Define constants for header size and format index
diff --git a/rpc_util.go b/rpc_util.go
index e8f35b8..bd40eef 100644
--- a/rpc_util.go
+++ b/rpc_util.go
@@ -138,15 +138,18 @@
 // EOF is returned with nil msg and 0 pf if the entire stream is done. Other
 // non-nil error is returned if something is wrong on reading.
 func (p *parser) recvMsg() (pf payloadFormat, msg []byte, err error) {
+	const headerSize = 5
+	const formatIndex = 1
+
 	var hdr msgFixedHeader
-	var buf [5]byte
+	var buf [headerSize]byte
 
 	if _, err := io.ReadFull(p.s, buf[:]); err != nil {
 		return 0, nil, err
 	}
 
-	hdr.T = payloadFormat(buf[0])
-	hdr.Length = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[1:])
+	hdr.T = payloadFormat(buf[formatIndex])
+	hdr.Length = binary.BigEndian.Uint32(buf[formatIndex:])
 
 	if hdr.Length == 0 {
 		return hdr.T, nil, nil