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diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
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+[package]
+
+name = "yaxpeax-arch"
+version = "0.0.1"
+authors = [ "iximeow <me@iximeow.net>" ]
+license = "0BSD"
+repository = "yaxpeax-arch"
+description = "fundamental traits to describe an architecture in the yaxpeax project"
+
+[dependencies]
+"num-traits" = "0.2"
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
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+extern crate num_traits;
+
+use std::fmt::Debug;
+
+use std::ops::{Add, Sub};
+
+use num_traits::{Bounded, WrappingAdd};
+                                                             // This is pretty wonk..
+pub trait Address where Self: Debug + Copy + Clone + Sized + Ord + Add<Output=Self> + Sub<Output=Self> + From<u16> + Bounded + WrappingAdd {
+    fn to_linear(&self) -> usize;
+}
+/*
+impl <T> Address for T where T: Sized + Ord + Add<Output=Self> + From<u16> + Into<usize> {
+    fn to_linear(&self) -> usize { *self.into() }
+}
+*/
+
+impl Address for u16 {
+    fn to_linear(&self) -> usize { *self as usize }
+}
+
+impl Address for u32 {
+    fn to_linear(&self) -> usize { *self as usize }
+}
+
+pub trait Decodable where Self: Sized {
+    fn decode<'a, T: IntoIterator<Item=&'a u8>>(bytes: T) -> Option<Self>;
+    fn decode_into<'a, T: IntoIterator<Item=&'a u8>>(&mut self, bytes: T) -> Option<()>;
+}
+
+pub trait Arch {
+    type Address: Address + Debug;
+    type Instruction: Decodable + LengthedInstruction;
+    type Operand;
+}
+
+pub trait LengthedInstruction {
+    type Unit;
+    fn len(&self) -> Self::Unit;
+}