the name of the type was being sent twice. drop the outer instance.

R=rsc
DELTA=10  (5 added, 1 deleted, 4 changed)
OCL=31523
CL=31526

src/pkg/gob/decoder.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func (dec *Decoder) Decode(e interface{}) os.Error {
 	// Check type compatibility.
 	// TODO(r): need to make the decoder work correctly if the wire type is compatible
 	// but not equal to the local type (e.g, extra fields).
-	if info.wire.name != dec.seen[id].name {
+	if info.wire.name() != dec.seen[id].name() {
 		dec.state.err = os.ErrorString("gob decode: incorrect type for wire value");
 		return dec.state.err
 	}

src/pkg/gob/encoder_test.go

@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ func TestBasicEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("error decoding ET1 type:", err);
 	}
 	info := getTypeInfo(reflect.Typeof(ET1{}));
-	trueWire1 := &wireType{name:"ET1", s: info.typeId.gobType().(*structType)};
+	trueWire1 := &wireType{s: info.typeId.gobType().(*structType)};
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wire1, trueWire1) {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid wireType for ET1: expected %+v; got %+v\n", *trueWire1, *wire1);
 	}
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ func TestBasicEncoder(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatal("error decoding ET2 type:", err);
 	}
 	info = getTypeInfo(reflect.Typeof(ET2{}));
-	trueWire2 := &wireType{name:"ET2", s: info.typeId.gobType().(*structType)};
+	trueWire2 := &wireType{s: info.typeId.gobType().(*structType)};
 	if !reflect.DeepEqual(wire2, trueWire2) {
 		t.Fatalf("invalid wireType for ET2: expected %+v; got %+v\n", *trueWire2, *wire2);
 	}

src/pkg/gob/type.go

@@ -310,10 +310,14 @@ func bootstrapType(name string, e interface{}) TypeId {
 // are built in encode.go's init() function.
 
 type wireType struct {
-	name	string;
 	s	*structType;
 }
 
+func (w *wireType) name() string {
+	// generalize once we can have non-struct types on the wire.
+	return w.s.name
+}
+
 type decEngine struct	// defined in decode.go
 type encEngine struct	// defined in encode.go
 type typeInfo struct {
@@ -336,7 +340,7 @@ func getTypeInfo(rt reflect.Type) *typeInfo {
 		path, name := rt.Name();
 		info.typeId = getType(name, rt).id();
 		// assume it's a struct type
-		info.wire = &wireType{name, info.typeId.gobType().(*structType)};
+		info.wire = &wireType{info.typeId.gobType().(*structType)};
 		typeInfoMap[rt] = info;
 	}
 	return info;