util: Allow std::byte and char Span serialization

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/serialize.h b/src/serialize.h
index 7bc7b10779..348a6ae4f1 100644
--- a/src/serialize.h
+++ b/src/serialize.h
@@ -188,6 +188,7 @@ template<typename X> const X& ReadWriteAsHelper(const X& x) { return x; }
     }                                                                               \
     FORMATTER_METHODS(cls, obj)
 
+// clang-format off
 #ifndef CHAR_EQUALS_INT8
 template <typename Stream> void Serialize(Stream&, char) = delete; // char serialization forbidden. Use uint8_t or int8_t
 #endif
@@ -201,8 +202,7 @@ template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, int64_t a ) { ser_wri
 template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, uint64_t a) { ser_writedata64(s, a); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, const char (&a)[N]) { s.write(MakeByteSpan(a)); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, const unsigned char (&a)[N]) { s.write(MakeByteSpan(a)); }
-template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, const Span<const unsigned char>& span) { s.write(AsBytes(span)); }
-template<typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, const Span<unsigned char>& span) { s.write(AsBytes(span)); }
+template <typename Stream, typename B> void Serialize(Stream& s, Span<B> span) { (void)/* force byte-type */UCharCast(span.data()); s.write(AsBytes(span)); }
 
 #ifndef CHAR_EQUALS_INT8
 template <typename Stream> void Unserialize(Stream&, char) = delete; // char serialization forbidden. Use uint8_t or int8_t
@@ -217,10 +217,11 @@ template<typename Stream> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, int64_t& a ) { a =
 template<typename Stream> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, uint64_t& a) { a = ser_readdata64(s); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, char (&a)[N]) { s.read(MakeWritableByteSpan(a)); }
 template<typename Stream, int N> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, unsigned char (&a)[N]) { s.read(MakeWritableByteSpan(a)); }
-template<typename Stream> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, Span<unsigned char>& span) { s.read(AsWritableBytes(span)); }
+template <typename Stream, typename B> void Unserialize(Stream& s, Span<B> span) { (void)/* force byte-type */UCharCast(span.data()); s.read(AsWritableBytes(span)); }
 
 template <typename Stream> inline void Serialize(Stream& s, bool a) { uint8_t f = a; ser_writedata8(s, f); }
 template <typename Stream> inline void Unserialize(Stream& s, bool& a) { uint8_t f = ser_readdata8(s); a = f; }
+// clang-format on
 
 
 /**