diff --git a/encoding/gsm7.go b/encoding/gsm7.go
index 1649840..350f38c 100644
--- a/encoding/gsm7.go
+++ b/encoding/gsm7.go
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ package encoding
 import (
 	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
-	"log"
 )
 
 type GSM7Coder struct{}
@@ -63,7 +62,6 @@ func (c *GSM7Coder) Encode(s string, buf *bytes.Buffer) error {
 			offset = 1
 		}
 	}
-	log.Println(buf.Cap(), buf.Len())
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -74,7 +72,7 @@ func (c *GSM7Coder) Decode(buf *bytes.Buffer) (string, error) {
 		bitshift    byte = 0
 		leap, shift bool
 	)
-	outLength := DecodesInto(buf)
+	outLength := GSM7DecodesInto(buf)
 	lengthDiff := outLength - len(gsm7)
 	gsm7 = append(gsm7, make([]byte, lengthDiff)...)
 
@@ -144,7 +142,7 @@ func InsertAt(data *[]byte, index int, value byte) {
 	(*data)[index] = value
 }
 
-func EncodesInto(s *string) int {
+func GSM7EncodesInto(s *string) int {
 	slen := len(*s)
 	enclen := slen * 7 / 8
 	if slen%8 != 0 {
@@ -152,7 +150,7 @@ func EncodesInto(s *string) int {
 	}
 	return enclen
 }
-func DecodesInto(buf *bytes.Buffer) int {
+func GSM7DecodesInto(buf *bytes.Buffer) int {
 	blen := buf.Len()
 	declen := blen * 8 / 7
 	return declen
diff --git a/encoding/gsm7_test.go b/encoding/gsm7_test.go
index d982e16..9713905 100644
--- a/encoding/gsm7_test.go
+++ b/encoding/gsm7_test.go
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	short8nString = "Sunshine"
+	short8nString   = "Sunshine"
 	longNot8nString = "Golden rays play, Chasing night away."
-	long8nString  = "Ducks are fucking great, they quacks, O quackers, what the fuck."
+	long8nString    = "Ducks are fucking great, they quacks, O quackers, what the fuck."
 
-	short8nStringEncodedBytes = []byte{0b11010011, 0b10111010, 0b01111011, 0b10001110, 0b01001110, 0b10111011, 0b11001011}
+	short8nStringEncodedBytes   = []byte{0b11010011, 0b10111010, 0b01111011, 0b10001110, 0b01001110, 0b10111011, 0b11001011}
 	longNot8nStringEncodedBytes = []byte{0b11000111, 0b00110111, 0b10011011, 0b01011100, 0b01110110, 0b10000011, 0b11100100, 0b11100001, 0b11111100, 0b00011100, 0b00000100, 0b01100111, 0b10000111, 0b11110011, 0b00101100, 0b11010000, 0b00010000, 0b00011101, 0b10011110, 0b10100111, 0b11011101, 0b01100111, 0b10010000, 0b00111011, 0b01111101, 0b01000110, 0b11010011, 0b01000001, 0b11100001, 0b01111011, 0b00111000, 0b11101111, 0b00000010}
-	long8nStringEncodedBytes = []byte{0b11000100, 0b11111010, 0b01111000, 0b00111101, 0b00000111, 0b10000101, 0b11100101, 0b01100101, 0b10010000, 0b10111001, 0b00111110, 0b01011110, 0b10100111, 0b11011101, 0b01100111, 0b11010000, 0b01011001, 0b01011110, 0b00001110, 0b11010011, 0b01011001, 0b00100000, 0b00111010, 0b10111010, 0b10011100, 0b00000111, 0b11000101, 0b11101011, 0b11100001, 0b11110001, 0b01111010, 0b11001110, 0b00000010, 0b00111101, 0b01000001, 0b11110001, 0b01111010, 0b01111000, 0b10111100, 0b00101110, 0b11001011, 0b11100111, 0b00101100, 0b11010000, 0b00011101, 0b00011101, 0b10100110, 0b10000011, 0b11101000, 0b11101000, 0b00110010, 0b11001000, 0b01011100, 0b00011111, 0b10101111, 0b01011101}
+	long8nStringEncodedBytes    = []byte{0b11000100, 0b11111010, 0b01111000, 0b00111101, 0b00000111, 0b10000101, 0b11100101, 0b01100101, 0b10010000, 0b10111001, 0b00111110, 0b01011110, 0b10100111, 0b11011101, 0b01100111, 0b11010000, 0b01011001, 0b01011110, 0b00001110, 0b11010011, 0b01011001, 0b00100000, 0b00111010, 0b10111010, 0b10011100, 0b00000111, 0b11000101, 0b11101011, 0b11100001, 0b11110001, 0b01111010, 0b11001110, 0b00000010, 0b00111101, 0b01000001, 0b11110001, 0b01111010, 0b01111000, 0b10111100, 0b00101110, 0b11001011, 0b11100111, 0b00101100, 0b11010000, 0b00011101, 0b00011101, 0b10100110, 0b10000011, 0b11101000, 0b11101000, 0b00110010, 0b11001000, 0b01011100, 0b00011111, 0b10101111, 0b01011101}
 )
 
