// Copyright 2014 by Sascha L. Teichmann
// Use of this source code is governed by the MIT license
// that can be found in the LICENSE file.

package main

import "strconv"

// Returns database pos as a byte slice.
func pos2bytes(pos int64) []byte {
	buf := make([]byte, 8, 8)
	for i := 7; i >= 0; i-- {
		buf[i] = byte(pos & 0xff)
		pos >>= 8
	}
	return buf
}

// Constructs a database key out of byte slice.
func bytes2pos(key []byte) (pos int64, err error) {
	return strconv.ParseInt(string(key), 10, 64)
}