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 Package **hexadeca** implements hexadecimal encoding and decoding, for the Go programming language.
 This is meant to be a better alternative to Go's built-in "hex" package.
 
-Package **hexadeca** has easy functiosn for encoding and decoding to:
+Package **hexadeca** has easy functions for encoding and decoding to:
 * `byte` (i.e., `uint8`),
 * `uint16`,
 * `uint32`