1 files changed, 78 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libgo/go/encoding/json/encode_test.go b/libgo/go/encoding/json/encode_test.go
index 2e89a78eb9f..7abfa85db7b 100644
--- a/libgo/go/encoding/json/encode_test.go
+++ b/libgo/go/encoding/json/encode_test.go
@@ -452,3 +452,81 @@ func TestHTMLEscape(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("HTMLEscape(&b, []byte(m)) = %s; want %s", b.Bytes(), want.Bytes())
 	}
 }
+
+// golang.org/issue/8582
+func TestEncodePointerString(t *testing.T) {
+	type stringPointer struct {
+		N *int64 `json:"n,string"`
+	}
+	var n int64 = 42
+	b, err := Marshal(stringPointer{N: &n})
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if got, want := string(b), `{"n":"42"}`; got != want {
+		t.Errorf("Marshal = %s, want %s", got, want)
+	}
+	var back stringPointer
+	err = Unmarshal(b, &back)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unmarshal: %v", err)
+	}
+	if back.N == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unmarshalled nil N field")
+	}
+	if *back.N != 42 {
+		t.Fatalf("*N = %d; want 42", *back.N)
+	}
+}
+
+var encodeStringTests = []struct {
+	in  string
+	out string
+}{
+	{"\x00", `"\u0000"`},
+	{"\x01", `"\u0001"`},
+	{"\x02", `"\u0002"`},
+	{"\x03", `"\u0003"`},
+	{"\x04", `"\u0004"`},
+	{"\x05", `"\u0005"`},
+	{"\x06", `"\u0006"`},
+	{"\x07", `"\u0007"`},
+	{"\x08", `"\u0008"`},
+	{"\x09", `"\t"`},
+	{"\x0a", `"\n"`},
+	{"\x0b", `"\u000b"`},
+	{"\x0c", `"\u000c"`},
+	{"\x0d", `"\r"`},
+	{"\x0e", `"\u000e"`},
+	{"\x0f", `"\u000f"`},
+	{"\x10", `"\u0010"`},
+	{"\x11", `"\u0011"`},
+	{"\x12", `"\u0012"`},
+	{"\x13", `"\u0013"`},
+	{"\x14", `"\u0014"`},
+	{"\x15", `"\u0015"`},
+	{"\x16", `"\u0016"`},
+	{"\x17", `"\u0017"`},
+	{"\x18", `"\u0018"`},
+	{"\x19", `"\u0019"`},
+	{"\x1a", `"\u001a"`},
+	{"\x1b", `"\u001b"`},
+	{"\x1c", `"\u001c"`},
+	{"\x1d", `"\u001d"`},
+	{"\x1e", `"\u001e"`},
+	{"\x1f", `"\u001f"`},
+}
+
+func TestEncodeString(t *testing.T) {
+	for _, tt := range encodeStringTests {
+		b, err := Marshal(tt.in)
+		if err != nil {
+			t.Errorf("Marshal(%q): %v", tt.in, err)
+			continue
+		}
+		out := string(b)
+		if out != tt.out {
+			t.Errorf("Marshal(%q) = %#q, want %#q", tt.in, out, tt.out)
+		}
+	}
+}