5 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/ethutil/common.go b/ethutil/common.go
index f15b10e6d..c63af29a6 100644
--- a/ethutil/common.go
+++ b/ethutil/common.go
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ func CurrencyToString(num *big.Int) string {
 
 var (
 	Big1   = big.NewInt(1)
+	Big2   = big.NewInt(1)
 	Big0   = big.NewInt(0)
 	Big256 = big.NewInt(0xff)
 )
diff --git a/ethutil/parsing.go b/ethutil/parsing.go
index 8929f0829..16ed2d06d 100644
--- a/ethutil/parsing.go
+++ b/ethutil/parsing.go
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func Instr(instr string) (int, []string, error) {
 
 // Script compilation functions
 // Compiles strings to machine code
-func Compile(instructions ...interface{}) (script []string) {
+func Assemble(instructions ...interface{}) (script []string) {
 	script = make([]string, len(instructions))
 
 	for i, val := range instructions {
diff --git a/ethutil/rlp.go b/ethutil/rlp.go
index 33ec0d359..e6c75696e 100644
--- a/ethutil/rlp.go
+++ b/ethutil/rlp.go
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ func DecodeWithReader(reader *bytes.Buffer) interface{} {
 	switch {
 	case char == 0:
 		return nil
-	case char <= 0x7c:
+	case char <= 0x7f:
 		return char
 
 	case char <= 0xb7:
diff --git a/ethutil/rlp_test.go b/ethutil/rlp_test.go
index ce2535663..9e8127aab 100644
--- a/ethutil/rlp_test.go
+++ b/ethutil/rlp_test.go
@@ -129,6 +129,11 @@ func TestEncodeDecodeBytes(t *testing.T) {
 	}
 }
 
+func TestEncodeZero(t *testing.T) {
+	b := NewValue(0).Encode()
+	fmt.Println(b)
+}
+
 func BenchmarkEncodeDecode(b *testing.B) {
 	for i := 0; i < b.N; i++ {
 		bytes := Encode([]interface{}{"dog", "god", "cat"})
diff --git a/ethutil/value.go b/ethutil/value.go
index 46681ec2a..04131aba9 100644
--- a/ethutil/value.go
+++ b/ethutil/value.go
@@ -149,6 +149,15 @@ func (val *Value) IsStr() bool {
 	return val.Type() == reflect.String
 }
 
+// Special list checking function. Something is considered
+// a list if it's of type []interface{}. The list is usually
+// used in conjunction with rlp decoded streams.
+func (val *Value) IsList() bool {
+	_, ok := val.Val.([]interface{})
+
+	return ok
+}
+
 func (val *Value) IsEmpty() bool {
 	return val.Val == nil || ((val.IsSlice() || val.IsStr()) && val.Len() == 0)
 }