accounts/abi: removed Kind from Type struct (ethereum#21009)

* accounts/abi: removed Kind from Type struct

* accounts/abi: removed unused code

accounts/abi/error.go

@@ -39,11 +39,11 @@ func formatSliceString(kind reflect.Kind, sliceSize int) string {
 // type in t.
 func sliceTypeCheck(t Type, val reflect.Value) error {
 	if val.Kind() != reflect.Slice && val.Kind() != reflect.Array {
-		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Kind, t.Size), val.Type())
+		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Type.Kind(), t.Size), val.Type())
 	}
 
 	if t.T == ArrayTy && val.Len() != t.Size {
-		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Elem.Kind, t.Size), formatSliceString(val.Type().Elem().Kind(), val.Len()))
+		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Elem.Type.Kind(), t.Size), formatSliceString(val.Type().Elem().Kind(), val.Len()))
 	}
 
 	if t.Elem.T == SliceTy || t.Elem.T == ArrayTy {
@@ -52,8 +52,8 @@ func sliceTypeCheck(t Type, val reflect.Value) error {
 		}
 	}
 
-	if elemKind := val.Type().Elem().Kind(); elemKind != t.Elem.Kind {
-		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Elem.Kind, t.Size), val.Type())
+	if elemKind := val.Type().Elem().Kind(); elemKind != t.Elem.Type.Kind() {
+		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Elem.Type.Kind(), t.Size), val.Type())
 	}
 	return nil
 }
@@ -66,8 +66,8 @@ func typeCheck(t Type, value reflect.Value) error {
 	}
 
 	// Check base type validity. Element types will be checked later on.
-	if t.Kind != value.Kind() {
-		return typeErr(t.Kind, value.Kind())
+	if t.Type.Kind() != value.Kind() {
+		return typeErr(t.Type.Kind(), value.Kind())
 	} else if t.T == FixedBytesTy && t.Size != value.Len() {
 		return typeErr(t.Type, value.Type())
 	} else {

accounts/abi/reflect.go

@@ -39,32 +39,32 @@ func indirectInterfaceOrPtr(v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
 	return v
 }
 
-// reflectIntKind returns the reflect using the given size and
+// reflectIntType returns the reflect using the given size and
 // unsignedness.
-func reflectIntKindAndType(unsigned bool, size int) (reflect.Kind, reflect.Type) {
+func reflectIntType(unsigned bool, size int) reflect.Type {
 	if unsigned {
 		switch size {
 		case 8:
-			return reflect.Uint8, uint8T
+			return uint8T
 		case 16:
-			return reflect.Uint16, uint16T
+			return uint16T
 		case 32:
-			return reflect.Uint32, uint32T
+			return uint32T
 		case 64:
-			return reflect.Uint64, uint64T
+			return uint64T
 		}
 	}
 	switch size {
 	case 8:
-		return reflect.Int8, int8T
+		return int8T
 	case 16:
-		return reflect.Int16, int16T
+		return int16T
 	case 32:
-		return reflect.Int32, int32T
+		return int32T
 	case 64:
-		return reflect.Int64, int64T
+		return int64T
 	}
-	return reflect.Ptr, bigT
+	return bigT
 }
 
 // mustArrayToBytesSlice creates a new byte slice with the exact same size as value

accounts/abi/type.go

@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ const (
 // Type is the reflection of the supported argument type
 type Type struct {
 	Elem *Type
-	Kind reflect.Kind
 	Type reflect.Type
 	Size int
 	T    byte // Our own type checking
@@ -94,14 +93,12 @@ func NewType(t string, internalType string, components []ArgumentMarshaling) (ty
 		if len(intz) == 0 {
 			// is a slice
 			typ.T = SliceTy
-			typ.Kind = reflect.Slice
 			typ.Elem = &embeddedType
 			typ.Type = reflect.SliceOf(embeddedType.Type)
 			typ.stringKind = embeddedType.stringKind + sliced
 		} else if len(intz) == 1 {
 			// is a array
 			typ.T = ArrayTy
-			typ.Kind = reflect.Array
 			typ.Elem = &embeddedType
 			typ.Size, err = strconv.Atoi(intz[0])
 			if err != nil {
@@ -139,34 +136,29 @@ func NewType(t string, internalType string, components []ArgumentMarshaling) (ty
 	// varType is the parsed abi type
 	switch varType := parsedType[1]; varType {
 	case "int":
-		typ.Kind, typ.Type = reflectIntKindAndType(false, varSize)
+		typ.Type = reflectIntType(false, varSize)
 		typ.Size = varSize
 		typ.T = IntTy
 	case "uint":
-		typ.Kind, typ.Type = reflectIntKindAndType(true, varSize)
+		typ.Type = reflectIntType(true, varSize)
 		typ.Size = varSize
 		typ.T = UintTy
 	case "bool":
-		typ.Kind = reflect.Bool
 		typ.T = BoolTy
 		typ.Type = reflect.TypeOf(bool(false))
 	case "address":
-		typ.Kind = reflect.Array
 		typ.Type = addressT
 		typ.Size = 20
 		typ.T = AddressTy
 	case "string":
-		typ.Kind = reflect.String
 		typ.Type = reflect.TypeOf("")
 		typ.T = StringTy
 	case "bytes":
 		if varSize == 0 {
 			typ.T = BytesTy
-			typ.Kind = reflect.Slice
 			typ.Type = reflect.SliceOf(reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
 		} else {
 			typ.T = FixedBytesTy
-			typ.Kind = reflect.Array
 			typ.Size = varSize
 			typ.Type = reflect.ArrayOf(varSize, reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
 		}
@@ -199,7 +191,6 @@ func NewType(t string, internalType string, components []ArgumentMarshaling) (ty
 			}
 		}
 		expression += ")"
-		typ.Kind = reflect.Struct
 		typ.Type = reflect.StructOf(fields)
 		typ.TupleElems = elems
 		typ.TupleRawNames = names
@@ -217,7 +208,6 @@ func NewType(t string, internalType string, components []ArgumentMarshaling) (ty
 		}
 
 	case "function":
-		typ.Kind = reflect.Array
 		typ.T = FunctionTy
 		typ.Size = 24
 		typ.Type = reflect.ArrayOf(24, reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))