accounts/abi: reorganizing package with small fixes (#14610)

* accounts/abi: reorganizing package and some notes and a quick correction of name.

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

get rid of some imports

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: move file names

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: fix boolean decode function

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: fix for the array set and for creating a bool

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: be very very very correct

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* accounts/abi: fix up error message and variable names

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: take out unnecessary argument in pack method

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* accounts/abi: add bool unpack test and add a panic to readBool function

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: fix panic message

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: change from panic to basic error

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* accounts/abi: fix nil to false

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* accounts/abi: fill out type regex tests and fill with the correct type for integers

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: move packNumbers into pack.go.

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* accounts/abi: separation of the testing suite into appropriately named files.

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* account/abi: change to hex string tests.

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* account/abi: fix up rest of tests to hex

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: declare bool at the package level

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* accounts/abi: use errors package in the error file.

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

* accounts/abi: fix ugly hack and fix error type declaration.

Signed-off-by: RJ Catalano <rj@monax.io>

13 files changed, 1487 insertions, 1085 deletions

diff --git a/accounts/abi/abi.go b/accounts/abi/abi.go
index 3d1010229..2a06d474b 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abi.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi.go
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@
 package abi
 
 import (
-	"encoding/binary"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
-	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 	"strings"
 
@@ -67,7 +65,7 @@ func (abi ABI) Pack(name string, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 		}
 		method = m
 	}
-	arguments, err := method.pack(method, args...)
+	arguments, err := method.pack(args...)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
@@ -78,199 +76,6 @@ func (abi ABI) Pack(name string, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	return append(method.Id(), arguments...), nil
 }
 
-// toGoSliceType parses the input and casts it to the proper slice defined by the ABI
-// argument in T.
-func toGoSlice(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
-	index := i * 32
-	// The slice must, at very least be large enough for the index+32 which is exactly the size required
-	// for the [offset in output, size of offset].
-	if index+32 > len(output) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: insufficient size output %d require %d", len(output), index+32)
-	}
-	elem := t.Type.Elem
-
-	// first we need to create a slice of the type
-	var refSlice reflect.Value
-	switch elem.T {
-	case IntTy, UintTy, BoolTy:
-		// create a new reference slice matching the element type
-		switch t.Type.Kind {
-		case reflect.Bool:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]bool(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint8:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint8(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint16:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint16(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint32:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint32(nil))
-		case reflect.Uint64:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint64(nil))
-		case reflect.Int8:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int8(nil))
-		case reflect.Int16:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int16(nil))
-		case reflect.Int32:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int32(nil))
-		case reflect.Int64:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int64(nil))
-		default:
-			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]*big.Int(nil))
-		}
-	case AddressTy: // address must be of slice Address
-		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]common.Address(nil))
-	case HashTy: // hash must be of slice hash
-		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]common.Hash(nil))
-	case FixedBytesTy:
-		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([][]byte(nil))
-	default: // no other types are supported
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: unsupported slice type %v", elem.T)
-	}
-
-	var slice []byte
-	var size int
-	var offset int
-	if t.Type.IsSlice {
-		// get the offset which determines the start of this array ...
-		offset = int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(output[index+24 : index+32]))
-		if offset+32 > len(output) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: offset %d would go over slice boundary (len=%d)", len(output), offset+32)
-		}
-
-		slice = output[offset:]
-		// ... starting with the size of the array in elements ...
-		size = int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(slice[24:32]))
-		slice = slice[32:]
-		// ... and make sure that we've at the very least the amount of bytes
-		// available in the buffer.
-		if size*32 > len(slice) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: insufficient size output %d require %d", len(output), offset+32+size*32)
-		}
-
-		// reslice to match the required size
-		slice = slice[:size*32]
-	} else if t.Type.IsArray {
-		//get the number of elements in the array
-		size = t.Type.SliceSize
-
-		//check to make sure array size matches up
-		if index+32*size > len(output) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go array: offset %d would go over slice boundary (len=%d)", len(output), index+32*size)
-		}
-		//slice is there for a fixed amount of times
-		slice = output[index : index+size*32]
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
-		var (
-			inter        interface{}             // interface type
-			returnOutput = slice[i*32 : i*32+32] // the return output
-		)
-		// set inter to the correct type (cast)
-		switch elem.T {
-		case IntTy, UintTy:
-			inter = readInteger(t.Type.Kind, returnOutput)
-		case BoolTy:
-			inter = !allZero(returnOutput)
-		case AddressTy:
-			inter = common.BytesToAddress(returnOutput)
-		case HashTy:
-			inter = common.BytesToHash(returnOutput)
-		case FixedBytesTy:
-			inter = returnOutput
-		}
-		// append the item to our reflect slice
-		refSlice = reflect.Append(refSlice, reflect.ValueOf(inter))
-	}
-
-	// return the interface
-	return refSlice.Interface(), nil
-}
-
-func readInteger(kind reflect.Kind, b []byte) interface{} {
-	switch kind {
-	case reflect.Uint8:
-		return uint8(b[len(b)-1])
-	case reflect.Uint16:
-		return binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[len(b)-2:])
-	case reflect.Uint32:
-		return binary.BigEndian.Uint32(b[len(b)-4:])
-	case reflect.Uint64:
-		return binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b[len(b)-8:])
-	case reflect.Int8:
-		return int8(b[len(b)-1])
-	case reflect.Int16:
-		return int16(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[len(b)-2:]))
-	case reflect.Int32:
-		return int32(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(b[len(b)-4:]))
-	case reflect.Int64:
-		return int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b[len(b)-8:]))
-	default:
-		return new(big.Int).SetBytes(b)
-	}
-}
-
-func allZero(b []byte) bool {
-	for _, byte := range b {
-		if byte != 0 {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	return true
-}
-
-// toGoType parses the input and casts it to the proper type defined by the ABI
-// argument in T.
-func toGoType(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
-	// we need to treat slices differently
-	if (t.Type.IsSlice || t.Type.IsArray) && t.Type.T != BytesTy && t.Type.T != StringTy && t.Type.T != FixedBytesTy && t.Type.T != FunctionTy {
-		return toGoSlice(i, t, output)
-	}
-
-	index := i * 32
-	if index+32 > len(output) {
-		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go type: length insufficient %d require %d", len(output), index+32)
-	}
-
-	// Parse the given index output and check whether we need to read
-	// a different offset and length based on the type (i.e. string, bytes)
-	var returnOutput []byte
-	switch t.Type.T {
-	case StringTy, BytesTy: // variable arrays are written at the end of the return bytes
-		// parse offset from which we should start reading
-		offset := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(output[index+24 : index+32]))
-		if offset+32 > len(output) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go type: length insufficient %d require %d", len(output), offset+32)
-		}
-		// parse the size up until we should be reading
-		size := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(output[offset+24 : offset+32]))
-		if offset+32+size > len(output) {
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go type: length insufficient %d require %d", len(output), offset+32+size)
-		}
-
-		// get the bytes for this return value
-		returnOutput = output[offset+32 : offset+32+size]
-	default:
-		returnOutput = output[index : index+32]
-	}
-
-	// convert the bytes to whatever is specified by the ABI.
-	switch t.Type.T {
-	case IntTy, UintTy:
-		return readInteger(t.Type.Kind, returnOutput), nil
-	case BoolTy:
-		return !allZero(returnOutput), nil
-	case AddressTy:
-		return common.BytesToAddress(returnOutput), nil
-	case HashTy:
-		return common.BytesToHash(returnOutput), nil
-	case BytesTy, FixedBytesTy, FunctionTy:
-		return returnOutput, nil
-	case StringTy:
-		return string(returnOutput), nil
-	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: unknown type %v", t.Type.T)
-}
-
 // these variable are used to determine certain types during type assertion for
 // assignment.
 var (
diff --git a/accounts/abi/abi_test.go b/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
index a45bd6cc0..a3aa9446e 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/abi_test.go
@@ -48,412 +48,6 @@ func pad(input []byte, size int, left bool) []byte {
 	return common.RightPadBytes(input, size)
 }
 
