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go/src/infra/libs/infra_util/buf.go

+// Copyright 2014 The Chromium Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+// found in the LICENSE file.
+package infra_util
+
+import (
+        "io"
+)
+
+type Nomable interface {
+        ReadString(delim byte) (string, error)
+}
+
+// Returns `func(byte) string` which will read from |buf| until the byte,
+// returning the string read. If an error is encountered, this will panic.
+func Nom(buf Nomable) func(byte) string {
+        return func(delim byte) string {
+                ret, err := buf.ReadString(delim)
+                if err != nil {
+                        panic(err)
+                }
+                return ret[:len(ret)-1]
+        }
+}
+
+// Returns `func (int) []byte` which will read the specified number of bytes
+// from |buf|, or panic.
+func Yoink(buf io.Reader) func(int) []byte {

[Vadim Sh., 2014/10/21 15:27:00]

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+        return func(num int) []byte {
+                ret := make([]byte, num)
+                i, err := io.ReadFull(buf, ret)
+                if err != nil {
+                        panic(err)
+                }
+                if i != len(ret) {
+                        panic("yoink: failed to read enough data")
+                }
+                return ret
+        }
+}