make a (rudimentary) ByteBuffer and put it in package "io".
fix up protocol buffers to use it.

R=rsc
DELTA=1232  (612 added, 572 deleted, 48 changed)
OCL=19964
CL=19981
diff --git a/src/lib/io/Makefile b/src/lib/io/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..39640d16
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/io/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+# Copyright 2009 The Go Authors. All rights reserved.
+# Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+# license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+# DO NOT EDIT.  Automatically generated by gobuild.
+# gobuild -m >Makefile
+O=6
+GC=$(O)g
+CC=$(O)c -w
+AS=$(O)a
+AR=$(O)ar
+
+default: packages
+
+clean:
+	rm -f *.$O *.a $O.out
+
+test: packages
+	gotest
+
+coverage: packages
+	gotest
+	6cov -g `pwd` | grep -v '_test\.go:'
+
+%.$O: %.go
+	$(GC) $*.go
+
+%.$O: %.c
+	$(CC) $*.c
+
+%.$O: %.s
+	$(AS) $*.s
+
+O1=\
+	io.$O\
+	bytebuffer.$O\
+
+io.a: a1
+
+a1:	$(O1)
+	$(AR) grc io.a io.$O bytebuffer.$O
+	rm -f $(O1)
+
+newpkg: clean
+	$(AR) grc io.a
+
+$(O1): newpkg
+
+nuke: clean
+	rm -f $(GOROOT)/pkg/io.a
+
+packages: io.a
+
+install: packages
+	cp io.a $(GOROOT)/pkg/io.a
+
diff --git a/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go b/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9035367
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/io/bytebuffer.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go 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 io
+
+// Byte buffer for marshaling nested messages.
+
+import (
+	"io";
+	"os";
+)
+
+// A simple implementation of the io.Read and io.Write interfaces.
+// A newly allocated ByteBuffer is ready to use.
+
+// TODO(r): Do better memory management.
+
+func bytecopy(dst *[]byte, doff int, src *[]byte, soff int, count int) {
+	for i := 0; i < count; i++ {
+		dst[doff] = src[soff];
+		doff++;
+		soff++;
+	}
+}
+
+export type ByteBuffer struct {
+	buf	*[]byte;
+	off	int;	// Read from here
+	len	int;	// Write to here
+	cap	int;
+}
+
+func (b *ByteBuffer) Reset() {
+	b.off = 0;
+	b.len = 0;
+}
+
+func (b *ByteBuffer) Write(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error) {
+	plen := len(p);
+	if b.buf == nil {
+		b.cap = plen + 1024;
+		b.buf = new([]byte, b.cap);
+		b.len = 0;
+	}
+	if b.len + len(p) > b.cap {
+		b.cap = 2*(b.cap + plen);
+		nb := new([]byte, b.cap);
+		bytecopy(nb, 0, b.buf, 0, b.len);
+		b.buf = nb;
+	}
+	bytecopy(b.buf, b.len, p, 0, plen);
+	b.len += plen;
+	return plen, nil;
+}
+
+func (b *ByteBuffer) Read(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error) {
+	plen := len(p);
+	if b.buf == nil {
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	if b.off == b.len {	// empty buffer
+		b.Reset();
+		return 0, nil
+	}
+	if plen > b.len - b.off {
+		plen = b.len - b.off
+	}
+	bytecopy(p, 0, b.buf, b.off, plen);
+	b.off += plen;
+	return plen, nil;
+}
+
+func (b *ByteBuffer) Len() int {
+	return b.len
+}
+
+func (b *ByteBuffer) Data() *[]byte {
+	return b.buf[b.off:b.len]
+}
+
+
+export func NewByteBufferFromArray(buf *[]byte) *ByteBuffer {
+	b := new(ByteBuffer);
+	b.buf = buf;
+	b.off = 0;
+	b.len = len(buf);
+	b.cap = len(buf);
+	return b;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/io/io.go b/src/lib/io/io.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9ae9264
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/io/io.go
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+// Copyright 2009 The Go 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 io
+
+import (
+	"os";
+	"syscall";
+)
+
+export var ErrEOF = os.NewError("EOF")
+
+export type Read interface {
+	Read(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+}
+
+export type Write interface {
+	Write(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+}
+
+export type ReadWrite interface {
+	Read(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+	Write(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+}
+
+export type ReadWriteClose interface {
+	Read(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+	Write(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error);
+	Close() *os.Error;
+}
+
+export func WriteString(w Write, s string) (n int, err *os.Error) {
+	b := new([]byte, len(s)+1);
+	if !syscall.StringToBytes(b, s) {
+		return -1, os.EINVAL
+	}
+	// BUG return w.Write(b[0:len(s)])
+	r, e := w.Write(b[0:len(s)]);
+	return r, e
+}
+
+// Read until buffer is full, EOF, or error
+export func Readn(fd Read, buf *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error) {
+	n = 0;
+	for n < len(buf) {
+		nn, e := fd.Read(buf[n:len(buf)]);
+		if nn > 0 {
+			n += nn
+		}
+		if e != nil {
+			return n, e
+		}
+		if nn <= 0 {
+			return n, ErrEOF	// no error but insufficient data
+		}
+	}
+	return n, nil
+}
+
+// Convert something that implements Read into something
+// whose Reads are always Readn
+type FullRead struct {
+	fd	Read;
+}
+
+func (fd *FullRead) Read(p *[]byte) (n int, err *os.Error) {
+	n, err = Readn(fd.fd, p);
+	return n, err
+}
+
+export func MakeFullReader(fd Read) Read {
+	if fr, ok := fd.(*FullRead); ok {
+		// already a FullRead
+		return fd
+	}
+	return &FullRead{fd}
+}
+
+// Copies n bytes (or until EOF is reached) from src to dst.
+// Returns the number of bytes copied and the error, if any.
+export func Copyn(src Read, dst Write, n int64) (written int64, err *os.Error) {
+	buf := new([]byte, 32*1024);
+	for written < n {
+		l := len(buf);
+		if d := n - written; d < int64(l) {
+			l = int(d);
+		}
+		nr, er := src.Read(buf[0 : l]);
+		if nr > 0 {
+			nw, ew := dst.Write(buf[0 : nr]);
+			if nw > 0 {
+				written += int64(nw);
+			}
+			if ew != nil {
+				err = ew;
+				break;
+			}
+			if nr != nw {
+				err = os.EIO;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if er != nil {
+			err = er;
+			break;
+		}
+		if nr == 0 {
+			err = ErrEOF;
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return written, err
+}
+
+// Copies from src to dst until EOF is reached.
+// Returns the number of bytes copied and the error, if any.
+export func Copy(src Read, dst Write) (written int64, err *os.Error) {
+	buf := new([]byte, 32*1024);
+	for {
+		nr, er := src.Read(buf);
+		if nr > 0 {
+			nw, ew := dst.Write(buf[0:nr]);
+			if nw > 0 {
+				written += int64(nw);
+			}
+			if ew != nil {
+				err = ew;
+				break;
+			}
+			if nr != nw {
+				err = os.EIO;
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		if er != nil {
+			err = er;
+			break;
+		}
+		if nr == 0 {
+			break;
+		}
+	}
+	return written, err
+}
+