From 4f2e9c2640eaa962d085db329221bfd6f1a1799e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: obscuren Date: Wed, 9 Apr 2014 12:27:25 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Check for nil --- ethutil/rlp.go | 7 ++++++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/ethutil/rlp.go b/ethutil/rlp.go index e6c75696e..d95ace425 100644 --- a/ethutil/rlp.go +++ b/ethutil/rlp.go @@ -186,7 +186,12 @@ func Encode(object interface{}) []byte { case byte: buff.Write(Encode(big.NewInt(int64(t)))) case *big.Int: - buff.Write(Encode(t.Bytes())) + // Not sure how this is possible while we check for + if t == nil { + buff.WriteByte(0xc0) + } else { + buff.Write(Encode(t.Bytes())) + } case []byte: if len(t) == 1 && t[0] <= 0x7f { buff.Write(t)