-inline VertexFormat operator,(VertexFormat a, VertexFormat b) { return VertexFormat(a<<4 | b); }
-uint get_stride(VertexFormat);
-std::istream &operator>>(std::istream &, VertexFormat &);
+inline VertexFormat operator,(VertexComponent c1, VertexComponent c2)
+{ return (VertexFormat(c1), c2); }
+
+inline VertexFormat operator,(VertexComponent c, unsigned i)
+{ return (VertexFormat(c), i); }
+
+VertexComponent make_indexed_component(VertexComponent, unsigned);
+
+inline unsigned get_component_type(unsigned char c)
+{ return c>>2; }
+
+inline unsigned get_component_size(unsigned char c)
+{ return (c&3)+1; }
+
+inline unsigned get_stride(const VertexFormat &f)
+{ return f.stride(); }
+
+void operator>>(const LexicalConverter &, VertexComponent &);