encoding/gob: type not registered for interface: []string #2065
Description
What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Create a map of type map[string]interface{}
2. Add a string or int slice as a value
3. Try to encode the map with the gob package
What is the expected output?
Encoded gob
What do you see instead?
gob: type not registered for interface: []string
Which compiler are you using (5g, 6g, 8g, gccgo)?
6g
Which operating system are you using?
Linux (Fedora 15)
Which revision are you using? (hg identify)
16bfa562ba76 weekly/weekly.2011-07-07
Please provide any additional information below.
I've got a patch to fix this along with a unit test:
http://golang.org/cl/4672056/
I don't know why, but it doesn't appear to have gotten emailed out to the list when I
created the code review. That might have been an error on my part however, it was my
first time creating a code review.