From f3d96943fed865c532adc8e7cc7a07cb7382e7a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gabrielius Mickevicius <gabrielius.m@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2016 17:50:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] encode unknown protocol addresses as strings

---
 codec.go | 17 +++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)

diff --git a/codec.go b/codec.go
index 64e7d04..5003621 100644
--- a/codec.go
+++ b/codec.go
@@ -211,6 +211,13 @@ func addressStringToBytes(p Protocol, s string) ([]byte, error) {
 		return b, nil
 	}
 
+	// otherwise just encode the bare string
+	if p.Size == LengthPrefixedVarSize {
+		b := []byte(s)
+		size := CodeToVarint(len(b))
+		return append(size, b...), nil
+	}
+
 	return []byte{}, fmt.Errorf("failed to parse %s addr: unknown", p.Name)
 }
 
@@ -240,5 +247,15 @@ func addressBytesToString(p Protocol, b []byte) (string, error) {
 		return m.B58String(), nil
 	}
 
+	// otherwise just decode to bare string
+	if p.Size == LengthPrefixedVarSize {
+		size, n := ReadVarintCode(b)
+		b = b[n:]
+		if len(b) != size {
+			panic("inconsistent lengths")
+		}
+		return string(b), nil
+	}
+
 	return "", fmt.Errorf("unknown protocol")
 }