1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/Binary.vala b/src/Binary.vala
index 3ac988a..11ad775 100644
--- a/src/Binary.vala
+++ b/src/Binary.vala
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 namespace Eva {
   public class Binary : Object, Term {
-    public void* value {get; private set;}
+    public void* data {get; private set;}
     public long len {get; private set;}
     
+    public string string_value {
+      owned get{
+        return binary_to_string(data, len);
+      }
+    }
+    
     public Binary(char[] v) {
-      value = Memory.dup(v, (uint)(sizeof(char)*v.length));
+      data = Memory.dup(v, (uint)(sizeof(char)*v.length));
       len = v.length;
     }
     
@@ -23,7 +29,7 @@ namespace Eva {
         if(b.len != len)
           return false;
         
-        return (Memory.cmp(value, b.value, len) == 0);
+        return (Memory.cmp(data, b.data, len) == 0);
       }
       else {
         return false;
@@ -32,7 +38,7 @@ namespace Eva {
 
     
     public void encode(Erl.Buffer buffer) {
-      buffer.encode_binary((char*)value, len);
+      buffer.encode_binary(data, len);
     }
   }
 }