Helper methods for extendable-data. Exists because I can't just EXPORT REGULAR FUNCTIONS IN A PROC-MACRO PACKAGE.
Methods in here are really for internal use. Ideally, these would be in an internal package for extendable-data, but cargo does not allow me to publish crates with a hidden internal package, nor am I able to expose proc macros and regular functions at the same time, so we're stuck with this additional package.