rlp: fix staticcheck warnings

rlp/decode.go

@@ -29,12 +29,13 @@ import (
 	"sync"
 )
 
-var (
-	// EOL is returned when the end of the current list
-	// has been reached during streaming.
-	EOL = errors.New("rlp: end of list")
+//lint:ignore ST1012 EOL is not an error.
 
-	// Actual Errors
+// EOL is returned when the end of the current list
+// has been reached during streaming.
+var EOL = errors.New("rlp: end of list")
+
+var (
 	ErrExpectedString   = errors.New("rlp: expected String or Byte")
 	ErrExpectedList     = errors.New("rlp: expected List")
 	ErrCanonInt         = errors.New("rlp: non-canonical integer format")

rlp/decode_test.go

@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ type tailUint struct {
 type tailPrivateFields struct {
 	A    uint
 	Tail []uint `rlp:"tail"`
-	x, y bool
+	x, y bool   //lint:ignore U1000 unused fields required for testing purposes.
 }
 
 type nilListUint struct {
@@ -806,9 +806,8 @@ func ExampleDecode() {
 	input, _ := hex.DecodeString("C90A1486666F6F626172")
 
 	type example struct {
-		A, B    uint
-		private uint // private fields are ignored
-		String  string
+		A, B   uint
+		String string
 	}
 
 	var s example