-func TestTypeCheck(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range []struct {
-		typ   string
-		input interface{}
-		err   string
-	}{
-		{"uint", big.NewInt(1), ""},
-		{"int", big.NewInt(1), ""},
-		{"uint30", big.NewInt(1), ""},
-		{"uint30", uint8(1), "abi: cannot use uint8 as type ptr as argument"},
-		{"uint16", uint16(1), ""},
-		{"uint16", uint8(1), "abi: cannot use uint8 as type uint16 as argument"},
-		{"uint16[]", []uint16{1, 2, 3}, ""},
-		{"uint16[]", [3]uint16{1, 2, 3}, ""},
-		{"uint16[]", []uint32{1, 2, 3}, "abi: cannot use []uint32 as type []uint16 as argument"},
-		{"uint16[3]", [3]uint32{1, 2, 3}, "abi: cannot use [3]uint32 as type [3]uint16 as argument"},
-		{"uint16[3]", [4]uint16{1, 2, 3}, "abi: cannot use [4]uint16 as type [3]uint16 as argument"},
-		{"uint16[3]", []uint16{1, 2, 3}, ""},
-		{"uint16[3]", []uint16{1, 2, 3, 4}, "abi: cannot use [4]uint16 as type [3]uint16 as argument"},
-		{"address[]", []common.Address{{1}}, ""},
-		{"address[1]", []common.Address{{1}}, ""},
-		{"address[1]", [1]common.Address{{1}}, ""},
-		{"address[2]", [1]common.Address{{1}}, "abi: cannot use [1]array as type [2]array as argument"},
-		{"bytes32", [32]byte{}, ""},
-		{"bytes32", [33]byte{}, "abi: cannot use [33]uint8 as type [32]uint8 as argument"},
-		{"bytes32", common.Hash{1}, ""},
-		{"bytes31", [31]byte{}, ""},
-		{"bytes31", [32]byte{}, "abi: cannot use [32]uint8 as type [31]uint8 as argument"},
-		{"bytes", []byte{0, 1}, ""},
-		{"bytes", [2]byte{0, 1}, ""},
-		{"bytes", common.Hash{1}, ""},
-		{"string", "hello world", ""},
-		{"bytes32[]", [][32]byte{{}}, ""},
-		{"function", [24]byte{}, ""},
-	} {
-		typ, err := NewType(test.typ)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal("unexpected parse error:", err)
-		}
-
-		err = typeCheck(typ, reflect.ValueOf(test.input))
-		if err != nil && len(test.err) == 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected no err but got: %v", i, err)
-			continue
-		}
-		if err == nil && len(test.err) != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: %v but got none", i, test.err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if err != nil && len(test.err) != 0 && err.Error() != test.err {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: '%v' got err: '%v'", i, test.err, err)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestSimpleMethodUnpack(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range []struct {
-		def              string      // definition of the **output** ABI params
-		marshalledOutput []byte      // evm return data
-		expectedOut      interface{} // the expected output
-		outVar           string      // the output variable (e.g. uint32, *big.Int, etc)
-		err              string      // empty or error if expected
-	}{
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "uint32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			uint32(1),
-			"uint32",
-			"",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "uint32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			nil,
-			"uint16",
-			"abi: cannot unmarshal uint32 in to uint16",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "uint17" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			nil,
-			"uint16",
-			"abi: cannot unmarshal *big.Int in to uint16",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "uint17" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			big.NewInt(1),
-			"*big.Int",
-			"",
-		},
-
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "int32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			int32(1),
-			"int32",
-			"",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "int32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			nil,
-			"int16",
-			"abi: cannot unmarshal int32 in to int16",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "int17" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			nil,
-			"int16",
-			"abi: cannot unmarshal *big.Int in to int16",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "int17" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, true),
-			big.NewInt(1),
-			"*big.Int",
-			"",
-		},
-
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "address" } ]`,
-			pad(pad([]byte{1}, 20, false), 32, true),
-			common.Address{1},
-			"address",
-			"",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "bytes32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			"bytes",
-			"",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "bytes32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			"hash",
-			"",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "bytes32" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			"interface",
-			"",
-		},
-		{
-			`[ { "type": "function" } ]`,
-			pad([]byte{1}, 32, false),
-			[24]byte{1},
-			"function",
-			"",
-		},
-	} {
-		abiDefinition := fmt.Sprintf(`[{ "name" : "method", "outputs": %s}]`, test.def)
-		abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(abiDefinition))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. %v", i, err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		var outvar interface{}
-		switch test.outVar {
-		case "uint8":
-			var v uint8
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "uint16":
-			var v uint16
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "uint32":
-			var v uint32
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "uint64":
-			var v uint64
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "int8":
-			var v int8
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "int16":
-			var v int16
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "int32":
-			var v int32
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "int64":
-			var v int64
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "*big.Int":
-			var v *big.Int
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "address":
-			var v common.Address
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "bytes":
-			var v []byte
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "hash":
-			var v common.Hash
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "function":
-			var v [24]byte
-			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-			outvar = v
-		case "interface":
-			err = abi.Unpack(&outvar, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
-		default:
-			t.Errorf("unsupported type '%v' please add it to the switch statement in this test", test.outVar)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if err != nil && len(test.err) == 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected no err but got: %v", i, err)
-			continue
-		}
-		if err == nil && len(test.err) != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: %v but got none", i, test.err)
-			continue
-		}
-		if err != nil && len(test.err) != 0 && err.Error() != test.err {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: '%v' got err: '%v'", i, test.err, err)
-			continue
-		}
-
-		if err == nil {
-			// bit of an ugly hack for hash type but I don't feel like finding a proper solution
-			if test.outVar == "hash" {
-				tmp := outvar.(common.Hash) // without assignment it's unaddressable
-				outvar = tmp[:]
-			}
-
-			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedOut, outvar) {
-				t.Errorf("%d failed. Output error: expected %v, got %v", i, test.expectedOut, outvar)
-			}
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUnpackSetInterfaceSlice(t *testing.T) {
-	var (
-		var1 = new(uint8)
-		var2 = new(uint8)
-	)
-	out := []interface{}{var1, var2}
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(`[{"type":"function", "name":"ints", "outputs":[{"type":"uint8"}, {"type":"uint8"}]}]`))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	marshalledReturn := append(pad([]byte{1}, 32, true), pad([]byte{2}, 32, true)...)
-	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if *var1 != 1 {
-		t.Error("expected var1 to be 1, got", *var1)
-	}
-	if *var2 != 2 {
-		t.Error("expected var2 to be 2, got", *var2)
-	}
-
-	out = []interface{}{var1}
-	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
-
-	expErr := "abi: cannot marshal in to slices of unequal size (require: 2, got: 1)"
-	if err == nil || err.Error() != expErr {
-		t.Error("expected err:", expErr, "Got:", err)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUnpackSetInterfaceArrayOutput(t *testing.T) {
-	var (
-		var1 = new([1]uint32)
-		var2 = new([1]uint32)
-	)
-	out := []interface{}{var1, var2}
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(`[{"type":"function", "name":"ints", "outputs":[{"type":"uint32[1]"}, {"type":"uint32[1]"}]}]`))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	marshalledReturn := append(pad([]byte{1}, 32, true), pad([]byte{2}, 32, true)...)
-	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	if *var1 != [1]uint32{1} {
-		t.Error("expected var1 to be [1], got", *var1)
-	}
-	if *var2 != [1]uint32{2} {
-		t.Error("expected var2 to be [2], got", *var2)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestPack(t *testing.T) {
-	for i, test := range []struct {
-		typ string
-
-		input  interface{}
-		output []byte
-	}{
-		{"uint16", uint16(2), pad([]byte{2}, 32, true)},
-		{"uint16[]", []uint16{1, 2}, formatSliceOutput([]byte{1}, []byte{2})},
-		{"bytes20", [20]byte{1}, pad([]byte{1}, 32, false)},
-		{"uint256[]", []*big.Int{big.NewInt(1), big.NewInt(2)}, formatSliceOutput([]byte{1}, []byte{2})},
-		{"address[]", []common.Address{{1}, {2}}, formatSliceOutput(pad([]byte{1}, 20, false), pad([]byte{2}, 20, false))},
-		{"bytes32[]", []common.Hash{{1}, {2}}, formatSliceOutput(pad([]byte{1}, 32, false), pad([]byte{2}, 32, false))},
-		{"function", [24]byte{1}, pad([]byte{1}, 32, false)},
-	} {
-		typ, err := NewType(test.typ)
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal("unexpected parse error:", err)
-		}
-
-		output, err := typ.pack(reflect.ValueOf(test.input))
-		if err != nil {
-			t.Fatal("unexpected pack error:", err)
-		}
-
-		if !bytes.Equal(output, test.output) {
-			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected bytes: '%x' Got: '%x'", i, test.output, output)
-		}
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMethodPack(t *testing.T) {
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(jsondata2))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	sig := abi.Methods["slice"].Id()
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
-
-	packed, err := abi.Pack("slice", []uint32{1, 2})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
-	}
-
-	var addrA, addrB = common.Address{1}, common.Address{2}
-	sig = abi.Methods["sliceAddress"].Id()
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{32}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrA[:], 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrB[:], 32)...)
-
-	packed, err = abi.Pack("sliceAddress", []common.Address{addrA, addrB})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
-	}
-
-	var addrC, addrD = common.Address{3}, common.Address{4}
-	sig = abi.Methods["sliceMultiAddress"].Id()
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{64}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{160}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrA[:], 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrB[:], 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrC[:], 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrD[:], 32)...)
-
-	packed, err = abi.Pack("sliceMultiAddress", []common.Address{addrA, addrB}, []common.Address{addrC, addrD})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
-	}
-
-	sig = abi.Methods["slice256"].Id()
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 32)...)
-	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
-
-	packed, err = abi.Pack("slice256", []*big.Int{big.NewInt(1), big.NewInt(2)})
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
-	}
-}
-
 const jsondata = `
 [
 	{ "type" : "function", "name" : "balance", "constant" : true },
