still doesn't work, but is moving in the right direction

pokercore/pokercore.go

@@ -189,4 +189,3 @@ func proto() {
 	cmty := myDeck.Deal(5)
 	fmt.Printf("community: %s\n", cmty)
 }
-

pokercore/pokerhand.go

@@ -1,29 +1,29 @@
 package pokercore
 
 type HEPokerHand struct {
-    Cards Cards
-    HandScore HandScore
+	Cards     Cards
+	HandScore HandScore
 }
 
 type HandScoreType uint8
 type HandScoreRanking Rank
 
 type HandScore struct {
-    Type HandScoreType
-    Ranking HandScoreRanking
-    Kickers Cards
-    Description string
+	Type        HandScoreType
+	Ranking     HandScoreRanking
+	Kickers     Cards
+	Description string
 }
 
 const (
-	HIGH_CARD HandScoreType = 0
-	ONE_PAIR HandScoreType = 1
-	TWO_PAIR HandScoreType = 2
-	SET HandScoreType = 3
-	STRAIGHT HandScoreType = 4
-	FLUSH HandScoreType = 5
-	BOAT HandScoreType = 6
-	QUADS HandScoreType = 7
+	HIGH_CARD      HandScoreType = 0
+	ONE_PAIR       HandScoreType = 1
+	TWO_PAIR       HandScoreType = 2
+	SET            HandScoreType = 3
+	STRAIGHT       HandScoreType = 4
+	FLUSH          HandScoreType = 5
+	FULL_HOUSE     HandScoreType = 6
+	QUADS          HandScoreType = 7
 	STRAIGHT_FLUSH HandScoreType = 8
 )
 
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@ func (self *HandScore) BeatsHand(v *HandScore) bool {
 }
 
 func (self *HEPokerHand) IsReducedYet() bool {
-    if len(self.Cards) == 5 {
-        return true
-    }
-    return false
+	if len(self.Cards) == 5 {
+		return true
+	}
+	return false
 }
 
 func (self *HEPokerHand) IsPair() bool {
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ func (self *HEPokerHand) ScoreHand() *HandScore {
 
 }
 
-func scoreHEPokerHand(input Cards) (hand HEPokerHand) {
+func scoreHEPokerHand(input Cards) *HEPokerHand {
+	// this takes a list of pointers to 7 cards, permutes them into every
+	// possible five-card hand, by removing each in turn and recursing to
+	// itself, and then returns the best one as an *HEPokerHand
+	// out of all possible five-card permutations.
+
 	return 1
-}
+}