="/pkg/encoding/gob/"><code>encoding/gob</code></a>.
</p>

<p>
The old <code>Parser</code> type is renamed
<a href="/pkg/encoding/xml/#Decoder"><code>Decoder</code></a> and has a new
<a href="/pkg/encoding/xml/#Decoder.Decode"><code>Decode</code></a> method. An
<a href="/pkg/encoding/xml/#Encoder"><code>Encoder</code></a> type was also introduced.
</p>

<p>
The functions <a href="/pkg/encoding/xml/#Marshal"><code>Marshal</code></a>
and <a href="/pkg/encoding/xml/#Unmarshal"><code>Unmarshal</code></a>
work w