diff --git a/objecthash.c b/c/objecthash.c
similarity index 100%
rename from objecthash.c
rename to c/objecthash.c
diff --git a/objecthash_test.c b/c/objecthash_test.c
similarity index 100%
rename from objecthash_test.c
rename to c/objecthash_test.c
diff --git a/objecthash.go b/objecthash.go
index 1b8d5aa..96593e6 100644
--- a/objecthash.go
+++ b/objecthash.go
@@ -1,27 +1,26 @@
 package objecthash
 
-import "bytes"
-import "crypto/sha256"
-import "encoding/json"
-import "fmt"
-import "sort"
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"crypto/sha256"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"sort"
+)
+
+var (
+	ErrNormalizingFloat       = errors.New("ErrNormalizingFloat")
+	ErrUnrecognizedObjectType = errors.New("ErrUnrecognizedObjectType")
+)
 
 //import "golang.org/x/text/unicode/norm"
 
-const hashLength int = sha256.Size
-
-func hash(t string, b []byte) [hashLength]byte {
-	//fmt.Printf("%x %x\n", []byte(t), b)
+func hash(t byte, b []byte) []byte {
 	h := sha256.New()
-	h.Write([]byte(t))
+	h.Write([]byte{t})
 	h.Write(b)
-	// FIXME: Seriously, WTF?
-	var r []byte
-	r = h.Sum(r)
-	var rr [hashLength]byte
-	copy(rr[:], r)
-	//fmt.Printf("= %x\n", rr)
-	return rr;
+	return h.Sum(nil)
 }
 
 // FIXME: if What You Hash Is What You Get, then this needs to be safe
@@ -29,72 +28,87 @@ func hash(t string, b []byte) [hashLength]byte {
 // Note: not actually safe to use as a set
 type Set []interface{}
 
-type sortableHashes [][hashLength]byte
-func (h sortableHashes) Len() int { return len(h) }
-func (h sortableHashes) Swap(i, j int) { h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i] }
-func (h sortableHashes) Less(i, j int) bool { return bytes.Compare(h[i][:], h[j][:]) < 0 }
+type sortableHashes [][]byte
+
+func (h sortableHashes) Len() int           { return len(h) }
+func (h sortableHashes) Swap(i, j int)      { h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i] }
+func (h sortableHashes) Less(i, j int) bool { return bytes.Compare(h[i], h[j]) < 0 }
 
-func hashSet(s Set) [hashLength]byte {
-	h := make([][hashLength]byte, len(s))
+func hashSet(s Set) ([]byte, error) {
+	h := make([][]byte, len(s))
 	for n, e := range s {
-		h[n] = ObjectHash(e)
+		var err error
+		if h[n], err = ObjectHash(e); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 	}
 	sort.Sort(sortableHashes(h))
 	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	var prev [hashLength]byte
+	var prev []byte
 	for _, hh := range h {
-		if hh != prev {
-			b.Write(hh[:])
+		if !bytes.Equal(hh, prev) {
+			b.Write(hh)
 		}
 		prev = hh
 	}
-	return hash(`s`, b.Bytes())
+	return hash('s', b.Bytes()), nil
 }
 
-func hashList(l []interface{}) [hashLength]byte {
+func hashList(l []interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	h := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	for _, o := range l {
-		b := ObjectHash(o)
-		h.Write(b[:])
+		var b []byte
+		var err error
+		if b, err = ObjectHash(o); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		h.Write(b)
 	}
-	return hash(`l`, h.Bytes())
+	return hash('l', h.Bytes()), nil
 }
 
-func hashUnicode(s string) [hashLength]byte {
+func hashUnicode(s string) ([]byte, error) {
 	//return hash(`u`, norm.NFC.Bytes([]byte(s)))
-	return hash(`u`, []byte(s))
+	return hash('u', []byte(s)), nil
 }
 
 type hashEntry struct {
-	khash [hashLength]byte
-	vhash [hashLength]byte
+	khash []byte
+	vhash []byte
 }
 type byKHash []hashEntry
-func (h byKHash) Len() int { return len(h) }
+
+func (h byKHash) Len() int      { return len(h) }
 func (h byKHash) Swap(i, j int) { h[i], h[j] = h[j], h[i] }
-func (h byKHash) Less(i, j int) bool { return bytes.Compare(h[i].khash[:],
-	h[j].khash[:]) < 0 }
+func (h byKHash) Less(i, j int) bool {
+	return bytes.Compare(h[i].khash, h[j].khash) < 0
+}
 
-func hashDict(d map[string]interface {}) [hashLength]byte {
+func hashDict(d map[string]interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	e := make([]hashEntry, len(d))
 	n := 0
 	for k, v := range d {
-		e[n].khash = ObjectHash(k)
-		e[n].vhash = ObjectHash(v)
+		var err error
+		if e[n].khash, err = ObjectHash(k); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		if e[n].vhash, err = ObjectHash(v); err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
 		n++
 	}
 	sort.Sort(byKHash(e))
 	h := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	for _, ee := range e {
-		h.Write(ee.khash[:])
-		h.Write(ee.vhash[:])
+		h.Write(ee.khash)
+		h.Write(ee.vhash)
 	}
-	return hash(`d`, h.Bytes())
+	return hash('d', h.Bytes()), nil
 }
 