@@ -843,399 +437,3 @@ func TestBareEvents(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
-
-func TestMultiReturnWithStruct(t *testing.T) {
-	const definition = `[
-	{ "name" : "multi", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "name": "Int", "type": "uint256" }, { "name": "String", "type": "string" } ] }]`
-
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// using buff to make the code readable
-	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005"))
-	stringOut := "hello"
-	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte(stringOut), 32))
-
-	var inter struct {
-		Int    *big.Int
-		String string
-	}
-	err = abi.Unpack(&inter, "multi", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if inter.Int == nil || inter.Int.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
-		t.Error("expected Int to be 1 got", inter.Int)
-	}
-
-	if inter.String != stringOut {
-		t.Error("expected String to be", stringOut, "got", inter.String)
-	}
-
-	var reversed struct {
-		String string
-		Int    *big.Int
-	}
-
-	err = abi.Unpack(&reversed, "multi", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if reversed.Int == nil || reversed.Int.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
-		t.Error("expected Int to be 1 got", reversed.Int)
-	}
-
-	if reversed.String != stringOut {
-		t.Error("expected String to be", stringOut, "got", reversed.String)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMultiReturnWithSlice(t *testing.T) {
-	const definition = `[
-	{ "name" : "multi", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "name": "Int", "type": "uint256" }, { "name": "String", "type": "string" } ] }]`
-
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	// using buff to make the code readable
-	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005"))
-	stringOut := "hello"
-	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte(stringOut), 32))
-
-	var inter []interface{}
-	err = abi.Unpack(&inter, "multi", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if len(inter) != 2 {
-		t.Fatal("expected 2 results got", len(inter))
-	}
-
-	if num, ok := inter[0].(*big.Int); !ok || num.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
-		t.Error("expected index 0 to be 1 got", num)
-	}
-
-	if str, ok := inter[1].(string); !ok || str != stringOut {
-		t.Error("expected index 1 to be", stringOut, "got", str)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestMarshalArrays(t *testing.T) {
-	const definition = `[
-	{ "name" : "bytes32", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes32" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "bytes10", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes10" } ] }
-	]`
-
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-
-	output := common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 32)
-
-	var bytes10 [10]byte
-	err = abi.Unpack(&bytes10, "bytes32", output)
-	if err == nil || err.Error() != "abi: cannot unmarshal src (len=32) in to dst (len=10)" {
-		t.Error("expected error or bytes32 not be assignable to bytes10:", err)
-	}
-
-	var bytes32 [32]byte
-	err = abi.Unpack(&bytes32, "bytes32", output)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error("didn't expect error:", err)
-	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(bytes32[:], output) {
-		t.Error("expected bytes32[31] to be 1 got", bytes32[31])
-	}
-
-	type (
-		B10 [10]byte
-		B32 [32]byte
-	)
-
-	var b10 B10
-	err = abi.Unpack(&b10, "bytes32", output)
-	if err == nil || err.Error() != "abi: cannot unmarshal src (len=32) in to dst (len=10)" {
-		t.Error("expected error or bytes32 not be assignable to bytes10:", err)
-	}
-
-	var b32 B32
-	err = abi.Unpack(&b32, "bytes32", output)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error("didn't expect error:", err)
-	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(b32[:], output) {
-		t.Error("expected bytes32[31] to be 1 got", bytes32[31])
-	}
-
-	output[10] = 1
-	var shortAssignLong [32]byte
-	err = abi.Unpack(&shortAssignLong, "bytes10", output)
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error("didn't expect error:", err)
-	}
-	if !bytes.Equal(output, shortAssignLong[:]) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x to be %x", shortAssignLong, output)
-	}
-}
-
-func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
-	const definition = `[
-	{ "name" : "int", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "uint256" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "bool", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bool" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "bytes", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "fixed", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes32" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "multi", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes" }, { "type": "bytes" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "intArraySingle", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "uint256[3]" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "addressSliceSingle", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "address[]" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "addressSliceDouble", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "name": "a", "type": "address[]" }, { "name": "b", "type": "address[]" } ] },
-	{ "name" : "mixedBytes", "constant" : true, "outputs": [ { "name": "a", "type": "bytes" }, { "name": "b", "type": "bytes32" } ] }]`
-
-	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal(err)
-	}
-	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
-
-	// marshal int
-	var Int *big.Int
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Int, "int", common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if Int == nil || Int.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
-		t.Error("expected Int to be 1 got", Int)
-	}
-
-	// marshal bool
-	var Bool bool
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bool, "bool", common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !Bool {
-		t.Error("expected Bool to be true")
-	}
-
-	// marshal dynamic bytes max length 32
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	bytesOut := common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32)
-	buff.Write(bytesOut)
-
-	var Bytes []byte
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, bytesOut) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
-	}
-
-	// marshall dynamic bytes max length 64
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
-	bytesOut = common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 64)
-	buff.Write(bytesOut)
-
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, bytesOut) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
-	}
-
-	// marshall dynamic bytes max length 63
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003f"))
-	bytesOut = common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 63)
-	buff.Write(bytesOut)
-
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, bytesOut) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
-	}
-
-	// marshal dynamic bytes output empty
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", nil)
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected error")
-	}
-
-	// marshal dynamic bytes length 5
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005"))
-	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32))
-
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, []byte("hello")) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
-	}
-
-	// marshal dynamic bytes length 5
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32))
-
-	var hash common.Hash
-	err = abi.Unpack(&hash, "fixed", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-
-	helloHash := common.BytesToHash(common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32))
-	if hash != helloHash {
-		t.Errorf("Expected %x to equal %x", hash, helloHash)
-	}
-
-	// marshal error
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected error")
-	}
-
-	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "multi", make([]byte, 64))
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Error("expected error")
-	}
-
-	// marshal mixed bytes
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
-	fixed := common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")
-	buff.Write(fixed)
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
-	bytesOut = common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32)
-	buff.Write(bytesOut)
-
-	var out []interface{}
-	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "mixedBytes", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("didn't expect error:", err)
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(bytesOut, out[0].([]byte)) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", bytesOut, out[0])
-	}
-
-	if !bytes.Equal(fixed, out[1].([]byte)) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", fixed, out[1])
-	}
-
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003"))
-	// marshal int array
-	var intArray [3]*big.Int
-	err = abi.Unpack(&intArray, "intArraySingle", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Error(err)
-	}
-	var testAgainstIntArray [3]*big.Int
-	testAgainstIntArray[0] = big.NewInt(1)
-	testAgainstIntArray[1] = big.NewInt(2)
-	testAgainstIntArray[2] = big.NewInt(3)
-
-	for i, Int := range intArray {
-		if Int.Cmp(testAgainstIntArray[i]) != 0 {
-			t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", testAgainstIntArray[i], Int)
-		}
-	}
-	// marshal address slice
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020")) // offset
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")) // size
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
-
-	var outAddr []common.Address
-	err = abi.Unpack(&outAddr, "addressSliceSingle", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("didn't expect error:", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(outAddr) != 1 {
-		t.Fatal("expected 1 item, got", len(outAddr))
-	}
-
-	if outAddr[0] != (common.Address{1}) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{1}, outAddr[0])
-	}
-
-	// marshal multiple address slice
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040")) // offset
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080")) // offset
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")) // size
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002")) // size
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000300000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
-
-	var outAddrStruct struct {
-		A []common.Address
-		B []common.Address
-	}
-	err = abi.Unpack(&outAddrStruct, "addressSliceDouble", buff.Bytes())
-	if err != nil {
-		t.Fatal("didn't expect error:", err)
-	}
-
-	if len(outAddrStruct.A) != 1 {
-		t.Fatal("expected 1 item, got", len(outAddrStruct.A))
-	}
-
-	if outAddrStruct.A[0] != (common.Address{1}) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{1}, outAddrStruct.A[0])
-	}
-
-	if len(outAddrStruct.B) != 2 {
-		t.Fatal("expected 1 item, got", len(outAddrStruct.B))
-	}
-
-	if outAddrStruct.B[0] != (common.Address{2}) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{2}, outAddrStruct.B[0])
-	}
-	if outAddrStruct.B[1] != (common.Address{3}) {
-		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{3}, outAddrStruct.B[1])
-	}
-
-	// marshal invalid address slice
-	buff.Reset()
-	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100"))
-
-	err = abi.Unpack(&outAddr, "addressSliceSingle", buff.Bytes())
-	if err == nil {
-		t.Fatal("expected error:", err)
-	}
-}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/error.go b/accounts/abi/error.go
index 67739c21d..420acf418 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/error.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/error.go
@@ -17,10 +17,15 @@
 package abi
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
 )
 
