Fix handling of symbols in serialization (#37)

JuliaIO · Sep 26, 2019 · 4142443 · 4142443
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diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ struct PointerString
     len::UInt64
 end
 
-Base.length(s::PointerString) = s.len
+Base.sizeof(s::PointerString) = s.len
 
 Base.write(io::IO, s::PointerString) = Base.unsafe_write(io, s.ptr, s.len)
 

diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -49,6 +49,10 @@ end
 @test can_round_trip(join(rand(Char, typemax(UInt8) + 1)), String)
 @test can_round_trip(join(rand(Char, typemax(UInt16) + 1)), String)
 
+let s = :wake_after_sleep_onset_percentage
+    @test can_round_trip(s, Symbol, s, string(s))
+end
+
 # BinaryType
 
 struct ByteVec