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diff --git a/accounts/abi/error.go b/accounts/abi/error.go
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+// Copyright 2016 The go-ethereum Authors
+// This file is part of the go-ethereum library.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+// it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published by
+// the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+// (at your option) any later version.
+//
+// The go-ethereum library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+// but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+// MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
+// GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.
+//
+// You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License
+// along with the go-ethereum library. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+package abi
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"reflect"
+)
+
+// formatSliceString formats the reflection kind with the given slice size
+// and returns a formatted string representation.
+func formatSliceString(kind reflect.Kind, sliceSize int) string {
+	if sliceSize == -1 {
+		return fmt.Sprintf("[]%v", kind)
+	}
+	return fmt.Sprintf("[%d]%v", sliceSize, kind)
+}
+
+// sliceTypeCheck checks that the given slice can by assigned to the reflection
+// type in t.
+func sliceTypeCheck(t Type, val reflect.Value) error {
+	if !(val.Kind() == reflect.Slice || val.Kind() == reflect.Array) {
+		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Kind, t.SliceSize), val.Type())
+	}
+	if t.IsArray && val.Len() != t.SliceSize {
+		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Elem.Kind, t.SliceSize), formatSliceString(val.Type().Elem().Kind(), val.Len()))
+	}
+
+	if t.Elem.IsSlice {
+		if val.Len() > 0 {
+			return sliceTypeCheck(*t.Elem, val.Index(0))
+		}
+	} else if t.Elem.IsArray {
+		return sliceTypeCheck(*t.Elem, val.Index(0))
+	}
+
+	elemKind := val.Type().Elem().Kind()
+	if elemKind != t.Elem.Kind {
+		return typeErr(formatSliceString(t.Elem.Kind, t.SliceSize), val.Type())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// typeCheck checks that thet given reflection val can be assigned to the reflection
+// type in t.
+func typeCheck(t Type, value reflect.Value) error {
+	if t.IsSlice || t.IsArray {
+		return sliceTypeCheck(t, value)
+	}
+
+	// Check base type validity. Element types will be checked later on.
+	if t.Kind != value.Kind() {
+		return typeErr(t.Kind, value.Kind())
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// varErr returns a formatted error.
+func varErr(expected, got reflect.Kind) error {
+	return typeErr(expected, got)
+}
+
+// typeErr returns a formatted type casting error.
+func typeErr(expected, got interface{}) error {
+	return fmt.Errorf("abi: cannot use %v as type %v as argument", got, expected)
+}