package main

import (
	"bytes"
	"encoding/gob"
	"fmt"
)

type Tags struct {
	Key   *string
	Value *string
}

func main() {
	t1 := ""
	t2 := "test"
	i := Tags{Key: &t2, Value: &t1}
	s := []*Tags{&i}
	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", s)
	for _, x := range s {
		fmt.Printf("Orig %#v\n", *x)

	}

	buf := bytes.Buffer{}
	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buf)
	dec := gob.NewDecoder(&buf)

	if err := enc.Encode(s); err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
	}

	var s2 []*Tags
	if err := dec.Decode(&s2); err != nil {
		fmt.Println(err)
	}

	fmt.Printf("%#v\n", s2)

	for _, x := range s2 {
		fmt.Printf("Transmitted %#v\n", *x)

	}
}