+var (
+	errBadBool = errors.New("abi: improperly encoded boolean value")
+)
+
 // formatSliceString formats the reflection kind with the given slice size
 // and returns a formatted string representation.
 func formatSliceString(kind reflect.Kind, sliceSize int) string {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/method.go b/accounts/abi/method.go
index d56f3bc3d..62b3d2957 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/method.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/method.go
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ type Method struct {
 	Outputs []Argument
 }
 
-func (m Method) pack(method Method, args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
+func (method Method) pack(args ...interface{}) ([]byte, error) {
 	// Make sure arguments match up and pack them
 	if len(args) != len(method.Inputs) {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("argument count mismatch: %d for %d", len(args), len(method.Inputs))
diff --git a/accounts/abi/numbers.go b/accounts/abi/numbers.go
index 10afa6511..5d3efff52 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/numbers.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/numbers.go
@@ -62,19 +62,6 @@ func U256(n *big.Int) []byte {
 	return math.PaddedBigBytes(math.U256(n), 32)
 }
 
-// packNum packs the given number (using the reflect value) and will cast it to appropriate number representation
-func packNum(value reflect.Value) []byte {
-	switch kind := value.Kind(); kind {
-	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
-		return U256(new(big.Int).SetUint64(value.Uint()))
-	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
-		return U256(big.NewInt(value.Int()))
-	case reflect.Ptr:
-		return U256(value.Interface().(*big.Int))
-	}
-	return nil
-}
-
 // checks whether the given reflect value is signed. This also works for slices with a number type
 func isSigned(v reflect.Value) bool {
 	switch v.Type() {
diff --git a/accounts/abi/numbers_test.go b/accounts/abi/numbers_test.go
index 44afe8647..b9ff5aef1 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/numbers_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/numbers_test.go
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ package abi
 
 import (
 	"bytes"
-	"math"
 	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
@@ -34,43 +33,6 @@ func TestNumberTypes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
-func TestPackNumber(t *testing.T) {
-	tests := []struct {
-		value  reflect.Value
-		packed []byte
-	}{
-		// Protocol limits
-		{reflect.ValueOf(0), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(1), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(-1), []byte{255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255}},
-
-		// Type corner cases
-		{reflect.ValueOf(uint8(math.MaxUint8)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(uint16(math.MaxUint16)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(uint32(math.MaxUint32)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 255}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(uint64(math.MaxUint64)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255}},
-
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int8(math.MaxInt8)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 127}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int16(math.MaxInt16)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 127, 255}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int32(math.MaxInt32)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 127, 255, 255, 255}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int64(math.MaxInt64)), []byte{0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 127, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255}},
-
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int8(math.MinInt8)), []byte{255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 128}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int16(math.MinInt16)), []byte{255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 128, 0}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int32(math.MinInt32)), []byte{255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 128, 0, 0, 0}},
-		{reflect.ValueOf(int64(math.MinInt64)), []byte{255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 255, 128, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0}},
-	}
-	for i, tt := range tests {
-		packed := packNum(tt.value)
-		if !bytes.Equal(packed, tt.packed) {
-			t.Errorf("test %d: pack mismatch: have %x, want %x", i, packed, tt.packed)
-		}
-	}
-	if packed := packNum(reflect.ValueOf("string")); packed != nil {
-		t.Errorf("expected 'string' to pack to nil. got %x instead", packed)
-	}
-}
-
 func TestSigned(t *testing.T) {
 	if isSigned(reflect.ValueOf(uint(10))) {
 		t.Error("signed")
diff --git a/accounts/abi/packing.go b/accounts/abi/pack.go
index 1d7f85e2b..4d8a3f031 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/packing.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/pack.go
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package abi
 
 import (
+	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
@@ -59,8 +60,20 @@ func packElement(t Type, reflectValue reflect.Value) []byte {
 		if reflectValue.Kind() == reflect.Array {
 			reflectValue = mustArrayToByteSlice(reflectValue)
 		}
-
 		return common.RightPadBytes(reflectValue.Bytes(), 32)
 	}
 	panic("abi: fatal error")
 }
+
+// packNum packs the given number (using the reflect value) and will cast it to appropriate number representation
+func packNum(value reflect.Value) []byte {
+	switch kind := value.Kind(); kind {
+	case reflect.Uint, reflect.Uint8, reflect.Uint16, reflect.Uint32, reflect.Uint64:
+		return U256(new(big.Int).SetUint64(value.Uint()))
+	case reflect.Int, reflect.Int8, reflect.Int16, reflect.Int32, reflect.Int64:
+		return U256(big.NewInt(value.Int()))
+	case reflect.Ptr:
+		return U256(value.Interface().(*big.Int))
+	}
+	return nil
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/pack_test.go b/accounts/abi/pack_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c6cfb56ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/abi/pack_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,441 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package abi
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"math"
+	"math/big"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
+
+func TestPack(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		typ string
+
+		input  interface{}
+		output []byte
+	}{
+		{
+			"uint8",
+			uint8(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint8[]",
+			[]uint8{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint16",
+			uint16(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint16[]",
+			[]uint16{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint32",
+			uint32(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint32[]",
+			[]uint32{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint64",
+			uint64(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint64[]",
+			[]uint64{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint256",
+			big.NewInt(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"uint256[]",
+			[]*big.Int{big.NewInt(1), big.NewInt(2)},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int8",
+			int8(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int8[]",
+			[]int8{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int16",
+			int16(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int16[]",
+			[]int16{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int32",
+			int32(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int32[]",
+			[]int32{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int64",
+			int64(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int64[]",
+			[]int64{1, 2},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int256",
+			big.NewInt(2),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"int256[]",
+			[]*big.Int{big.NewInt(1), big.NewInt(2)},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000010000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes1",
+			[1]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes2",
+			[2]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes3",
+			[3]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes4",
+			[4]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes5",
+			[5]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes6",
+			[6]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes7",
+			[7]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes8",
+			[8]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes9",
+			[9]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes10",
+			[10]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes11",
+			[11]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes12",
+			[12]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes13",
+			[13]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes14",
+			[14]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes15",
+			[15]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes16",
+			[16]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes17",
+			[17]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes18",
+			[18]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes19",
+			[19]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes20",
+			[20]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes21",
+			[21]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes22",
+			[22]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes23",
+			[23]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes24",
+			[24]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes24",
+			[24]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes25",
+			[25]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes26",
+			[26]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes27",
+			[27]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes28",
+			[28]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes29",
+			[29]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes30",
+			[30]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes31",
+			[31]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes32",
+			[32]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"address[]",
+			[]common.Address{{1}, {2}},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000001000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"bytes32[]",
+			[]common.Hash{{1}, {2}},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000201000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"function",
+			[24]byte{1},
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+		{
+			"string",
+			"foobar",
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000006666f6f6261720000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+		},
+	} {
+		typ, err := NewType(test.typ)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected parse error:", err)
+		}
+
+		output, err := typ.pack(reflect.ValueOf(test.input))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected pack error:", err)
+		}
+
+		if !bytes.Equal(output, test.output) {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected bytes: '%x' Got: '%x'", i, test.output, output)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMethodPack(t *testing.T) {
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(jsondata2))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	sig := abi.Methods["slice"].Id()
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
+
+	packed, err := abi.Pack("slice", []uint32{1, 2})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
+	}
+
+	var addrA, addrB = common.Address{1}, common.Address{2}
+	sig = abi.Methods["sliceAddress"].Id()
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{32}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrA[:], 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrB[:], 32)...)
+
+	packed, err = abi.Pack("sliceAddress", []common.Address{addrA, addrB})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
+	}
+
+	var addrC, addrD = common.Address{3}, common.Address{4}
+	sig = abi.Methods["sliceMultiAddress"].Id()
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{64}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{160}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrA[:], 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrB[:], 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrC[:], 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes(addrD[:], 32)...)
+
+	packed, err = abi.Pack("sliceMultiAddress", []common.Address{addrA, addrB}, []common.Address{addrC, addrD})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
+	}
+
+	sig = abi.Methods["slice256"].Id()
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 32)...)
+	sig = append(sig, common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{2}, 32)...)
+
+	packed, err = abi.Pack("slice256", []*big.Int{big.NewInt(1), big.NewInt(2)})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(packed, sig) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", sig, packed)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestPackNumber(t *testing.T) {
+	tests := []struct {
+		value  reflect.Value
+		packed []byte
+	}{
+		// Protocol limits
+		{reflect.ValueOf(0), common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(1), common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(-1), common.Hex2Bytes("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff")},
+
+		// Type corner cases
+		{reflect.ValueOf(uint8(math.MaxUint8)), common.Hex2Bytes("00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ff")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(uint16(math.MaxUint16)), common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffff")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(uint32(math.MaxUint32)), common.Hex2Bytes("00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffff")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(uint64(math.MaxUint64)), common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000ffffffffffffffff")},
+
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int8(math.MaxInt8)), common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007f")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int16(math.MaxInt16)), common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007fff")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int32(math.MaxInt32)), common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007fffffff")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int64(math.MaxInt64)), common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000007fffffffffffffff")},
+
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int8(math.MinInt8)), common.Hex2Bytes("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff80")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int16(math.MinInt16)), common.Hex2Bytes("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff8000")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int32(math.MinInt32)), common.Hex2Bytes("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff80000000")},
+		{reflect.ValueOf(int64(math.MinInt64)), common.Hex2Bytes("ffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffffff8000000000000000")},
+	}
+	for i, tt := range tests {
+		packed := packNum(tt.value)
+		if !bytes.Equal(packed, tt.packed) {
+			t.Errorf("test %d: pack mismatch: have %x, want %x", i, packed, tt.packed)
+		}
+	}
+	if packed := packNum(reflect.ValueOf("string")); packed != nil {
+		t.Errorf("expected 'string' to pack to nil. got %x instead", packed)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/reflect.go b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
index 7970ba8ac..8fa75df07 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/reflect.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/reflect.go
@@ -32,30 +32,30 @@ func indirect(v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
 
