Fix decoding into struct with new fields #9
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This fixes an issue where an encoded struct cannot be decoded into a struct containing new fields. For example, if we encode the following object:
And later introduce a new field to the struct
A
:We will be met with the following error when decoding the original encoded value into the new object:
decoding \"Bar\": unexpected value of type <nil>
. To resolve this, we simply skip the decoding process if the struct field is nil.