This is trying to remove the num_bytes argument from usize/isize methods.

If num_bytes can be removed then a generic to_bytes and from_bytes
trait can be created that will help with serializing structures
and generic data.

.gitignore

@@ -1,2 +1,17 @@
-target
-Cargo.lock
+# Ignore swap files from text editors.
+*.swp
+
+# Ignore compiled files.
+*.o
+*.so
+*.rlib
+*.dll
+*.exe
+
+# Ignore files/directories generated by Cargo.
+/target/
+
+# Remove Cargo.lock from gitignore if creating an executable,
+# leave it for libraries.
+# More information here: http://doc.crates.io/guide.html#cargotoml-vs-cargolock
+#Cargo.lock