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authorDave Collins <[email protected]>2013-01-20 20:44:21 -0600
committerDave Collins <[email protected]>2013-01-20 20:44:21 -0600
commita9907c15845e8273e99fd14a9f1641020ffd5cac (patch)
treeb8c5d2aafa6dc230f58d7b59dacc0c4773237239 /spew/format.go
parentf2641d5e6e2ffc7bb5d847b6552149f4f3b02136 (diff)
Improve invalid reflect value handling.
It was previously possible for an invalid reflect value to lead to a panic in certain obscure cases. Rather than adding multiple checks for the invalid reflect value, handle invalid reflect values immediately.
Diffstat (limited to 'spew/format.go')
-rw-r--r--spew/format.go11
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/spew/format.go b/spew/format.go
index f06cbdb..49ef854 100644
--- a/spew/format.go
+++ b/spew/format.go
@@ -197,8 +197,14 @@ func (f *formatState) formatPtr(v reflect.Value) {
// dealing with and formats it appropriately. It is a recursive function,
// however circular data structures are detected and handled properly.
func (f *formatState) format(v reflect.Value) {
- // Handle pointers specially.
+ // Handle invalid reflect values immediately.
kind := v.Kind()
+ if kind == reflect.Invalid {
+ f.fs.Write(invalidAngleBytes)
+ return
+ }
+
+ // Handle pointers specially.
if kind == reflect.Ptr {
f.formatPtr(v)
return
@@ -224,7 +230,8 @@ func (f *formatState) format(v reflect.Value) {
switch kind {
case reflect.Invalid:
- f.fs.Write(invalidAngleBytes)
+ // Do nothing. We should never get here since invalid has already
+ // been handled above.
case reflect.Bool:
printBool(f.fs, v.Bool())