 // reflectIntKind returns the reflect using the given size and
 // unsignedness.
-func reflectIntKind(unsigned bool, size int) reflect.Kind {
+func reflectIntKindAndType(unsigned bool, size int) (reflect.Kind, reflect.Type) {
 	switch size {
 	case 8:
 		if unsigned {
-			return reflect.Uint8
+			return reflect.Uint8, uint8_t
 		}
-		return reflect.Int8
+		return reflect.Int8, int8_t
 	case 16:
 		if unsigned {
-			return reflect.Uint16
+			return reflect.Uint16, uint16_t
 		}
-		return reflect.Int16
+		return reflect.Int16, int16_t
 	case 32:
 		if unsigned {
-			return reflect.Uint32
+			return reflect.Uint32, uint32_t
 		}
-		return reflect.Int32
+		return reflect.Int32, int32_t
 	case 64:
 		if unsigned {
-			return reflect.Uint64
+			return reflect.Uint64, uint64_t
 		}
-		return reflect.Int64
+		return reflect.Int64, int64_t
 	}
-	return reflect.Ptr
+	return reflect.Ptr, big_t
 }
 
 // mustArrayToBytesSlice creates a new byte slice with the exact same size as value
diff --git a/accounts/abi/type.go b/accounts/abi/type.go
index f2832aef5..5f20babb3 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/type.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ const (
 	FixedBytesTy
 	BytesTy
 	HashTy
-	FixedpointTy
+	FixedPointTy
 	FunctionTy
 )
 
@@ -126,13 +126,11 @@ func NewType(t string) (typ Type, err error) {
 
 	switch varType {
 	case "int":
-		typ.Kind = reflectIntKind(false, varSize)
-		typ.Type = big_t
+		typ.Kind, typ.Type = reflectIntKindAndType(false, varSize)
 		typ.Size = varSize
 		typ.T = IntTy
 	case "uint":
-		typ.Kind = reflectIntKind(true, varSize)
-		typ.Type = ubig_t
+		typ.Kind, typ.Type = reflectIntKindAndType(true, varSize)
 		typ.Size = varSize
 		typ.T = UintTy
 	case "bool":
diff --git a/accounts/abi/type_test.go b/accounts/abi/type_test.go
index 155806459..984a5bb4c 100644
--- a/accounts/abi/type_test.go
+++ b/accounts/abi/type_test.go
@@ -17,8 +17,11 @@
 package abi
 
 import (
+	"math/big"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 )
 
