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diff --git a/rlp/encode.go b/rlp/encode.go
index dddde766f..a9f80d448 100644
--- a/rlp/encode.go
+++ b/rlp/encode.go
@@ -29,48 +29,6 @@ type Encoder interface {
EncodeRLP(io.Writer) error
}
-// Flat wraps a value (which must encode as a list) so
-// it encodes as the list's elements.
-//
-// Example: suppose you have defined a type
-//
-// type foo struct { A, B uint }
-//
-// Under normal encoding rules,
-//
-// rlp.Encode(foo{1, 2}) --> 0xC20102
-//
-// This function can help you achieve the following encoding:
-//
-// rlp.Encode(rlp.Flat(foo{1, 2})) --> 0x0102
-func Flat(val interface{}) Encoder {
- return flatenc{val}
-}
-
-type flatenc struct{ val interface{} }
-
-func (e flatenc) EncodeRLP(out io.Writer) error {
- // record current output position
- var (
- eb = out.(*encbuf)
- prevstrsize = len(eb.str)
- prevnheads = len(eb.lheads)
- )
- if err := eb.encode(e.val); err != nil {
- return err
- }
- // check that a new list header has appeared
- if len(eb.lheads) == prevnheads || eb.lheads[prevnheads].offset == prevstrsize-1 {
- return fmt.Errorf("rlp.Flat: %T did not encode as list", e.val)
- }
- // remove the new list header
- newhead := eb.lheads[prevnheads]
- copy(eb.lheads[prevnheads:], eb.lheads[prevnheads+1:])
- eb.lheads = eb.lheads[:len(eb.lheads)-1]
- eb.lhsize -= headsize(uint64(newhead.size))
- return nil
-}
-
// Encode writes the RLP encoding of val to w. Note that Encode may
// perform many small writes in some cases. Consider making w
// buffered.