Allow numeric values in a transaction to be odd-lengthed hexstrings (#614).

packages/bytes/src.ts/index.ts

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ export type BytesLike = Bytes | string;
 
 export type DataOptions = {
     allowMissingPrefix?: boolean;
-    allowOddLength?: boolean;
+    hexPad?: "left" | "right" | null;
 };
 
 export interface Hexable {
@@ -112,9 +112,15 @@ export function arrayify(value: BytesLike | Hexable | number, options?: DataOpti
 
     if (isHexString(value)) {
         let hex = (<string>value).substring(2);
-        if (!options.allowOddLength && hex.length % 2) {
+        if (hex.length % 2) {
+            if (options.hexPad === "left") {
+                hex = "0x0" + hex.substring(2);
+            } else if (options.hexPad === "right") {
+                hex += "0";
+            } else {
                 logger.throwArgumentError("hex data is odd-length", "value", value);
             }
+        }
 
         let result = [];
         for (let i = 0; i < hex.length; i += 2) {
@@ -212,9 +218,15 @@ export function hexlify(value: BytesLike | Hexable | number, options?: DataOptio
     if (isHexable(value)) { return value.toHexString(); }
 
     if (isHexString(value)) {
-        if (!options.allowOddLength && (<string>value).length % 2) {
+        if ((<string>value).length % 2) {
+            if (options.hexPad === "left") {
+                value = "0x0" + (<string>value).substring(2);
+            } else if (options.hexPad === "right") {
+                value += "0";
+            } else {
                 logger.throwArgumentError("hex data is odd-length", "value", value);
             }
+        }
         return (<string>value).toLowerCase();
     }
 
@@ -273,7 +285,7 @@ export function hexConcat(items: Array<BytesLike>): string {
 }
 
 export function hexValue(value: BytesLike | Hexable | number): string {
-    let trimmed = hexStripZeros(hexlify(value, { allowOddLength: true }));
+    let trimmed = hexStripZeros(hexlify(value, { hexPad: "left" }));
     if (trimmed === "0x") { return "0x0"; }
     return trimmed;
 }

packages/tests/src.ts/test-wallet.ts

@@ -270,3 +270,14 @@ describe('Test Signing Messages', function() {
       });
   });
 });
+
+describe("Serialize Transactions", function() {
+    it("allows odd-length numeric values", function() {
+        const result = ethers.utils.serializeTransaction({
+            gasLimit: "0x1",
+            gasPrice: "0x1",
+            value: "0x1"
+        });
+        console.log(result);
+    });
+});

packages/transactions/src.ts/index.ts

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 import { getAddress } from "@ethersproject/address";
 import { BigNumber, BigNumberish } from "@ethersproject/bignumber";
-import { arrayify, BytesLike, hexDataSlice, hexlify, hexZeroPad, SignatureLike, splitSignature, stripZeros, } from "@ethersproject/bytes";
+import { arrayify, BytesLike, DataOptions, hexDataSlice, hexlify, hexZeroPad, SignatureLike, splitSignature, stripZeros, } from "@ethersproject/bytes";
 import { Zero } from "@ethersproject/constants";
 import { keccak256 } from "@ethersproject/keccak256";
 import { checkProperties } from "@ethersproject/properties";
@@ -60,11 +60,11 @@ function handleNumber(value: string): BigNumber {
 }
 
 const transactionFields = [
-    { name: "nonce",    maxLength: 32 },
-    { name: "gasPrice", maxLength: 32 },
-    { name: "gasLimit", maxLength: 32 },
+    { name: "nonce",    maxLength: 32, numeric: true },
+    { name: "gasPrice", maxLength: 32, numeric: true },
+    { name: "gasLimit", maxLength: 32, numeric: true },
     { name: "to",          length: 20 },
-    { name: "value",    maxLength: 32 },
+    { name: "value",    maxLength: 32, numeric: true },
     { name: "data" },
 ];
 
@@ -89,7 +89,9 @@ export function serialize(transaction: UnsignedTransaction, signature?: Signatur
 
     transactionFields.forEach(function(fieldInfo) {
         let value = (<any>transaction)[fieldInfo.name] || ([]);
-        value = arrayify(hexlify(value));
+        const options: DataOptions = { };
+        if (fieldInfo.numeric) { options.hexPad = "left"; }
+        value = arrayify(hexlify(value, options));
 
         // Fixed-width field
         if (fieldInfo.length && value.length !== fieldInfo.length && value.length > 0) {