Document pitfall with custom marshal/unmarshal implementations #329
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I ran into what felt like a "gotcha" around custom marshal/unmarshal behavior today where `easyjson` continued generating MarshalEasyJSON and UnmarshalEasyJSON methods for my types even though I had defined them on my struct already, resulting in method redeclaration errors: ``` ./foo_easyjson.go:13:6: method redeclared: MyStruct.MarshalEasyJSON method(*MyStruct) func(*jwriter.Writer) method(MyStruct) func(*jwriter.Writer) ./foo_easyjson.go:14:20: (*MyStruct).UnmarshalEasyJSON redeclared in this block previous declaration at ./foo.go:16:6 ``` These were confusing to me, as I assumed that `easyjson` would check if the methods existed already before generating them. Once I thought it through, it was simple enough to work around with an //easyjson:skip; I documented that approach to hopefully save others (including future me ;)) time. There's probably a fix that could be applied within the code itself (i.e. don't generate if the method's defined), but I figure this is a quick fix.
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I ran into what felt like a "gotcha" around custom marshal/unmarshal behavior today where
easyjsoncontinued generatingMarshalEasyJSON and UnmarshalEasyJSON methods for my types even though I had defined them on my struct already, resulting in
method redeclaration errors:
These were confusing to me, as I assumed that
easyjsonwould check if the methods existed already before generating them.Once I thought it through, it was simple enough to work around with an //easyjson:skip; I documented that approach to hopefully save others (including future me ;)) time.
There's probably a fix that could be applied within the code itself (i.e. don't generate if the method's defined), but I figure this is a quick fix.