diff --git a/source/coral.cpp b/source/coral.cpp
index 7dcaf2a..bcf7085 100644
--- a/source/coral.cpp
+++ b/source/coral.cpp
@@ -461,6 +461,13 @@ export namespace coral {
 
 // Input/output operations.
 export namespace coral {
+	/**
+	 * Returns `value` reinterpreted as a sequence of bytes.
+	 */
+	slice<u8 const> as_bytes(auto & value) {
+		return {reinterpret_cast<u8 const *>(&value), sizeof(value)};
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Compares `a` and `b`, returning the difference between them or `0` if they are identical.
 	 */