multiple packet types. code quality is declining steadily

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drawing/op.ha b/drawing/op.ha
index deda81c..acbca29 100644
--- a/drawing/op.ha
+++ b/drawing/op.ha
@@ -7,13 +7,13 @@ export type op_other = void;
 export type op = (op_circle| op_other);
 
 
-
-export fn send_op(file: io::handle, op: op) (void | io::error) = {
-	static let buf: [8]u8 = [0...];
+// return value must be freed... for now. ehh
+export fn ser_op(op: op) []u8 = {
 	const opc = op as op_circle;
+	let buf: []u8 = alloc([0...],8);
 	endian::leputu32(buf[0..4], opc.0: u32);
 	endian::leputu32(buf[4..8], opc.1: u32);
-	io::writeall(file, buf)?;
+	return buf;
 };
 
 export fn deser_op(bytes: []u8) op = {