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package rlp

import (
    "bytes"
    "fmt"
)

type structWithTail struct {
    A, B uint
    C    []uint `rlp:"tail"`
}

func ExampleDecode_structTagTail() {
    // In this example, the "tail" struct tag is used to decode lists of
    // differing length into a struct.
    var val structWithTail

    err := Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte{0xC4, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04}), &val)
    fmt.Printf("with 4 elements: err=%v val=%v\n", err, val)

    err = Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte{0xC6, 0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06}), &val)
    fmt.Printf("with 6 elements: err=%v val=%v\n", err, val)

    // Note that at least two list elements must be present to
    // fill fields A and B:
    err = Decode(bytes.NewReader([]byte{0xC1, 0x01}), &val)
    fmt.Printf("with 1 element: err=%q\n", err)

    // Output:
    // with 4 elements: err=<nil> val={1 2 [3 4]}
    // with 6 elements: err=<nil> val={1 2 [3 4 5 6]}
    // with 1 element: err="rlp: too few elements for rlp.structWithTail"
}