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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/compiler/rustc_serialize/src/opaque.rs b/compiler/rustc_serialize/src/opaque.rs
index 1b4b1d2436f..1dcb69920d7 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_serialize/src/opaque.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_serialize/src/opaque.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::int_overflow::DebugStrictAdd;
 
 pub type FileEncodeResult = Result<usize, (PathBuf, io::Error)>;
 
-const FOOTER: &[u8] = b"rust-end-file";
+pub const MAGIC_END_BYTES: &[u8] = b"rust-end-file";
 
 /// The size of the buffer in `FileEncoder`.
 const BUF_SIZE: usize = 8192;
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ impl FileEncoder {
     }
 
     pub fn finish(&mut self) -> FileEncodeResult {
-        self.write_all(FOOTER);
+        self.write_all(MAGIC_END_BYTES);
         self.flush();
         #[cfg(debug_assertions)]
         {
@@ -264,10 +264,10 @@ pub struct MemDecoder<'a> {
 
 impl<'a> MemDecoder<'a> {
     #[inline]
-    pub fn new(data: &'a [u8], position: usize) -> Option<MemDecoder<'a>> {
-        let data = data.strip_suffix(FOOTER)?;
+    pub fn new(data: &'a [u8], position: usize) -> Result<MemDecoder<'a>, ()> {
+        let data = data.strip_suffix(MAGIC_END_BYTES).ok_or(())?;
         let Range { start, end } = data.as_ptr_range();
-        Some(MemDecoder { start, current: data[position..].as_ptr(), end, _marker: PhantomData })
+        Ok(MemDecoder { start, current: data[position..].as_ptr(), end, _marker: PhantomData })
     }
 
     #[inline]