paritytech / paritytech/parity-scale-codec

Derive encode for variants can result in having multiple variants having same index.

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Description

for instance this example does compile without warning:

#[test]
fn discriminant_variant_counted_in_default_index() {
	#[derive(Encode)]
	enum T {
		A = 1,
		B,
	}

	assert_eq!(T::A.encode(), vec![1]);
	assert_eq!(T::B.encode(), vec![1]);
}

We should make this a compile_error or try to give some warning in some way

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Research direction

Start with the provided discriminant_variant_counted_in_default_index reproducer and trace the #[derive(Encode)] handling for enum discriminants. Add a regression test showing that duplicate encoded indices are rejected or warned about, then verify the chosen diagnostic with the test suite.

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Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
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