diff --git a/preserves.nimble b/preserves.nimble
index 0add58a..e5fab4f 100644
--- a/preserves.nimble
+++ b/preserves.nimble
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Package
 
-version = "20221022"
+version = "20221023"
 author        = "Emery Hemingway"
 description   = "data model and serialization format"
 license       = "Unlicense"
diff --git a/src/preserves.nim b/src/preserves.nim
index 826c721..1a5d24a 100644
--- a/src/preserves.nim
+++ b/src/preserves.nim
@@ -647,10 +647,13 @@ proc newBufferedDecoder*(maxSize = 4096): BufferedDecoder =
     assert $pr == "<foobar>"
   BufferedDecoder(stream: newStringStream(), maxSize: maxSize)
 
-proc feed*[T: byte|char](dec: var BufferedDecoder; data: openarray[T]) =
-  if dec.maxSize < (dec.stream.getPosition + data.len):
+proc feed*(dec: var BufferedDecoder; buf: pointer; len: int) =
+  if dec.maxSize < (dec.stream.getPosition + len):
     raise newException(IOError, "BufferedDecoder at maximum buffer size")
-  dec.stream.writeData(unsafeAddr data[0], data.len)
+  dec.stream.writeData(buf, len)
+
+proc feed*[T: byte|char](dec: var BufferedDecoder; data: openarray[T]) =
+  dec.feed(unsafeAddr data[0], data.len)
 
 proc decode*(dec: var BufferedDecoder; E = void): (bool, Preserve[E]) =
   ## Decode from `dec`. If decoding fails the internal position of the