struct bencode_item {
+       bencode_buffer_t *buffer;
        bencode_item_t *parent, *child, *last_child, *sibling;
        bencode_type_t type;
        struct iovec iov[2];    /* when decoding, iov[1] contains the contents of a string object */
        unsigned int iov_cnt;
        unsigned int str_len;   /* length of the whole ENCODED object. NOT the length of a byte string */
        long long int value;    /* when decoding an integer, contains the value; otherwise used internally */
-       bencode_buffer_t *buffer;
        char __buf[0];
 };