implemented and tested PrintField
diff --git a/aos/build/queues/compiler.rb b/aos/build/queues/compiler.rb
index bcd497a..e53e217 100644
--- a/aos/build/queues/compiler.rb
+++ b/aos/build/queues/compiler.rb
@@ -1,17 +1,4 @@
-$LOAD_PATH.unshift(".")
-["tokenizer.rb","q_file.rb","queue_group.rb","queue.rb","namespaces.rb",
-"interface.rb","errors.rb", "q_struct.rb"].each do |name|
-	require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/objects/" + name
-end
-["standard_types.rb","auto_gen.rb","file_pair_types.rb",
-"dep_file_pair.rb"].each do |name|
-	require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/cpp_pretty_print/" + name
-end
-["q_file.rb","message_dec.rb","queue_dec.rb", "q_struct.rb"].each do |name|
-	require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/output/" + name
-end
-require "fileutils"
-require "pathname"
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/load.rb'
 
 def parse_args(globals,args)
 	i = 0
diff --git a/aos/build/queues/load.rb b/aos/build/queues/load.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c299d80
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aos/build/queues/load.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+$LOAD_PATH.unshift(".")
+["tokenizer.rb","q_file.rb","queue_group.rb","queue.rb","namespaces.rb",
+"interface.rb","errors.rb", "q_struct.rb"].each do |name|
+	require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/objects/" + name
+end
+["standard_types.rb","auto_gen.rb","file_pair_types.rb",
+"dep_file_pair.rb"].each do |name|
+	require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/cpp_pretty_print/" + name
+end
+["q_file.rb","message_dec.rb","queue_dec.rb", "q_struct.rb"].each do |name|
+	require File.dirname(__FILE__) + "/output/" + name
+end
+require "fileutils"
+require "pathname"
diff --git a/aos/build/queues/output/message_dec.rb b/aos/build/queues/output/message_dec.rb
index 6cf44c2..f1a6375 100644
--- a/aos/build/queues/output/message_dec.rb
+++ b/aos/build/queues/output/message_dec.rb
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
 		return "{\n" + @members.collect() { |elem| elem.simpleStr() + "\n"}.join("") + "}"
 	end
 	def getTypeID()
-		return "0x" + (((Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(simpleStr())[0..3].to_i(16)) << 16) + size).to_s(16)
+		return "0x" + (((Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(simpleStr())[0..3].to_i(16)) << 16) | size).to_s(16)
 	end
 	def add_member(member)
 		@members << member
@@ -264,7 +264,9 @@
 		f_call.args.dont_wrap = true
 	end
 	def getTypeID()
-		Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(@type)[0..7].to_i(16) | 0x4000 #ensures is primative
+		Digest::SHA1.hexdigest(@type)[0..7].to_i(16) |
+                0x2000 | # marks it as primitive
+                size
 	end
 	def simpleStr()
 		"#{@type} #{@name}"
diff --git a/aos/build/queues/print_field.rb b/aos/build/queues/print_field.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8e9521e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/aos/build/queues/print_field.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/load.rb'
+
+TypeNames = [8, 16, 32, 64].collect do |size|
+  ["uint#{size}_t", "int#{size}_t"]
+end.flatten + ['bool', 'float', 'char', 'double']
+
+File.open(ARGV[0], 'w') do |output|
+  output.puts <<END
+// This file is generated by #{File.expand_path(__FILE__)}.
+// DO NOT EDIT BY HAND!
+
+#include <sys/types.h>
+#include <stdint.h>
+#include <inttypes.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+#include "aos/common/byteorder.h"
+
+namespace aos {
+
+bool PrintField(char *output, size_t *output_bytes, void *input,
+                size_t *input_bytes, uint32_t type) {
+  switch (type) {
+#{TypeNames.collect do |name|
+  message_element = Target::MessageElement.new(name, 'value')
+  statement = MessageElementStmt.new(name, 'value')
+  message_element.size = statement.size
+  print_args = []
+  message_element.fetchPrintArgs(print_args)
+  next <<END2
+    case #{message_element.getTypeID()}:
+      {
+        if (*input_bytes < #{statement.size}) return false;
+        *input_bytes -= #{statement.size};
+        #{name} value;
+        to_host(static_cast<const char *>(input), &value);
+        int ret = snprintf(output, *output_bytes,
+                           "#{statement.toPrintFormat()}",
+                           #{print_args[0]});
+        if (ret < 0) return false;
+        if (static_cast<unsigned int>(ret) >= *output_bytes) return false;
+        *output_bytes -= ret + 1;
+        return true;
+      }
+END2
+end.join('')}
+    default:
+      return false;
+  }
+}
+
+}  // namespace aos
+END
+end