by werner.hattingh:

What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. run go test under pkg/encoding/gob  over and over till fail
2.
3.

What is the expected output?
Pass all the time

What do you see instead?
Test failing

Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
6g

Which operating system are you using?
linux

Which revision are you using?  (hg identify)
2bd4bf330ca5 tip


Please provide any additional information below.
It is a Fuzz test that fails so it is intermittent because of random seed. See attach
file for one that fail with seed value.

Attachments:

1. test.out (4485 bytes)