From 89f6338cc919b52e55300fab227690d0e344a82e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rado M <radkomih@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2023 15:51:30 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] fix reaching the max alloc size with the custom gc

---
 fixed_length.go | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fixed_length.go b/fixed_length.go
index 354f502..b69be2b 100644
--- a/fixed_length.go
+++ b/fixed_length.go
@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@ import (
 )
 
 func (value U8) Encode(buffer *bytes.Buffer) {
+	// do not use value.Bytes() here: https://github.com/LimeChain/goscale/issues/77
 	encoder := Encoder{Writer: buffer}
-	encoder.Write(value.Bytes())
+	encoder.EncodeByte(byte(value))
 }
 
 func (value U8) Bytes() []byte {
-	return []byte{byte(value)}
+	buf := make([]byte, 1)
+	buf[0] = byte(value)
+	return buf
 }
 
 func DecodeU8(buffer *bytes.Buffer) U8 {