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Diffstat (limited to 'rlp/decode.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | rlp/decode.go | 7 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/rlp/decode.go b/rlp/decode.go index 6d7e670c2..0e99d9caa 100644 --- a/rlp/decode.go +++ b/rlp/decode.go @@ -367,7 +367,12 @@ func makePtrDecoder(typ reflect.Type) (decoder, error) { dec := func(s *Stream, val reflect.Value) (err error) { _, size, err := s.Kind() if err != nil || size == 0 && s.byteval == 0 { - val.Set(reflect.Zero(typ)) // set to nil + // rearm s.Kind. This is important because the input + // position must advance to the next value even though + // we don't read anything. + s.kind = -1 + // set the pointer to nil. + val.Set(reflect.Zero(typ)) return err } newval := val |