Encoding being placed before decoding everywhere makes sense

metadapta.go

@@ -173,6 +173,18 @@ type incomingMessage struct {
 	payload []byte
 }
 
+func encodeMessageA(writer io.Writer, trans int64, method uint16, data []byte) error {
+	buffer := make([]byte, 12 + len(data))
+	tape.EncodeI64(buffer[:8], trans)
+	tape.EncodeI16(buffer[8:10], method)
+	length, ok := tape.U16CastSafe(len(data))
+	if !ok { return ErrPayloadTooLarge }
+	tape.EncodeI16(buffer[10:12], length)
+	copy(buffer[12:], data)
+	_, err := writer.Write(buffer)
+	return err
+}
+
 func decodeMessageA(reader io.Reader) (int64, uint16, []byte, error) {
 	headerBuffer := [12]byte { }
 	_, err := io.ReadFull(reader, headerBuffer[:])
@@ -189,18 +201,6 @@ func decodeMessageA(reader io.Reader) (int64, uint16, []byte, error) {
 	return transID, method, payloadBuffer, nil
 }
 
-func encodeMessageA(writer io.Writer, trans int64, method uint16, data []byte) error {
-	buffer := make([]byte, 12 + len(data))
-	tape.EncodeI64(buffer[:8], trans)
-	tape.EncodeI16(buffer[8:10], method)
-	length, ok := tape.U16CastSafe(len(data))
-	if !ok { return ErrPayloadTooLarge }
-	tape.EncodeI16(buffer[10:12], length)
-	copy(buffer[12:], data)
-	_, err := writer.Write(buffer)
-	return err
-}
-
 func partyFromTransID(id int64) Party {
 	return id > 0
 }