From b541921b66a57b887efcf4a696835b4917de85d5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rob Pike <r@golang.org>
Date: Fri, 7 May 2010 13:30:13 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gob: bug fix: errors encoding the payload were not returned
 to caller.

R=rsc
CC=golang-dev
https://golang.org/cl/1164041
---
 src/pkg/gob/encoder.go | 8 ++++++--
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/gob/encoder.go b/src/pkg/gob/encoder.go
index 308c58d303..3d217e2720 100644
--- a/src/pkg/gob/encoder.go
+++ b/src/pkg/gob/encoder.go
@@ -173,8 +173,12 @@ func (enc *Encoder) Encode(e interface{}) os.Error {
 	encodeInt(enc.state, int64(enc.sent[rt]))
 
 	// Encode the object.
-	encode(enc.state.b, e)
-	enc.send()
+	err := encode(enc.state.b, e)
+	if err != nil {
+		enc.setError(err)
+	} else {
+		enc.send()
+	}
 
 	return enc.state.err
 }