diff --git a/src/de.rs b/src/de.rs
index 5861962..c0ee031 100644
--- a/src/de.rs
+++ b/src/de.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ pub struct Deserializer<T: BipackSource> {
     input: T,
 }
 
-pub fn from_bytes<'de, T: Deserialize<'de>>(source: &[u8]) -> Result<T> {
+pub fn from_bytes<'b, T: Deserialize<'b>>(source: &[u8]) -> Result<T> {
     let mut des = Deserializer { input: SliceSource::from(&source) };
     T::deserialize(&mut des)
 }
 
-impl<'de, 'a,  T: BipackSource> de::Deserializer<'de> for &'a mut Deserializer<T> {
+impl<'de, 'a, T: BipackSource> de::Deserializer<'de> for &'a mut Deserializer<T> {
     type Error = BipackError;
 
     fn deserialize_any<V>(self, visitor: V) -> std::result::Result<V::Value, Self::Error> where V: Visitor<'de> {
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl<'de, 'a, T: BipackSource> serde::de::VariantAccess<'de> for &'a mut Deseria
 }
 
 
-struct SimpleSeq<'a,  T: BipackSource> {
+struct SimpleSeq<'a, T: BipackSource> {
     de: &'a mut Deserializer<T>,
     size: usize,
 }
@@ -236,12 +236,12 @@ impl<'de, 'a, T: BipackSource> SeqAccess<'de> for SimpleSeq<'a, T> {
 }
 
 
-struct SimpleMap<'a,  T: BipackSource> {
+struct SimpleMap<'a, T: BipackSource> {
     de: &'a mut Deserializer<T>,
     size: usize,
 }
 
-impl<'de, 'a, T: BipackSource> MapAccess<'de> for SimpleMap<'a,T> {
+impl<'de, 'a, T: BipackSource> MapAccess<'de> for SimpleMap<'a, T> {
     type Error = BipackError;
 
     fn next_key_seed<K>(&mut self, seed: K) -> std::result::Result<Option<K::Value>, Self::Error> where K: DeserializeSeed<'de> {
@@ -346,21 +346,23 @@ mod tests {
     }
 
 
-    fn testeq<'a, T: Serialize + Deserialize<'a> + PartialEq + Debug>(x: & 'a T) {
-        let packed = to_bytes(x).unwrap();
-        println!("packed {:?}:\n{}", x, to_dump(&packed) );
-        assert_eq!(*x, from_bytes(&packed).unwrap());
+    fn testeq<T: Serialize + Deserialize<'static> + PartialEq + Debug>(x: &T) {
+        {
+            let packed = to_bytes(x).unwrap();
+            println!("packed {:?}:\n{}", x, to_dump(&packed));
+            let z: T = from_bytes(&packed).unwrap();
+            assert_eq!(*x, from_bytes(&packed).unwrap());
+            if packed.len() > 1 {
+                let mut small_buffer = [0u8; 1];
+                let result = to_buffer(x, &mut small_buffer);
+                assert_eq!(true, result.is_err());
+                assert_eq!(BipackError::BufferOverflow, result.err().unwrap());
+            }
+        }
 
         let mut buffer = [0u8; 128];
-        let packed2 = to_buffer(x, & mut buffer).unwrap();
+        let packed2 = to_buffer(x, &mut buffer).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(*x, from_bytes(&packed2).unwrap());
-
-        if packed.len() > 1  {
-            let mut small_buffer = [0u8; 1];
-            let result = to_buffer(x, & mut small_buffer);
-            assert_eq!(true, result.is_err());
-            assert_eq!(BipackError::BufferOverflow, result.err().unwrap());
-        }
     }
 
     #[test]
@@ -383,24 +385,24 @@ mod tests {
         testeq(&E::Unit2);
         testeq(&E::Newtype(101));
         testeq(&E::Tuple(17, 42));
-        testeq(&E::Struct {a: 19} );
+        testeq(&E::Struct { a: 19 });
 
         Ok(())
     }
 
     #[test]
     fn test_arrays() {
-        let x = (1,2,3,4,5);
+        let x = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5);
         // println!("{:?}",x);
         // println!("{}", to_dump(to_bytes(&x).unwrap().as_slice()));
-        assert_eq!(5,to_bytes(&x).unwrap().len());
+        assert_eq!(5, to_bytes(&x).unwrap().len());
         testeq(&x);
-        let y: [u8; 5] = [1,2,3,4,5];
+        let y: [u8; 5] = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
         println!("{}", to_dump(to_bytes(&y).unwrap().as_slice()));
         assert_eq!(5, to_bytes(&y).unwrap().len());
         assert_eq!(y, to_bytes(&y).unwrap()[..]);
         testeq(&y);
-        let z = vec![1,2,3,4,5];
+        let z = vec![1, 2, 3, 4, 5];
         assert_eq!(6, to_bytes(&z).unwrap().len());
         assert_eq!(z, to_bytes(&z).unwrap()[1..]);
     }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 72981f0..9af98a7 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -126,6 +126,8 @@ pub mod contrail;
 pub mod fixint;
 pub mod buffer_sink;
 
+pub use serde::{Deserialize,Serialize};
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use base64::Engine;
diff --git a/src/tools.rs b/src/tools.rs
index d51ce1d..57dea4e 100644
--- a/src/tools.rs
+++ b/src/tools.rs
@@ -93,3 +93,22 @@ pub fn to_hex<T: AsRef<[u8]>>(source: T) -> Result<String,FromUtf8Error> {
     }
     result.string()
 }
+
+pub trait ToDump {
+    /// Same as [to_dump] function, but specified as a trait for
+    /// different dump-able formats.
+    fn to_dump(&self) -> String;
+}
+
+impl ToDump for &[u8] {
+    fn to_dump(&self) -> String{
+        to_dump(self)
+    }
+}
+
+impl ToDump for Vec<u8> {
+    fn to_dump(&self) -> String {
+        to_dump(&self)
+    }
+}
+