@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 	"testing"
 )
 
 func TestHamming(t *testing.T) {
 	for i := 0; i < 256; i++ {
-		b, result := i, byte(0)
+		b, result := i, 0
 		for b > 0 {
 			if (b & 1) > 0 {
 				result++
 			}
 			b = b >> 1