From 091c628026edc6f81d851bd1d070edd34af20b67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Scott Worley <sworley@chkno.net>
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 13:19:46 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Generalize json-slurping

---
 planeteer.go | 16 ++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/planeteer.go b/planeteer.go
index eb78bce..4976abe 100644
--- a/planeteer.go
+++ b/planeteer.go
@@ -133,13 +133,21 @@ type planet_data struct {
 	i2p, i2c    []string       // Generated; not read from file
 }
 
-func ReadData() (data planet_data) {
-	f, err := os.Open(*planet_data_file)
+func json_slurp(filename string, receptacle interface{}) error {
+	f, err := os.Open(filename)
 	if err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+		return err
 	}
 	defer f.Close()
-	err = json.NewDecoder(f).Decode(&data)
+	err = json.NewDecoder(f).Decode(receptacle)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func ReadData() (data planet_data) {
+	err := json_slurp(*planet_data_file, &data)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-- 
2.44.1