diff --git a/src/rlp.rs b/src/rlp.rs
index c023b1dfb..1648f8807 100644
--- a/src/rlp.rs
+++ b/src/rlp.rs
@@ -65,16 +65,16 @@ impl OffsetCache {
 	}
 }
 
-/// stores basic information about item
-struct ItemInfo {
-	prefix_len: usize,
-	value_len: usize,
+/// Stores basic information about item
+pub struct PayloadInfo {
+	pub header_len: usize,
+	pub value_len: usize,
 }
 
-impl ItemInfo {
-	fn new(prefix_len: usize, value_len: usize) -> ItemInfo {
-		ItemInfo {
-			prefix_len: prefix_len,
+impl PayloadInfo {
+	fn new(header_len: usize, value_len: usize) -> PayloadInfo {
+		PayloadInfo {
+			header_len: header_len,
 			value_len: value_len,
 		}
 	}
@@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ impl<'a, 'view> UntrustedRlp<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 
 	pub fn data(&'view self) -> &'a [u8] {
 		let ii = Self::item_info(self.bytes).unwrap();
-		&self.bytes[ii.prefix_len..(ii.prefix_len + ii.value_len)]
+		&self.bytes[ii.header_len..(ii.header_len + ii.value_len)]
 	}
 
 	/// Returns number of rlp items.
@@ -401,6 +401,8 @@ impl<'a, 'view> UntrustedRlp<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 		}
 	}
 
+	//pub fn payload_offset(&self) -> 
+
 	/// Get view onto rlp-slice at index
 	/// 
 	/// Caches offset to given index, so access to successive
@@ -438,7 +440,7 @@ impl<'a, 'view> UntrustedRlp<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 
 		// construct new rlp
 		let found = try!(UntrustedRlp::item_info(bytes));
-		Ok(UntrustedRlp::new(&bytes[0..found.prefix_len + found.value_len]))
+		Ok(UntrustedRlp::new(&bytes[0..found.header_len + found.value_len]))
 	}
 
 	/// No value
@@ -553,7 +555,7 @@ impl<'a, 'view> UntrustedRlp<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 	/// consumes first found prefix
 	fn consume_list_prefix(&self) -> Result<&'a [u8], DecoderError> {
 		let item = try!(UntrustedRlp::item_info(self.bytes));
-		let bytes = try!(UntrustedRlp::consume(self.bytes, item.prefix_len));
+		let bytes = try!(UntrustedRlp::consume(self.bytes, item.header_len));
 		Ok(bytes)
 	}
 
@@ -562,7 +564,7 @@ impl<'a, 'view> UntrustedRlp<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 		let mut result = bytes;
 		for _ in 0..items {
 			let i = try!(UntrustedRlp::item_info(result));
-			result = try!(UntrustedRlp::consume(result, (i.prefix_len + i.value_len)));
+			result = try!(UntrustedRlp::consume(result, (i.header_len + i.value_len)));
 		}
 		Ok(result)
 	}
@@ -570,28 +572,29 @@ impl<'a, 'view> UntrustedRlp<'a> where 'a: 'view {
 	/// return first item info
 	///
 	/// TODO: move this to decoder (?)
-	fn item_info(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<ItemInfo, DecoderError> {
+	fn item_info(bytes: &[u8]) -> Result<PayloadInfo, DecoderError> {
 		let item = match bytes.first().map(|&x| x) {
 			None => return Err(DecoderError::RlpIsTooShort),
-			Some(0...0x7f) => ItemInfo::new(0, 1),
-			Some(l @ 0x80...0xb7) => ItemInfo::new(1, l as usize - 0x80),
+			Some(0...0x7f) => PayloadInfo::new(0, 1),
+			Some(l @ 0x80...0xb7) => PayloadInfo::new(1, l as usize - 0x80),
 			Some(l @ 0xb8...0xbf) => {
 				let len_of_len = l as usize - 0xb7;
-				let prefix_len = 1 + len_of_len;
-				let value_len = try!(usize::from_bytes(&bytes[1..prefix_len]));
-				ItemInfo::new(prefix_len, value_len)
+				let header_len = 1 + len_of_len;
+				let value_len = try!(usize::from_bytes(&bytes[1..header_len]));
+				PayloadInfo::new(header_len, value_len)
 			}
-			Some(l @ 0xc0...0xf7) => ItemInfo::new(1, l as usize - 0xc0),
+			Some(l @ 0xc0...0xf7) => PayloadInfo::new(1, l as usize - 0xc0),
 			Some(l @ 0xf8...0xff) => {
 				let len_of_len = l as usize - 0xf7;
-				let prefix_len = 1 + len_of_len;
-				let value_len = try!(usize::from_bytes(&bytes[1..prefix_len]));
-				ItemInfo::new(prefix_len, value_len)
+				let header_len = 1 + len_of_len;
+				let value_len = try!(usize::from_bytes(&bytes[1..header_len]));
+				PayloadInfo::new(header_len, value_len)
 			}
+			// we cant reach this place, but rust requires _ to be implemented
 			_ => return Err(DecoderError::BadRlp),
 		};
 
-		match item.prefix_len + item.value_len <= bytes.len() {
+		match item.header_len + item.value_len <= bytes.len() {
 			true => Ok(item),
 			false => Err(DecoderError::RlpIsTooShort),
 		}