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Diffstat (limited to 'src/pkg/gob/encode.go')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pkg/gob/encode.go | 25 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/pkg/gob/encode.go b/src/pkg/gob/encode.go index 57af146c0..00548868b 100644 --- a/src/pkg/gob/encode.go +++ b/src/pkg/gob/encode.go @@ -15,11 +15,10 @@ recursive values (data with cycles) are problematic. This may change. To use gobs, create an Encoder and present it with a series of data items as - values or addresses that can be dereferenced to values. (At the moment, these - items must be structs (struct, *struct, **struct etc.), but this may change.) The - Encoder makes sure all type information is sent before it is needed. At the - receive side, a Decoder retrieves values from the encoded stream and unpacks them - into local variables. + values or addresses that can be dereferenced to values. The Encoder makes sure + all type information is sent before it is needed. At the receive side, a + Decoder retrieves values from the encoded stream and unpacks them into local + variables. The source and destination values/types need not correspond exactly. For structs, fields (identified by name) that are in the source but absent from the receiving @@ -251,6 +250,20 @@ package gob output will be just: 07 ff 82 01 2c 01 42 00 + + A single non-struct value at top level is transmitted like a field with + delta tag 0. For instance, a signed integer with value 3 presented as + the argument to Encode will emit: + + 03 04 00 06 + + Which represents: + + 03 // this value is 3 bytes long + 04 // the type number, 2, represents an integer + 00 // tag delta 0 + 06 // value 3 + */ import ( @@ -810,7 +823,7 @@ func encode(b *bytes.Buffer, value reflect.Value) os.Error { if err != nil { return err } - if _, ok := value.(*reflect.StructValue); ok { + if value.Type().Kind() == reflect.Struct { return encodeStruct(engine, b, value.Addr()) } return encodeSingle(engine, b, value.Addr()) |