accounts/abi, accounts/keystore: use reflect.TypeFor (#32323)

Co-authored-by: Felix Lange <fjl@twurst.com>

accounts/abi/reflect.go

@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func ConvertType(in interface{}, proto interface{}) interface{} {
 // indirect recursively dereferences the value until it either gets the value
 // or finds a big.Int
 func indirect(v reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
-	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.Elem().Type() != reflect.TypeOf(big.Int{}) {
+	if v.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && v.Elem().Type() != reflect.TypeFor[big.Int]() {
 		return indirect(v.Elem())
 	}
 	return v
@@ -65,32 +65,32 @@ func reflectIntType(unsigned bool, size int) reflect.Type {
 	if unsigned {
 		switch size {
 		case 8:
-			return reflect.TypeOf(uint8(0))
+			return reflect.TypeFor[uint8]()
 		case 16:
-			return reflect.TypeOf(uint16(0))
+			return reflect.TypeFor[uint16]()
 		case 32:
-			return reflect.TypeOf(uint32(0))
+			return reflect.TypeFor[uint32]()
 		case 64:
-			return reflect.TypeOf(uint64(0))
+			return reflect.TypeFor[uint64]()
 		}
 	}
 	switch size {
 	case 8:
-		return reflect.TypeOf(int8(0))
+		return reflect.TypeFor[int8]()
 	case 16:
-		return reflect.TypeOf(int16(0))
+		return reflect.TypeFor[int16]()
 	case 32:
-		return reflect.TypeOf(int32(0))
+		return reflect.TypeFor[int32]()
 	case 64:
-		return reflect.TypeOf(int64(0))
+		return reflect.TypeFor[int64]()
 	}
-	return reflect.TypeOf(&big.Int{})
+	return reflect.TypeFor[*big.Int]()
 }
 
 // mustArrayToByteSlice creates a new byte slice with the exact same size as value
 // and copies the bytes in value to the new slice.
 func mustArrayToByteSlice(value reflect.Value) reflect.Value {
-	slice := reflect.MakeSlice(reflect.TypeOf([]byte{}), value.Len(), value.Len())
+	slice := reflect.ValueOf(make([]byte, value.Len()))
 	reflect.Copy(slice, value)
 	return slice
 }
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ func set(dst, src reflect.Value) error {
 	switch {
 	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Interface && dst.Elem().IsValid() && (dst.Elem().Type().Kind() == reflect.Ptr || dst.Elem().CanSet()):
 		return set(dst.Elem(), src)
-	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && dstType.Elem() != reflect.TypeOf(big.Int{}):
+	case dstType.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && dstType.Elem() != reflect.TypeFor[big.Int]():
 		return set(dst.Elem(), src)
 	case srcType.AssignableTo(dstType) && dst.CanSet():
 		dst.Set(src)

accounts/abi/reflect_test.go

@@ -204,12 +204,12 @@ func TestConvertType(t *testing.T) {
 	var fields []reflect.StructField
 	fields = append(fields, reflect.StructField{
 		Name: "X",
-		Type: reflect.TypeOf(new(big.Int)),
+		Type: reflect.TypeFor[*big.Int](),
 		Tag:  "json:\"" + "x" + "\"",
 	})
 	fields = append(fields, reflect.StructField{
 		Name: "Y",
-		Type: reflect.TypeOf(new(big.Int)),
+		Type: reflect.TypeFor[*big.Int](),
 		Tag:  "json:\"" + "y" + "\"",
 	})
 	val := reflect.New(reflect.StructOf(fields))

accounts/abi/type.go

@@ -238,9 +238,9 @@ func (t Type) GetType() reflect.Type {
 	case UintTy:
 		return reflectIntType(true, t.Size)
 	case BoolTy:
-		return reflect.TypeOf(false)
+		return reflect.TypeFor[bool]()
 	case StringTy:
-		return reflect.TypeOf("")
+		return reflect.TypeFor[string]()
 	case SliceTy:
 		return reflect.SliceOf(t.Elem.GetType())
 	case ArrayTy:
@@ -248,19 +248,15 @@ func (t Type) GetType() reflect.Type {
 	case TupleTy:
 		return t.TupleType
 	case AddressTy:
-		return reflect.TypeOf(common.Address{})
+		return reflect.TypeFor[common.Address]()
 	case FixedBytesTy:
-		return reflect.ArrayOf(t.Size, reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
+		return reflect.ArrayOf(t.Size, reflect.TypeFor[byte]())
 	case BytesTy:
-		return reflect.SliceOf(reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
+		return reflect.TypeFor[[]byte]()
-	case HashTy:
+	case HashTy, FixedPointTy: // currently not used
-		// hashtype currently not used
+		return reflect.TypeFor[[32]byte]()
-		return reflect.ArrayOf(32, reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
-	case FixedPointTy:
-		// fixedpoint type currently not used
-		return reflect.ArrayOf(32, reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
 	case FunctionTy:
-		return reflect.ArrayOf(24, reflect.TypeOf(byte(0)))
+		return reflect.TypeFor[[24]byte]()
 	default:
 		panic("Invalid type")
 	}

accounts/keystore/keystore.go

@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ var (
 )
 
 // KeyStoreType is the reflect type of a keystore backend.
-var KeyStoreType = reflect.TypeOf(&KeyStore{})
+var KeyStoreType = reflect.TypeFor[*KeyStore]()
 
 // KeyStoreScheme is the protocol scheme prefixing account and wallet URLs.
 const KeyStoreScheme = "keystore"