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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/rpc/types.go b/rpc/types.go
index 02295a022..f268d84db 100644
--- a/rpc/types.go
+++ b/rpc/types.go
@@ -174,12 +174,14 @@ type HexNumber big.Int
// NewHexNumber creates a new hex number instance which will serialize the given val with `%#x` on marshal.
func NewHexNumber(val interface{}) *HexNumber {
if val == nil {
- return nil
+ return nil // note, this doesn't catch nil pointers, only passing nil directly!
}
- if v, ok := val.(*big.Int); ok && v != nil {
- hn := new(big.Int).Set(v)
- return (*HexNumber)(hn)
+ if v, ok := val.(*big.Int); ok {
+ if v != nil {
+ return (*HexNumber)(new(big.Int).Set(v))
+ }
+ return nil
}
rval := reflect.ValueOf(val)
@@ -303,10 +305,9 @@ const (
)
// UnmarshalJSON parses the given JSON fragement into a BlockNumber. It supports:
-// - "latest" or "earliest" as string arguments
+// - "latest", "earliest" or "pending" as string arguments
// - the block number
// Returned errors:
-// - an unsupported error when "pending" is specified (not yet implemented)
// - an invalid block number error when the given argument isn't a known strings
// - an out of range error when the given block number is either too little or too large
func (bn *BlockNumber) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {