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authorFelix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>2015-03-25 23:46:29 +0800
committerFelix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>2015-03-25 23:46:29 +0800
commit181a21c67c8dafe027cd7fb43fe3f68eaf2a52ea (patch)
tree3c38cb00b62e8d1c68edab40b013f7972e4f5723 /rlp/encode.go
parentff5578fc715262cd8ae62e7d0f961a6e977a8727 (diff)
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rlp: encode nil array pointers as empty list or string
Diffstat (limited to 'rlp/encode.go')
-rw-r--r--rlp/encode.go34
1 files changed, 26 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/rlp/encode.go b/rlp/encode.go
index 289bc4eaa..6cf6776d6 100644
--- a/rlp/encode.go
+++ b/rlp/encode.go
@@ -87,6 +87,8 @@ func (e flatenc) EncodeRLP(out io.Writer) error {
// To encode a pointer, the value being pointed to is encoded. For nil
// pointers, Encode will encode the zero value of the type. A nil
// pointer to a struct type always encodes as an empty RLP list.
+// A nil pointer to an array encodes as an empty list (or empty string
+// if the array has element type byte).
//
// Struct values are encoded as an RLP list of all their encoded
// public fields. Recursive struct types are supported.
@@ -532,21 +534,37 @@ func makePtrWriter(typ reflect.Type) (writer, error) {
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
- zero := reflect.Zero(typ.Elem())
+
+ // determine nil pointer handler
+ var nilfunc func(*encbuf) error
kind := typ.Elem().Kind()
- writer := func(val reflect.Value, w *encbuf) error {
- switch {
- case !val.IsNil():
- return etypeinfo.writer(val.Elem(), w)
- case kind == reflect.Struct:
- // encoding the zero value of a struct could trigger
+ switch {
+ case kind == reflect.Array && isByte(typ.Elem().Elem()):
+ nilfunc = func(w *encbuf) error {
+ w.str = append(w.str, 0x80)
+ return nil
+ }
+ case kind == reflect.Struct || kind == reflect.Array:
+ nilfunc = func(w *encbuf) error {
+ // encoding the zero value of a struct/array could trigger
// infinite recursion, avoid that.
w.listEnd(w.list())
return nil
- default:
+ }
+ default:
+ zero := reflect.Zero(typ.Elem())
+ nilfunc = func(w *encbuf) error {
return etypeinfo.writer(zero, w)
}
}
+
+ writer := func(val reflect.Value, w *encbuf) error {
+ if val.IsNil() {
+ return nilfunc(w)
+ } else {
+ return etypeinfo.writer(val.Elem(), w)
+ }
+ }
return writer, err
}