 // region encode
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ func TestDeletesLastValue(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGSM7EncodesIntoSmallString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := short8nString
 	expected := 7
-	actual := EncodesInto(&input)
+	actual := GSM7EncodesInto(&input)
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d, but got %d", expected, actual)
 	}
@@ -242,7 +242,7 @@ func TestGSM7EncodesIntoSmallString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGSM7EncodesIntoLargerNot8nString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := longNot8nString
 	expected := 33
-	actual := EncodesInto(&input)
+	actual := GSM7EncodesInto(&input)
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d, but got %d", expected, actual)
 	}
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ func TestGSM7EncodesIntoLargerNot8nString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGSM7EncodesIntoLarger8nString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := long8nString
 	expected := 56
-	actual := EncodesInto(&input)
+	actual := GSM7EncodesInto(&input)
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d, but got %d", expected, actual)
 	}
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ func TestGSM7EncodesIntoLarger8nString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGSM7DecodesIntoSmallString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := short8nStringEncodedBytes
 	expected := 8
-	actual := DecodesInto(bytes.NewBuffer(input))
+	actual := GSM7DecodesInto(bytes.NewBuffer(input))
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d, but got %d", expected, actual)
 	}
@@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ func TestGSM7DecodesIntoSmallString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGSM7DecodesIntoLargerNot8nString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := longNot8nStringEncodedBytes
 	expected := 37
-	actual := DecodesInto(bytes.NewBuffer(input))
+	actual := GSM7DecodesInto(bytes.NewBuffer(input))
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d, but got %d", expected, actual)
 	}
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ func TestGSM7DecodesIntoLargerNot8nString(t *testing.T) {
 func TestGSM7DecodesIntoLarger8nString(t *testing.T) {
 	input := long8nStringEncodedBytes
 	expected := 64
-	actual := DecodesInto(bytes.NewBuffer(input))
+	actual := GSM7DecodesInto(bytes.NewBuffer(input))
 	if actual != expected {
 		t.Errorf("Expected %d, but got %d", expected, actual)
 	}
@@ -317,3 +317,15 @@ func BenchmarkGSM7EncodeComplex8nASCIIString(b *testing.B) {
 		coder.Encode(input, &buf)
 	}
 }
+
+func BenchmarkGSM7EncodeComplex8nASCIIStringPrealloc(b *testing.B) {
+	coder := &GSM7Coder{}
+	input := long8nString
+	b.ResetTimer()
+
+	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
+		buf := bytes.NewBuffer(make([]byte, GSM7EncodesInto(&input)))
+		buf.Reset()
+		coder.Encode(input, buf)
+	}
+}