t.Errorf("transmission of %s failed: got %s want %s", &tx, &rx, &tx)
		}
	}
}

// Sending a nil Rat pointer (inside a slice) on a round trip through gob should yield a zero.
// TODO: top-level nils.
func TestGobEncodingNilRatInSlice(t *testing.T) {
	buf := new(bytes.Buffer)
	enc := gob.NewEncoder(buf)
	dec := gob.NewDecoder(buf)

	var in = make([]*Rat, 1)
	err := enc.Encode(&in)
	if err != nil {