From 94c0f32ae422e890b7128f6115dc91f9c6f74aeb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobie Morgan Hitchcock <tobie@abcum.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2016 14:44:56 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add specific GOB encoding methods

---
 util/pack/pack.go | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/util/pack/pack.go b/util/pack/pack.go
index 115893c5..20c963f0 100644
--- a/util/pack/pack.go
+++ b/util/pack/pack.go
@@ -128,13 +128,23 @@ func init() {
 
 // Encode encodes a data object into a GOB.
 func Encode(src interface{}) (dst []byte) {
+	return ToGOB(src)
+}
+
+// Decode decodes a GOB into a data object.
+func Decode(src []byte, dst interface{}) {
+	FromGOB(src, dst)
+}
+
+// ToGOB encodes a data object into a GOB.
+func ToGOB(src interface{}) (dst []byte) {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(nil)
 	gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(src)
 	return buf.Bytes()
 }
 
-// Decode decodes a GOB into a data object.
-func Decode(src []byte, dst interface{}) {
+// FromGOB decodes a GOB into a data object.
+func FromGOB(src []byte, dst interface{}) {
 	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(src)
 	gob.NewDecoder(buf).Decode(dst)
 }