 // typeWithoutStringer is a alias for the Type type which simply doesn't implement
@@ -31,26 +34,44 @@ func TestTypeRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 		blob string
 		kind Type
 	}{
-		{"int", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}},
-		{"int8", Type{Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: big_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int8"}},
+		{"bool", Type{Kind: reflect.Bool, T: BoolTy, stringKind: "bool"}},
+		{"bool[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Bool, T: BoolTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Bool, T: BoolTy, stringKind: "bool"}, stringKind: "bool[]"}},
+		{"bool[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Bool, T: BoolTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Bool, T: BoolTy, stringKind: "bool"}, stringKind: "bool[2]"}},
+		{"int8", Type{Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: int8_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int8"}},
+		{"int16", Type{Kind: reflect.Int16, Type: int16_t, Size: 16, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int16"}},
+		{"int32", Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: int32_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}},
+		{"int64", Type{Kind: reflect.Int64, Type: int64_t, Size: 64, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int64"}},
 		{"int256", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}},
-		{"int[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}, stringKind: "int256[]"}},
-		{"int[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}, stringKind: "int256[2]"}},
-		{"int32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}, stringKind: "int32[]"}},
-		{"int32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}, stringKind: "int32[2]"}},
-		{"uint", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}},
-		{"uint8", Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}},
-		{"uint256", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}},
-		{"uint[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}, stringKind: "uint256[]"}},
-		{"uint[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: ubig_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}, stringKind: "uint256[2]"}},
-		{"uint32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: ubig_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}, stringKind: "uint32[]"}},
-		{"uint32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: ubig_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: big_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}, stringKind: "uint32[2]"}},
-		{"bytes", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}},
-		{"bytes32", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}},
-		{"bytes[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}, stringKind: "bytes[]"}},
-		{"bytes[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}, stringKind: "bytes[2]"}},
-		{"bytes32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}, stringKind: "bytes32[]"}},
-		{"bytes32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: ubig_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}, stringKind: "bytes32[2]"}},
+		{"int8[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: int8_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: int8_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int8"}, stringKind: "int8[]"}},
+		{"int8[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: int8_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int8, Type: int8_t, Size: 8, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int8"}, stringKind: "int8[2]"}},
+		{"int16[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Int16, Type: int16_t, Size: 16, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int16, Type: int16_t, Size: 16, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int16"}, stringKind: "int16[]"}},
+		{"int16[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Int16, Type: int16_t, Size: 16, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int16, Type: int16_t, Size: 16, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int16"}, stringKind: "int16[2]"}},
+		{"int32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: int32_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: int32_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}, stringKind: "int32[]"}},
+		{"int32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: int32_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int32, Type: int32_t, Size: 32, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int32"}, stringKind: "int32[2]"}},
+		{"int64[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Int64, Type: int64_t, Size: 64, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int64, Type: int64_t, Size: 64, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int64"}, stringKind: "int64[]"}},
+		{"int64[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Int64, Type: int64_t, Size: 64, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Int64, Type: int64_t, Size: 64, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int64"}, stringKind: "int64[2]"}},
+		{"int256[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}, stringKind: "int256[]"}},
+		{"int256[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: IntTy, stringKind: "int256"}, stringKind: "int256[2]"}},
+		{"uint8", Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}},
+		{"uint16", Type{Kind: reflect.Uint16, Type: uint16_t, Size: 16, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint16"}},
+		{"uint32", Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: uint32_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}},
+		{"uint64", Type{Kind: reflect.Uint64, Type: uint64_t, Size: 64, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint64"}},
+		{"uint256", Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}},
+		{"uint8[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, stringKind: "uint8[]"}},
+		{"uint8[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, stringKind: "uint8[2]"}},
+		{"uint16[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Uint16, Type: uint16_t, Size: 16, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint16, Type: uint16_t, Size: 16, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint16"}, stringKind: "uint16[]"}},
+		{"uint16[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Uint16, Type: uint16_t, Size: 16, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint16, Type: uint16_t, Size: 16, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint16"}, stringKind: "uint16[2]"}},
+		{"uint32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: uint32_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: uint32_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}, stringKind: "uint32[]"}},
+		{"uint32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: uint32_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint32, Type: uint32_t, Size: 32, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint32"}, stringKind: "uint32[2]"}},
+		{"uint64[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Uint64, Type: uint64_t, Size: 64, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint64, Type: uint64_t, Size: 64, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint64"}, stringKind: "uint64[]"}},
+		{"uint64[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Uint64, Type: uint64_t, Size: 64, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint64, Type: uint64_t, Size: 64, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint64"}, stringKind: "uint64[2]"}},
+		{"uint256[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}, stringKind: "uint256[]"}},
+		{"uint256[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Ptr, Type: big_t, Size: 256, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint256"}, stringKind: "uint256[2]"}},
+		{"bytes32", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}},
+		{"bytes[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}, stringKind: "bytes[]"}},
+		{"bytes[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: BytesTy, stringKind: "bytes"}, stringKind: "bytes[2]"}},
+		{"bytes32[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Elem: &Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}, stringKind: "bytes32[]"}},
+		{"bytes32[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Elem: &Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 32, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.Uint8, Type: uint8_t, Size: 8, T: UintTy, stringKind: "uint8"}, T: FixedBytesTy, stringKind: "bytes32"}, stringKind: "bytes32[2]"}},
 		{"string", Type{Kind: reflect.String, Size: -1, T: StringTy, stringKind: "string"}},
 		{"string[]", Type{IsSlice: true, SliceSize: -1, Kind: reflect.String, T: StringTy, Size: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.String, T: StringTy, Size: -1, stringKind: "string"}, stringKind: "string[]"}},
 		{"string[2]", Type{IsArray: true, SliceSize: 2, Kind: reflect.String, T: StringTy, Size: -1, Elem: &Type{Kind: reflect.String, T: StringTy, Size: -1, stringKind: "string"}, stringKind: "string[2]"}},
@@ -76,3 +97,59 @@ func TestTypeRegexp(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestTypeCheck(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		typ   string
+		input interface{}
+		err   string
+	}{
+		{"uint", big.NewInt(1), ""},
+		{"int", big.NewInt(1), ""},
+		{"uint30", big.NewInt(1), ""},
+		{"uint30", uint8(1), "abi: cannot use uint8 as type ptr as argument"},
+		{"uint16", uint16(1), ""},
+		{"uint16", uint8(1), "abi: cannot use uint8 as type uint16 as argument"},
+		{"uint16[]", []uint16{1, 2, 3}, ""},
+		{"uint16[]", [3]uint16{1, 2, 3}, ""},
+		{"uint16[]", []uint32{1, 2, 3}, "abi: cannot use []uint32 as type []uint16 as argument"},
+		{"uint16[3]", [3]uint32{1, 2, 3}, "abi: cannot use [3]uint32 as type [3]uint16 as argument"},
+		{"uint16[3]", [4]uint16{1, 2, 3}, "abi: cannot use [4]uint16 as type [3]uint16 as argument"},
+		{"uint16[3]", []uint16{1, 2, 3}, ""},
+		{"uint16[3]", []uint16{1, 2, 3, 4}, "abi: cannot use [4]uint16 as type [3]uint16 as argument"},
+		{"address[]", []common.Address{{1}}, ""},
+		{"address[1]", []common.Address{{1}}, ""},
+		{"address[1]", [1]common.Address{{1}}, ""},
+		{"address[2]", [1]common.Address{{1}}, "abi: cannot use [1]array as type [2]array as argument"},
+		{"bytes32", [32]byte{}, ""},
+		{"bytes32", [33]byte{}, "abi: cannot use [33]uint8 as type [32]uint8 as argument"},
+		{"bytes32", common.Hash{1}, ""},
+		{"bytes31", [31]byte{}, ""},
+		{"bytes31", [32]byte{}, "abi: cannot use [32]uint8 as type [31]uint8 as argument"},
+		{"bytes", []byte{0, 1}, ""},
+		{"bytes", [2]byte{0, 1}, ""},
+		{"bytes", common.Hash{1}, ""},
+		{"string", "hello world", ""},
+		{"bytes32[]", [][32]byte{{}}, ""},
+		{"function", [24]byte{}, ""},
+	} {
+		typ, err := NewType(test.typ)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Fatal("unexpected parse error:", err)
+		}
+
+		err = typeCheck(typ, reflect.ValueOf(test.input))
+		if err != nil && len(test.err) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected no err but got: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err == nil && len(test.err) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: %v but got none", i, test.err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err != nil && len(test.err) != 0 && err.Error() != test.err {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: '%v' got err: '%v'", i, test.err, err)
+		}
+	}
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack.go b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fc41c88ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack.go
@@ -0,0 +1,235 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package abi
+
+import (
+	"encoding/binary"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"reflect"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
+
+// toGoSliceType parses the input and casts it to the proper slice defined by the ABI
+// argument in T.
+func toGoSlice(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	index := i * 32
+	// The slice must, at very least be large enough for the index+32 which is exactly the size required
+	// for the [offset in output, size of offset].
+	if index+32 > len(output) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: insufficient size output %d require %d", len(output), index+32)
+	}
+	elem := t.Type.Elem
+
+	// first we need to create a slice of the type
+	var refSlice reflect.Value
+	switch elem.T {
+	case IntTy, UintTy, BoolTy:
+		// create a new reference slice matching the element type
+		switch t.Type.Kind {
+		case reflect.Bool:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]bool(nil))
