diff --git a/eol.go b/eol.go
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index 0000000..3499fc5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/eol.go
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+package raft
+
+const (
+	eol = "\n" // end-of-line character
+	eoleol = eol + eol // 2 eol-of-line characters
+)