From 474d64d26e8eb8d40bbe2d481513a2070d85ee54 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 16 Dec 2011 11:52:58 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] encoding/gob: arrays are zero only if their elements are zero

R=golang-dev, rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/5494059
---
 src/pkg/encoding/gob/encode.go         |  9 +++++++-
 src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/gob/encode.go b/src/pkg/encoding/gob/encode.go
index 11afa02ea5..f05b17c309 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/gob/encode.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/gob/encode.go
@@ -469,7 +469,14 @@ func (enc *Encoder) encodeInterface(b *bytes.Buffer, iv reflect.Value) {
 // isZero returns whether the value is the zero of its type.
 func isZero(val reflect.Value) bool {
 	switch val.Kind() {
-	case reflect.Array, reflect.Map, reflect.Slice, reflect.String:
+	case reflect.Array:
+		for i := 0; i < val.Len(); i++ {
+			if !isZero(val.Index(i)) {
+				return false
+			}
+		}
+		return true
+	case reflect.Map, reflect.Slice, reflect.String:
 		return val.Len() == 0
 	case reflect.Bool:
 		return !val.Bool()
diff --git a/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go b/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
index 5cab411591..b8dfeeb515 100644
--- a/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/encoding/gob/gobencdec_test.go
@@ -529,28 +529,48 @@ func TestGobEncoderExtraIndirect(t *testing.T) {
 }
 
 // Another bug: this caused a crash with the new Go1 Time type.
+// We throw in a gob-encoding array, to test another case of isZero
 
-type TimeBug struct {
+type isZeroBug struct {
 	T time.Time
 	S string
 	I int
+	A isZeroBugArray
 }
 
-func TestGobEncodeTime(t *testing.T) {
-	x := TimeBug{time.Now(), "hello", -55}
+type isZeroBugArray [2]uint8
+
+// Receiver is value, not pointer, to test isZero of array.
+func (a isZeroBugArray) GobEncode() (b []byte, e error) {
+	b = append(b, a[:]...)
+	return b, nil
+}
+
+func (a *isZeroBugArray) GobDecode(data []byte) error {
+	println("DECODE")
+	if len(data) != len(a) {
+		return io.EOF
+	}
+	a[0] = data[0]
+	a[1] = data[1]
+	return nil
+}
+
+func TestGobEncodeIsZero(t *testing.T) {
+	x := isZeroBug{time.Now(), "hello", -55, isZeroBugArray{1, 2}}
 	b := new(bytes.Buffer)
 	enc := NewEncoder(b)
 	err := enc.Encode(x)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("encode:", err)
 	}
-	var y TimeBug
+	var y isZeroBug
 	dec := NewDecoder(b)
 	err = dec.Decode(&y)
 	if err != nil {
 		t.Fatal("decode:", err)
 	}
 	if x != y {
-		t.Fatal("%v != %v", x, y)
+		t.Fatalf("%v != %v", x, y)
 	}
 }