fixed style issues + got encoders and timestamp actually working
diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.cc b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.cc
index b6c1dc7..f0ea66d 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.cc
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.cc
@@ -15,17 +15,17 @@
 
 PacketFinder::PacketFinder()
     : buf_(new AlignedChar[PACKET_SIZE]),
-    unstuffed_data_(new AlignedChar[PACKET_SIZE - 4]) {
+      unstuffed_data_(new AlignedChar[PACKET_SIZE - 4]) {
   static_assert((PACKET_SIZE % 4) == 0,
                 "We can't do checksums of lengths that aren't multiples of 4.");
-  }
+}
 
 PacketFinder::~PacketFinder() {
   delete buf_;
   delete unstuffed_data_;
 }
 
-// TODO(brians): Figure out why this (sometimes?) gets confused right after
+// TODO(brians): Figure out why this (sometimes) gets confused right after
 // flashing the cape.
 bool PacketFinder::FindPacket() {
   // How many 0 bytes we've found at the front so far.
@@ -93,10 +93,7 @@
   return true;
 }
 
-bool PacketFinder::GetPacket(DataStruct *packet) {
-  static_assert(sizeof(*packet) <= PACKET_SIZE - 8,
-                "output data type is too big");
-
+bool PacketFinder::ReadPacket() {
   if (!FindPacket()) return false;
 
   if (!ProcessPacket()) {
@@ -119,7 +116,6 @@
   } else {
     packet_bytes_ = -1;
   }
-  memcpy(packet, unstuffed_data_, sizeof(*packet));
 
   return true;
 }
diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h
index 3dd249e..ee2e133 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/packet_finder.h
@@ -11,21 +11,34 @@
 namespace bbb {
 
 class PacketFinder {
- protected:
-  typedef char __attribute__((aligned(4))) AlignedChar;
-
  public:
   PacketFinder();
   virtual ~PacketFinder();
 
-  // Returns true if it finds one or false if it gets an I/O error first.
-  // packet must be aligned to 4 bytes.
-  bool GetPacket(DataStruct *packet);
+  // Returns true if it succeeds or false if it gets an I/O error first.
+  bool ReadPacket();
+
+  // Gets a reference to the received packet.
+  // The most recent call to ReadPacket() must have returned true or the data
+  // pointed to is undefined.
+  template <typename T>
+  const T *get_packet() {
+    static_assert(alignof(T) <= alignof(*unstuffed_data_),
+                  "We need to align our data better.");
+    /*static_assert(sizeof(T) <= PACKET_SIZE - 8,
+                  "We aren't getting that much data.");*/
+    return reinterpret_cast<const T *>(unstuffed_data_);
+  }
+
+ protected:
+  typedef char __attribute__((aligned(8))) AlignedChar;
+
+ private:
   // Implemented by subclasses to provide a data source 
   // for these algorithms.
+  // Returns the number of bytes read or -1 if there is an error in errno.
   virtual int ReadBytes(AlignedChar *dest, size_t max_bytes) = 0;
- 
- private:
+
   // Reads bytes until there are 4 zeros and then fills up buf_.
   // Returns true if it finds one or false if it gets an I/O error first or the
   // packet is invalid in some way.
@@ -37,7 +50,6 @@
   // data.
   bool ProcessPacket();
 
-
   AlignedChar *const buf_;
   AlignedChar *const unstuffed_data_;
 
diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc
index a29944d..ceea78a 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.cc
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@
   return read(fd_, dest, max_bytes);
 }
 
-} // namespace bbb
+}  // namespace bbb
diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.h b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.h
index a717c33..bd022b0 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.h
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader.h
@@ -9,14 +9,16 @@
 namespace bbb {
 
 class UartReader : public PacketFinder {
-  int fd_;
-
-public:
+ public:
   UartReader(int32_t baud_rate);
-  ~UartReader();
+  virtual ~UartReader();
+
   int ReadBytes(AlignedChar *dest, size_t max_bytes);
+
+ private:
+  const int fd_;
 };
 
-} // namespace bbb
+}  // namespace bbb
 
 #endif
diff --git a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader_main.cc b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader_main.cc
index 8815f66..475d354 100644
--- a/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader_main.cc
+++ b/bbb_cape/src/bbb/uart_reader_main.cc
@@ -39,16 +39,16 @@
     }
 #endif
 
-    DataStruct packet;
-    if (!receiver.GetPacket(&packet)) {
-      LOG(WARNING, "Could not get a packet.\n");
+    if (!receiver.ReadPacket()) {
+      LOG(WARNING, "Could not read a packet.\n");
       continue;
     }
     last_packet_time = Time::Now();
 
+    const DataStruct *packet = receiver.get_packet<DataStruct>();
     LOG(DEBUG, "got one!\n");
-    LOG(DEBUG, "timestamp %" PRIu64 "\n", packet.timestamp);
-    LOG(DEBUG, "0=%d\n", packet.main.encoders[0]);
+    LOG(DEBUG, "timestamp %" PRIu64 "\n", packet->timestamp);
+    LOG(DEBUG, "0=%d\n", packet->main.encoders[0]);
     //TODO (danielp): Do stuff here with the data we got.
   }