-func floatNormalize(f float64) (s string) {
+func floatNormalize(f float64) (string, error) {
 	// sign
-	s = `+`
+	s := `+`
 	if f < 0 {
 		s = `-`
 		f = -f
@@ -112,7 +126,7 @@ func floatNormalize(f float64) (s string) {
 	s += fmt.Sprintf("%d:", e)
 	// mantissa
 	if f > 1 || f <= .5 {
-		panic(f)
+		return "", ErrNormalizingFloat
 	}
 	for f != 0 {
 		if f >= 1 {
@@ -121,45 +135,52 @@ func floatNormalize(f float64) (s string) {
 		} else {
 			s += `0`
 		}
-		if (f >= 1) {
-			panic(f)
+		if f >= 1 {
+			return "", ErrNormalizingFloat
 		}
-		if (len(s) >= 1000) {
-			panic(s)
+		if len(s) >= 1000 {
+			return "", ErrNormalizingFloat
 		}
 		f *= 2
 	}
-	return
+	return s, nil
 }
 
-func hashFloat(f float64) [hashLength]byte {
-	return hash(`f`, []byte(floatNormalize(f)))
+func hashFloat(f float64) ([]byte, error) {
+	var n string
+	var err error
+	if n, err = floatNormalize(f); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	return hash('f', []byte(n)), nil
 }
 
-func hashInt(i int) [hashLength]byte {
-	return hash(`i`, []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i)))
+func hashInt(i int) ([]byte, error) {
+	return hash('i', []byte(fmt.Sprintf("%d", i))), nil
 }
 
-func hashBool(b bool) [hashLength]byte {
-	bb := []byte(`0`)
+func hashBool(b bool) ([]byte, error) {
+	var bb []byte
 	if b {
-		bb = []byte(`1`)
+		bb = []byte{'1'}
+	} else {
+		bb = []byte{'0'}
 	}
-	return hash(`b`, bb)
+	return hash('b', bb), nil
 }
 
-func ObjectHash(o interface{}) [hashLength]byte {
+func ObjectHash(o interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	switch v := o.(type) {
 	case []interface{}:
 		return hashList(v)
 	case string:
 		return hashUnicode(v)
-	case map[string]interface {}:
+	case map[string]interface{}:
 		return hashDict(v)
 	case float64:
 		return hashFloat(v)
 	case nil:
-		return hash(`n`, []byte(``))
+		return hash('n', nil), nil
 	case int:
 		return hashInt(v)
 	case Set:
@@ -167,14 +188,14 @@ func ObjectHash(o interface{}) [hashLength]byte {
 	case bool:
 		return hashBool(v)
 	default:
-		panic(o)
+		return nil, ErrUnrecognizedObjectType
 	}
 }
 
-func CommonJSONHash(j string) [hashLength]byte {
+func CommonJSONHash(j []byte) ([]byte, error) {
 	var f interface{}
-	if err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(j), &f); err != nil {
-		panic(err)
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(j, &f); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
 	}
 	return ObjectHash(f)
 }
diff --git a/objecthash_test.go b/objecthash_test.go
index 5d8aaea..a9c80ad 100644
--- a/objecthash_test.go
+++ b/objecthash_test.go
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ import "os"
 import "testing"
 
 func commonJSON(j string) {
-	fmt.Printf("%x\n", CommonJSONHash(j))
+	h, _ := CommonJSONHash([]byte(j))
+	fmt.Printf("%x\n", h)
 }
 
 func ExampleCommonJSONHash_Common() {
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ func ExampleCommonJSONHash_Common() {
 
 func ExampleCommonJSONHash_FloatAndInt() {
 	commonJSON(`["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1.0, 1.5, 0.0001, 1000.0, 2.0, -23.1234, 2.0]}]`)
-        // Integers and floats are the same in common JSON
+	// Integers and floats are the same in common JSON
 	commonJSON(`["foo", {"bar":["baz", null, 1, 1.5, 0.0001, 1000, 2, -23.1234, 2]}]`)
 	// Output:
 	// 783a423b094307bcb28d005bc2f026ff44204442ef3513585e7e73b66e3c2213
@@ -35,6 +36,7 @@ func ExampleCommonJSONHash_KeyOrderIndependence() {
 	// ddd65f1f7568269a30df7cafc26044537dc2f02a1a0d830da61762fc3e687057
 	// ddd65f1f7568269a30df7cafc26044537dc2f02a1a0d830da61762fc3e687057
 }
+
 /*
 func ExampleCommonJSONHash_UnicodeNormalisation() {
 	commonJSON("\"\u03d3\"")
@@ -45,7 +47,8 @@ func ExampleCommonJSONHash_UnicodeNormalisation() {
 }
 */
 func objectHash(o interface{}) {
-	fmt.Printf("%x\n", ObjectHash(o))
+	h, _ := ObjectHash(o)
+	fmt.Printf("%x\n", h)
 }
 
 func ExampleObjectHash_JSON() {
@@ -68,7 +71,7 @@ func ExampleObjectHash_JSON2() {
 }
 
 func ExampleObjectHash_Set() {
-        o := map[string]interface{}{`thing1`: map[string]interface{}{`thing2`: Set{1, 2, `s`}}, `thing3`: 1234.567 }
+	o := map[string]interface{}{`thing1`: map[string]interface{}{`thing2`: Set{1, 2, `s`}}, `thing3`: 1234.567}
 	objectHash(o)
 	// Output: 618cf0582d2e716a70e99c2f3079d74892fec335e3982eb926835967cb0c246c
 }
@@ -109,7 +112,8 @@ func TestGolden(t *testing.T) {
 			return
 		}
 		h := s.Text()
-		hh := fmt.Sprintf("%x", CommonJSONHash(j))
+		jh, _ := CommonJSONHash([]byte(j))
+		hh := fmt.Sprintf("%x", jh)
 		if h != hh {
 			t.Errorf("Got %s expected %s", hh, h)
 		}