Restore array of structs from memcache in GO

memcache.go

package main

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

	"github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache/memcache"
)

type User struct {
	Email    string
	Username string
}

func main() {
	users := []User{
		User{Email: "henry@sample.com", Username: "pioz"},
		User{Email: "giuse@sample.com", Username: "giuse"},
	}

	var buffer bytes.Buffer
	enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buffer)
	err := enc.Encode(users)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	mc := memcache.New("localhost:11211")
	mc.Set(&memcache.Item{Key: "users", Value: buffer.Bytes()})
	hit, err := mc.Get("users")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	var cachedUsers []User
	reader := bytes.NewReader(hit.Value)
	dec := gob.NewDecoder(reader)
	err = dec.Decode(&cachedUsers)
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}

	fmt.Println(cachedUsers)
}