+		case reflect.Uint8:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint8(nil))
+		case reflect.Uint16:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint16(nil))
+		case reflect.Uint32:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint32(nil))
+		case reflect.Uint64:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]uint64(nil))
+		case reflect.Int8:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int8(nil))
+		case reflect.Int16:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int16(nil))
+		case reflect.Int32:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int32(nil))
+		case reflect.Int64:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]int64(nil))
+		default:
+			refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]*big.Int(nil))
+		}
+	case AddressTy: // address must be of slice Address
+		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]common.Address(nil))
+	case HashTy: // hash must be of slice hash
+		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([]common.Hash(nil))
+	case FixedBytesTy:
+		refSlice = reflect.ValueOf([][]byte(nil))
+	default: // no other types are supported
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: unsupported slice type %v", elem.T)
+	}
+
+	var slice []byte
+	var size int
+	var offset int
+	if t.Type.IsSlice {
+		// get the offset which determines the start of this array ...
+		offset = int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(output[index+24 : index+32]))
+		if offset+32 > len(output) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: offset %d would go over slice boundary (len=%d)", len(output), offset+32)
+		}
+
+		slice = output[offset:]
+		// ... starting with the size of the array in elements ...
+		size = int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(slice[24:32]))
+		slice = slice[32:]
+		// ... and make sure that we've at the very least the amount of bytes
+		// available in the buffer.
+		if size*32 > len(slice) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go slice: insufficient size output %d require %d", len(output), offset+32+size*32)
+		}
+
+		// reslice to match the required size
+		slice = slice[:size*32]
+	} else if t.Type.IsArray {
+		//get the number of elements in the array
+		size = t.Type.SliceSize
+
+		//check to make sure array size matches up
+		if index+32*size > len(output) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go array: offset %d would go over slice boundary (len=%d)", len(output), index+32*size)
+		}
+		//slice is there for a fixed amount of times
+		slice = output[index : index+size*32]
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < size; i++ {
+		var (
+			inter        interface{}             // interface type
+			returnOutput = slice[i*32 : i*32+32] // the return output
+			err          error
+		)
+		// set inter to the correct type (cast)
+		switch elem.T {
+		case IntTy, UintTy:
+			inter = readInteger(t.Type.Kind, returnOutput)
+		case BoolTy:
+			inter, err = readBool(returnOutput)
+			if err != nil {
+				return nil, err
+			}
+		case AddressTy:
+			inter = common.BytesToAddress(returnOutput)
+		case HashTy:
+			inter = common.BytesToHash(returnOutput)
+		case FixedBytesTy:
+			inter = returnOutput
+		}
+		// append the item to our reflect slice
+		refSlice = reflect.Append(refSlice, reflect.ValueOf(inter))
+	}
+
+	// return the interface
+	return refSlice.Interface(), nil
+}
+
+func readInteger(kind reflect.Kind, b []byte) interface{} {
+	switch kind {
+	case reflect.Uint8:
+		return uint8(b[len(b)-1])
+	case reflect.Uint16:
+		return binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[len(b)-2:])
+	case reflect.Uint32:
+		return binary.BigEndian.Uint32(b[len(b)-4:])
+	case reflect.Uint64:
+		return binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b[len(b)-8:])
+	case reflect.Int8:
+		return int8(b[len(b)-1])
+	case reflect.Int16:
+		return int16(binary.BigEndian.Uint16(b[len(b)-2:]))
+	case reflect.Int32:
+		return int32(binary.BigEndian.Uint32(b[len(b)-4:]))
+	case reflect.Int64:
+		return int64(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(b[len(b)-8:]))
+	default:
+		return new(big.Int).SetBytes(b)
+	}
+}
+
+func readBool(word []byte) (bool, error) {
+	if len(word) != 32 {
+		return false, fmt.Errorf("abi: fatal error: incorrect word length")
+	}
+
+	for i, b := range word {
+		if b != 0 && i != 31 {
+			return false, errBadBool
+		}
+	}
+	switch word[31] {
+	case 0:
+		return false, nil
+	case 1:
+		return true, nil
+	default:
+		return false, errBadBool
+	}
+
+}
+
+// toGoType parses the input and casts it to the proper type defined by the ABI
+// argument in T.
+func toGoType(i int, t Argument, output []byte) (interface{}, error) {
+	// we need to treat slices differently
+	if (t.Type.IsSlice || t.Type.IsArray) && t.Type.T != BytesTy && t.Type.T != StringTy && t.Type.T != FixedBytesTy && t.Type.T != FunctionTy {
+		return toGoSlice(i, t, output)
+	}
+
+	index := i * 32
+	if index+32 > len(output) {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go type: length insufficient %d require %d", len(output), index+32)
+	}
+
+	// Parse the given index output and check whether we need to read
+	// a different offset and length based on the type (i.e. string, bytes)
+	var returnOutput []byte
+	switch t.Type.T {
+	case StringTy, BytesTy: // variable arrays are written at the end of the return bytes
+		// parse offset from which we should start reading
+		offset := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(output[index+24 : index+32]))
+		if offset+32 > len(output) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go type: length insufficient %d require %d", len(output), offset+32)
+		}
+		// parse the size up until we should be reading
+		size := int(binary.BigEndian.Uint64(output[offset+24 : offset+32]))
+		if offset+32+size > len(output) {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot marshal in to go type: length insufficient %d require %d", len(output), offset+32+size)
+		}
+
+		// get the bytes for this return value
+		returnOutput = output[offset+32 : offset+32+size]
+	default:
+		returnOutput = output[index : index+32]
+	}
+
+	// convert the bytes to whatever is specified by the ABI.
+	switch t.Type.T {
+	case IntTy, UintTy:
+		return readInteger(t.Type.Kind, returnOutput), nil
+	case BoolTy:
+		return readBool(returnOutput)
+	case AddressTy:
+		return common.BytesToAddress(returnOutput), nil
+	case HashTy:
+		return common.BytesToHash(returnOutput), nil
+	case BytesTy, FixedBytesTy, FunctionTy:
+		return returnOutput, nil
+	case StringTy:
+		return string(returnOutput), nil
+	}
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("abi: unknown type %v", t.Type.T)
+}
diff --git a/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8e3afee4e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/accounts/abi/unpack_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,681 @@
+// Copyright 2015 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package abi
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"fmt"
+	"math/big"
+	"reflect"
+	"strings"
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
+)
+
+func TestSimpleMethodUnpack(t *testing.T) {
+	for i, test := range []struct {
+		def              string      // definition of the **output** ABI params
+		marshalledOutput []byte      // evm return data
+		expectedOut      interface{} // the expected output
+		outVar           string      // the output variable (e.g. uint32, *big.Int, etc)
+		err              string      // empty or error if expected
+	}{
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "bool" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			bool(true),
+			"bool",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			uint32(1),
+			"uint32",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			nil,
+			"uint16",
+			"abi: cannot unmarshal uint32 in to uint16",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint17" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			nil,
+			"uint16",
+			"abi: cannot unmarshal *big.Int in to uint16",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "uint17" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			big.NewInt(1),
+			"*big.Int",
+			"",
+		},
+
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "int32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			int32(1),
+			"int32",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "int32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			nil,
+			"int16",
+			"abi: cannot unmarshal int32 in to int16",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "int17" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			nil,
+			"int16",
+			"abi: cannot unmarshal *big.Int in to int16",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "int17" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"),
+			big.NewInt(1),
+			"*big.Int",
+			"",
+		},
+
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "address" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			common.Address{1},
+			"address",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "bytes32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			"bytes",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "bytes32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			"hash",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "bytes32" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			"interface",
+			"",
+		},
+		{
+			`[ { "type": "function" } ]`,
+			common.Hex2Bytes("0100000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000"),
+			[24]byte{1},
+			"function",
+			"",
+		},
+	} {
+		abiDefinition := fmt.Sprintf(`[{ "name" : "method", "outputs": %s}]`, test.def)
+		abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(abiDefinition))
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		var outvar interface{}
+		switch test.outVar {
+		case "bool":
+			var v bool
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "uint8":
+			var v uint8
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "uint16":
+			var v uint16
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "uint32":
+			var v uint32
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "uint64":
+			var v uint64
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "int8":
+			var v int8
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "int16":
+			var v int16
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "int32":
+			var v int32
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "int64":
+			var v int64
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "*big.Int":
+			var v *big.Int
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "address":
+			var v common.Address
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "bytes":
+			var v []byte
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "hash":
+			var v common.Hash
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v.Bytes()[:]
+		case "function":
+			var v [24]byte
+			err = abi.Unpack(&v, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+			outvar = v
+		case "interface":
+			err = abi.Unpack(&outvar, "method", test.marshalledOutput)
+		default:
+			t.Errorf("unsupported type '%v' please add it to the switch statement in this test", test.outVar)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err != nil && len(test.err) == 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected no err but got: %v", i, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err == nil && len(test.err) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: %v but got none", i, test.err)
+			continue
+		}
+		if err != nil && len(test.err) != 0 && err.Error() != test.err {
+			t.Errorf("%d failed. Expected err: '%v' got err: '%v'", i, test.err, err)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if err == nil {
+			if !reflect.DeepEqual(test.expectedOut, outvar) {
+				t.Errorf("%d failed. Output error: expected %v, got %v", i, test.expectedOut, outvar)
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnpackSetInterfaceSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		var1 = new(uint8)
+		var2 = new(uint8)
+	)
+	out := []interface{}{var1, var2}
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(`[{"type":"function", "name":"ints", "outputs":[{"type":"uint8"}, {"type":"uint8"}]}]`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	marshalledReturn := append(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"), common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002")...)
+	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if *var1 != 1 {
+		t.Error("expected var1 to be 1, got", *var1)
+	}
+	if *var2 != 2 {
+		t.Error("expected var2 to be 2, got", *var2)
+	}
+
+	out = []interface{}{var1}
