add comments!!!!!

src/main.zig

@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ const is_debug = builtin.mode == .Debug;
 const base64Enc = std.base64.Base64Encoder.init(std.base64.standard_alphabet_chars, '=');
 const base64Dec = std.base64.Base64Decoder.init(std.base64.standard_alphabet_chars, '=');
 
+/// Type tag for SaprusMessage union.
+/// This is the first value in the actual packet sent over the network.
 const SaprusPacketType = enum(u16) {
     relay = 0x003C,
     file_transfer = 0x8888,
@@ -9,6 +11,8 @@ const SaprusPacketType = enum(u16) {
     _,
 };
 
+/// Reserved option values.
+/// Currently unused.
 const SaprusConnectionOptions = packed struct(u8) {
     opt1: bool = false,
     opt2: bool = false,
@@ -25,6 +29,7 @@ const SaprusError = error{
     UnknownSaprusType,
 };
 
+/// All Saprus messages
 const SaprusMessage = union(SaprusPacketType) {
     const Relay = struct {
         const Header = packed struct {
@@ -49,6 +54,7 @@ const SaprusMessage = union(SaprusPacketType) {
     file_transfer: void, // unimplemented
     connection: Connection,
 
+    /// Should be called for any SaprusMessage that was declared using a function that you pass an allocator to.
     fn deinit(self: SaprusMessage, allocator: Allocator) void {
         switch (self) {
             .relay => |r| allocator.free(r.payload),
@@ -64,27 +70,39 @@ const SaprusMessage = union(SaprusPacketType) {
         w: std.ArrayList(u8).Writer,
         allocator: Allocator,
     ) !void {
+        // Create a growable string to store the base64 bytes in.
+        // Doing this first so I can use the length of the encoded bytes for the length field.
         var payload_list = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
         defer payload_list.deinit();
         const buf_w = payload_list.writer();
+
+        // Write the payload bytes as base64 to the growable string.
         try base64Enc.encodeWriter(buf_w, payload);
 
+        // Write the packet body to the output writer.
         try w.writeStructEndian(header, .big);
         try w.writeInt(u16, @intCast(payload_list.items.len), .big);
         try w.writeAll(payload_list.items);
     }
 
+    /// Caller is responsible for freeing the returned bytes.
     fn toBytes(self: SaprusMessage, allocator: Allocator) ![]u8 {
+        // Create a growable list of bytes to store the output in.
         var buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
+        // Create a writer for an easy interface to append arbitrary bytes.
         const w = buf.writer();
+
+        // Start with writing the message type, which is the first 16 bits of every Saprus message.
         try w.writeInt(u16, @intFromEnum(self), .big);
 
+        // Write the proper header and payload for the given packet type.
         switch (self) {
             .relay => |r| try toBytesAux(Relay.Header, r.header, r.payload, w, allocator),
             .connection => |c| try toBytesAux(Connection.Header, c.header, c.payload, w, allocator),
             .file_transfer => return SaprusError.NotImplementedSaprusType,
         }
 
+        // Collect the growable list as a slice and return it.
         return buf.toOwnedSlice();
     }
 
@@ -94,22 +112,28 @@ const SaprusMessage = union(SaprusPacketType) {
         r: std.io.FixedBufferStream([]const u8).Reader,
         allocator: Allocator,
     ) !SaprusMessage {
+        // Read the header for the current message type.
         const header = try r.readStructEndian(Header, .big);
+        // Read the length of the base64 encoded payload.
         const len = try r.readInt(u16, .big);
 
+        // Read the base64 bytes into a list to be able to call the decoder on it.
         var payload_buf = std.ArrayList(u8).init(allocator);
         defer payload_buf.deinit();
         try r.readAllArrayList(&payload_buf, len);
 
+        // Create a buffer to store the payload in, and decode the base64 bytes into the payload field.
         const payload = try allocator.alloc(u8, try base64Dec.calcSizeForSlice(payload_buf.items));
         try base64Dec.decode(payload, payload_buf.items);
 
+        // Return the type of SaprusMessage specified by the `packet` argument.
         return @unionInit(SaprusMessage, @tagName(packet), .{
             .header = header,
             .payload = payload,
         });
     }
 
+    /// Caller is responsible for calling .deinit on the returned value.
     fn fromBytes(bytes: []const u8, allocator: Allocator) !SaprusMessage {
         var s = std.io.fixedBufferStream(bytes);
         const r = s.reader();