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Diffstat (limited to 'rlp/decode.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | rlp/decode.go | 16 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/rlp/decode.go b/rlp/decode.go index c4e5869cc..ee0b7dbcd 100644 --- a/rlp/decode.go +++ b/rlp/decode.go @@ -63,12 +63,16 @@ type Decoder interface { // must contain an element for each decoded field. Decode returns an // error if there are too few or too many elements. // -// The decoding of struct fields honours two struct tags, "tail" and -// "nil". For an explanation of "tail", see the example. -// The "nil" tag applies to pointer-typed fields and changes the -// decoding rules for the field such that input values of size zero -// decode as a nil pointer. This tag can be useful when decoding -// recursive types. +// The decoding of struct fields honours certain struct tags, "tail", +// "nil" and "-". +// +// The "-" tag ignores fields. +// +// For an explanation of "tail", see the example. +// +// The "nil" tag applies to pointer-typed fields and changes the decoding +// rules for the field such that input values of size zero decode as a nil +// pointer. This tag can be useful when decoding recursive types. // // type StructWithEmptyOK struct { // Foo *[20]byte `rlp:"nil"` |