+	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
+
+	expErr := "abi: cannot marshal in to slices of unequal size (require: 2, got: 1)"
+	if err == nil || err.Error() != expErr {
+		t.Error("expected err:", expErr, "Got:", err)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnpackSetInterfaceArrayOutput(t *testing.T) {
+	var (
+		var1 = new([1]uint32)
+		var2 = new([1]uint32)
+	)
+	out := []interface{}{var1, var2}
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(`[{"type":"function", "name":"ints", "outputs":[{"type":"uint32[1]"}, {"type":"uint32[1]"}]}]`))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	marshalledReturn := append(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"), common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002")...)
+	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "ints", marshalledReturn)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	if *var1 != [1]uint32{1} {
+		t.Error("expected var1 to be [1], got", *var1)
+	}
+	if *var2 != [1]uint32{2} {
+		t.Error("expected var2 to be [2], got", *var2)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiReturnWithStruct(t *testing.T) {
+	const definition = `[
+	{ "name" : "multi", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "name": "Int", "type": "uint256" }, { "name": "String", "type": "string" } ] }]`
+
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// using buff to make the code readable
+	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005"))
+	stringOut := "hello"
+	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte(stringOut), 32))
+
+	var inter struct {
+		Int    *big.Int
+		String string
+	}
+	err = abi.Unpack(&inter, "multi", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if inter.Int == nil || inter.Int.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
+		t.Error("expected Int to be 1 got", inter.Int)
+	}
+
+	if inter.String != stringOut {
+		t.Error("expected String to be", stringOut, "got", inter.String)
+	}
+
+	var reversed struct {
+		String string
+		Int    *big.Int
+	}
+
+	err = abi.Unpack(&reversed, "multi", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if reversed.Int == nil || reversed.Int.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
+		t.Error("expected Int to be 1 got", reversed.Int)
+	}
+
+	if reversed.String != stringOut {
+		t.Error("expected String to be", stringOut, "got", reversed.String)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMultiReturnWithSlice(t *testing.T) {
+	const definition = `[
+	{ "name" : "multi", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "name": "Int", "type": "uint256" }, { "name": "String", "type": "string" } ] }]`
+
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	// using buff to make the code readable
+	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005"))
+	stringOut := "hello"
+	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte(stringOut), 32))
+
+	var inter []interface{}
+	err = abi.Unpack(&inter, "multi", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if len(inter) != 2 {
+		t.Fatal("expected 2 results got", len(inter))
+	}
+
+	if num, ok := inter[0].(*big.Int); !ok || num.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
+		t.Error("expected index 0 to be 1 got", num)
+	}
+
+	if str, ok := inter[1].(string); !ok || str != stringOut {
+		t.Error("expected index 1 to be", stringOut, "got", str)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestMarshalArrays(t *testing.T) {
+	const definition = `[
+	{ "name" : "bytes32", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes32" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "bytes10", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes10" } ] }
+	]`
+
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+
+	output := common.LeftPadBytes([]byte{1}, 32)
+
+	var bytes10 [10]byte
+	err = abi.Unpack(&bytes10, "bytes32", output)
+	if err == nil || err.Error() != "abi: cannot unmarshal src (len=32) in to dst (len=10)" {
+		t.Error("expected error or bytes32 not be assignable to bytes10:", err)
+	}
+
+	var bytes32 [32]byte
+	err = abi.Unpack(&bytes32, "bytes32", output)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("didn't expect error:", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(bytes32[:], output) {
+		t.Error("expected bytes32[31] to be 1 got", bytes32[31])
+	}
+
+	type (
+		B10 [10]byte
+		B32 [32]byte
+	)
+
+	var b10 B10
+	err = abi.Unpack(&b10, "bytes32", output)
+	if err == nil || err.Error() != "abi: cannot unmarshal src (len=32) in to dst (len=10)" {
+		t.Error("expected error or bytes32 not be assignable to bytes10:", err)
+	}
+
+	var b32 B32
+	err = abi.Unpack(&b32, "bytes32", output)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("didn't expect error:", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(b32[:], output) {
+		t.Error("expected bytes32[31] to be 1 got", bytes32[31])
+	}
+
+	output[10] = 1
+	var shortAssignLong [32]byte
+	err = abi.Unpack(&shortAssignLong, "bytes10", output)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error("didn't expect error:", err)
+	}
+	if !bytes.Equal(output, shortAssignLong[:]) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x to be %x", shortAssignLong, output)
+	}
+}
+
+func TestUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	const definition = `[
+	{ "name" : "int", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "uint256" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "bool", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bool" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "bytes", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "fixed", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes32" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "multi", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "bytes" }, { "type": "bytes" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "intArraySingle", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "uint256[3]" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "addressSliceSingle", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "type": "address[]" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "addressSliceDouble", "constant" : false, "outputs": [ { "name": "a", "type": "address[]" }, { "name": "b", "type": "address[]" } ] },
+	{ "name" : "mixedBytes", "constant" : true, "outputs": [ { "name": "a", "type": "bytes" }, { "name": "b", "type": "bytes32" } ] }]`
+
+	abi, err := JSON(strings.NewReader(definition))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	buff := new(bytes.Buffer)
+
+	// marshal int
+	var Int *big.Int
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Int, "int", common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if Int == nil || Int.Cmp(big.NewInt(1)) != 0 {
+		t.Error("expected Int to be 1 got", Int)
+	}
+
+	// marshal bool
+	var Bool bool
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bool, "bool", common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !Bool {
+		t.Error("expected Bool to be true")
+	}
+
+	// marshal dynamic bytes max length 32
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	bytesOut := common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32)
+	buff.Write(bytesOut)
+
+	var Bytes []byte
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, bytesOut) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
+	}
+
+	// marshall dynamic bytes max length 64
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
+	bytesOut = common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 64)
+	buff.Write(bytesOut)
+
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, bytesOut) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
+	}
+
+	// marshall dynamic bytes max length 63
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003f"))
+	bytesOut = common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 63)
+	buff.Write(bytesOut)
+
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, bytesOut) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
+	}
+
+	// marshal dynamic bytes output empty
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", nil)
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error")
+	}
+
+	// marshal dynamic bytes length 5
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000005"))
+	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32))
+
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(Bytes, []byte("hello")) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x got %x", bytesOut, Bytes)
+	}
+
+	// marshal dynamic bytes length 5
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32))
+
+	var hash common.Hash
+	err = abi.Unpack(&hash, "fixed", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+
+	helloHash := common.BytesToHash(common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32))
+	if hash != helloHash {
+		t.Errorf("Expected %x to equal %x", hash, helloHash)
+	}
+
+	// marshal error
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "bytes", buff.Bytes())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error")
+	}
+
+	err = abi.Unpack(&Bytes, "multi", make([]byte, 64))
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Error("expected error")
+	}
+
+	// marshal mixed bytes
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040"))
+	fixed := common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")
+	buff.Write(fixed)
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020"))
+	bytesOut = common.RightPadBytes([]byte("hello"), 32)
+	buff.Write(bytesOut)
+
+	var out []interface{}
+	err = abi.Unpack(&out, "mixedBytes", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("didn't expect error:", err)
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(bytesOut, out[0].([]byte)) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", bytesOut, out[0])
+	}
+
+	if !bytes.Equal(fixed, out[1].([]byte)) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", fixed, out[1])
+	}
+
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000003"))
+	// marshal int array
+	var intArray [3]*big.Int
+	err = abi.Unpack(&intArray, "intArraySingle", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Error(err)
+	}
+	var testAgainstIntArray [3]*big.Int
+	testAgainstIntArray[0] = big.NewInt(1)
+	testAgainstIntArray[1] = big.NewInt(2)
+	testAgainstIntArray[2] = big.NewInt(3)
+
+	for i, Int := range intArray {
+		if Int.Cmp(testAgainstIntArray[i]) != 0 {
+			t.Errorf("expected %v, got %v", testAgainstIntArray[i], Int)
+		}
+	}
+	// marshal address slice
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000020")) // offset
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")) // size
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
+
+	var outAddr []common.Address
+	err = abi.Unpack(&outAddr, "addressSliceSingle", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("didn't expect error:", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(outAddr) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("expected 1 item, got", len(outAddr))
+	}
+
+	if outAddr[0] != (common.Address{1}) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{1}, outAddr[0])
+	}
+
+	// marshal multiple address slice
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000040")) // offset
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000080")) // offset
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001")) // size
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000100000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000002")) // size
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000200000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000300000000000000000000000000000000000000"))
+
+	var outAddrStruct struct {
+		A []common.Address
+		B []common.Address
+	}
+	err = abi.Unpack(&outAddrStruct, "addressSliceDouble", buff.Bytes())
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal("didn't expect error:", err)
+	}
+
+	if len(outAddrStruct.A) != 1 {
+		t.Fatal("expected 1 item, got", len(outAddrStruct.A))
+	}
+
+	if outAddrStruct.A[0] != (common.Address{1}) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{1}, outAddrStruct.A[0])
+	}
+
+	if len(outAddrStruct.B) != 2 {
+		t.Fatal("expected 1 item, got", len(outAddrStruct.B))
+	}
+
+	if outAddrStruct.B[0] != (common.Address{2}) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{2}, outAddrStruct.B[0])
+	}
+	if outAddrStruct.B[1] != (common.Address{3}) {
+		t.Errorf("expected %x, got %x", common.Address{3}, outAddrStruct.B[1])
+	}
+
+	// marshal invalid address slice
+	buff.Reset()
+	buff.Write(common.Hex2Bytes("0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000100"))
+
+	err = abi.Unpack(&outAddr, "addressSliceSingle", buff.Bytes())
+	if err == nil {
+		t.Fatal("expected error:", err)
+	}
+}