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+package main
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"net/url"
+)
+
+// packet accrues data as it passes through our concurrent
+// pipeline. Formerly the web crawler only transmitted [url.URL]'s,
+// but usingn a compound data type allows us to add URL
+// depth-tracking.
+type packet struct {
+	url   url.URL
+	depth int
+}
+
+// String implements the Stringer interface. We need this mainly
+// because a [url.URL]'s String method only works when that URL is a
+// pointer.
+func (p packet) String() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%d] %s", p.depth, &p.url)
+}
+
+// convertToPackets converts the batch of URLs to a slice of packet
+// structs, configuring each one with the given depth.
+func convertToPackets(batch []url.URL, depth int) []packet {
+	var ps []packet
+
+	for _, u := range batch {
+		newPacket := packet{u, depth}
+		ps = append(ps, newPacket)
+	}
+
+	return ps
+}