.a. parsers / generators).  The functions and types
+ from this module extend the core functionality provided by the bidispec
+ package.c
+License:             LGPL
+License-file:        LICENSE
+Category:            Data
+Author:              David Leuschner
+Maintainer:          David Leuschner <leuschner@openfactis.org>
+Build-Type:          Simple
+Cabal-Version:       >= 1.6
+
+Library
+  Hs-Source-Dirs:    src
+  GHC-Options: -Wall -fno-warn-orphans
+  Build-Depends:     base >= 4 && < 5, bytestring, mtl, dataenc == 0.13.*
+  Exposed-Modules:   Data.BidiSpec.Extras
diff --git a/src/Data/BidiSpec/Extras.hs b/src/Data/BidiSpec/Extras.hs
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+module Data.BidiSpec.Extras
+    ( wrapBase16, wrapBase64
+    , fromPair, fromTriple, fromQuadruple, fromQuintuple
+    , toPair, toTriple, toQuadruple, toQuintuple
+    )
+where
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- STDLIB
+----------------------------------------
+import Data.Word (Word8)
+import Data.Char (toUpper)
+
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as BSL
+
+----------------------------------------
+-- SITE-PACKAGES
+----------------------------------------
+import qualified Codec.Binary.Base16 as Base16
+import qualified Codec.Binary.Base64 as Base64
+
+baseToStr :: ([Word8] -> String) -> BSL.ByteString -> String
+baseToStr f = f . BSL.unpack
+
+strToBase64 :: (String -> Maybe [Word8]) -> String -> Maybe BSL.ByteString
+strToBase64 f = fmap BSL.pack . f
+
+strToBase16 :: (String -> Maybe [Word8]) -> String -> Maybe BSL.ByteString
+strToBase16 f s = fmap BSL.pack $ f s''
+    where
+      s' = map toUpper s
+      s'' = if length s' `mod` 2 == 0 then s' else '0' : s'
+
+wrapBase64 :: (String -> Maybe BSL.ByteString, BSL.ByteString -> String)
+wrapBase64 = (strToBase64 Base64.decode, baseToStr Base64.encode)
+
+wrapBase16 :: (String -> Maybe BSL.ByteString, BSL.ByteString -> String)
+wrapBase16 = (strToBase16 Base16.decode, baseToStr Base16.encode)
+
+
+fromPair :: (a -> b -> c) -> (a, b) -> c
+fromPair f ~(a, b) = f a b
+
+fromTriple :: (a -> b -> c -> d) -> (a, b, c) -> d
+fromTriple f ~(a, b, c) = f a b c
+
+fromQuadruple :: (a -> b -> c -> d -> e) -> (a, b, c, d) -> e
+fromQuadruple f ~(a, b, c, d) = f a b c d
+
+fromQuintuple :: (a -> b -> c -> d -> e -> f) -> (a, b, c, d, e) -> f
+fromQuintuple f ~(a, b, c, d, e) = f a b c d e
+
+
+toPair :: (t -> a, t -> b) -> t -> (a, b)
+toPair (f, g) x = (f x, g x)
+
+toTriple :: (t -> a, t -> b, t -> c) -> t -> (a, b, c)
+toTriple (f, g, h) x = (f x, g x, h x)
+
+toQuadruple :: (t -> a, t -> b, t -> c, t -> d) -> t -> (a, b, c, d)
+toQuadruple (f, g, h, i) x = (f x, g x, h x, i x)
+
+toQuintuple :: (t -> a, t -> b, t -> c, t -> d, t -> e) -> t -> (a, b, c, d, e)
+toQuintuple (f, g, h, i, j) x = (f x, g x, h x, i x, j x)
