-void adns__query_udp(adns_state ads, adns_query qu, struct timeval now);
-void adns__query_tcp(adns_state ads, adns_query qu, struct timeval now);
-adns_status adns__mkquery(adns_state ads, const char *owner, int ol, int id,
- const typeinfo *typei, adns_queryflags flags);
+int adns__internal_submit(adns_state ads, adns_query *query_r,
+ const typeinfo *typei, vbuf *qumsg_vb, int id,
+ adns_queryflags flags, struct timeval now,
+ adns_status failstat, const qcontext *ctx);
+/* Submits a query (for internal use, called during external submits).
+ *
+ * The new query is returned in *query_r, or we return adns_s_nomemory.
+ *
+ * The query datagram should already have been assembled in qumsg_vb;
+ * the memory for it is _taken over_ by this routine whether it
+ * succeeds or fails (if it succeeds, the vbuf is reused for qu->vb).
+ *
+ * If failstat is nonzero then if we are successful in creating the query
+ * it is immediately failed with code failstat (but _submit still succeds).
+ *
+ * ctx is copied byte-for-byte into the query.
+ */
+
+void *adns__alloc_interim(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+/* Allocates some memory, and records which query it came from
+ * and how much there was.
+ *
+ * If an error occurs in the query, all its memory is simply freed.
+ *
+ * If the query succeeds, one large buffer will be made which is
+ * big enough for all these allocations, and then adns__alloc_final
+ * will get memory from this buffer.
+ *
+ * _alloc_interim can fail (and return 0).
+ * The caller must ensure that the query is failed.
+ *
+ * adns__alloc_interim_{only,fail}(qu,0) will not return 0,
+ * but it will not necessarily return a distinct pointer each time.
+ */
+
+void *adns__alloc_mine(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+/* Like _interim, but does not record the length for later
+ * copying into the answer. This just ensures that the memory
+ * will be freed when we're done with the query.
+ */
+
+void *adns__alloc_final(adns_query qu, size_t sz);
+/* Cannot fail, and cannot return 0.
+ */
+
+void adns__makefinal_block(adns_query qu, void **blpp, size_t sz);
+void adns__makefinal_str(adns_query qu, char **strp);