encoding/gob: decode into interface{} directly fails #1271
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Gobs do not implement Go assignment rules. If you want the receiver to decode into an interface, you must send an interface. Otherwise the receiver doesn't in general have the necessary information to store the concrete value. There are cases, like this one, in which one could argue that the system should be able to work it out, but in general it cannot, so that's not the semantics of gobs. Status changed to WorkingAsIntended. |
If anybody else comes looking here, here's code that works: http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts/msg/d03880ab22754dc1 |
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package main import ( "bytes" "gob" "log" ) type T int func main() { var buf bytes.Buffer enc := gob.NewEncoder(&buf) dec := gob.NewDecoder(&buf) var t T = 2 if err := enc.Encode(t); err != nil { log.Exitf("encode: %v", err) } var i interface{} if err := dec.Decode(&i); err != nil { log.Exitf("decode: %v", err) } } $ 6.out 2010/11/15 15:42:38 decode: gob: wrong type received for local value interface { } $The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: