update the golang compiler version and the versions of several dependencies

Signed-off-by: Tariq Ibrahim <tariq181290@gmail.com>

vendor/github.com/mitchellh/mapstructure/mapstructure.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-// The mapstructure package exposes functionality to convert an
-// abitrary map[string]interface{} into a native Go structure.
+// Package mapstructure exposes functionality to convert an arbitrary
+// map[string]interface{} into a native Go structure.
 //
 // The Go structure can be arbitrarily complex, containing slices,
 // other structs, etc. and the decoder will properly decode nested
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 package mapstructure
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"reflect"
@@ -31,7 +32,12 @@ import (
 // both.
 type DecodeHookFunc interface{}
 
+// DecodeHookFuncType is a DecodeHookFunc which has complete information about
+// the source and target types.
 type DecodeHookFuncType func(reflect.Type, reflect.Type, interface{}) (interface{}, error)
+
+// DecodeHookFuncKind is a DecodeHookFunc which knows only the Kinds of the
+// source and target types.
 type DecodeHookFuncKind func(reflect.Kind, reflect.Kind, interface{}) (interface{}, error)
 
 // DecoderConfig is the configuration that is used to create a new decoder
@@ -67,6 +73,10 @@ type DecoderConfig struct {
 	//     FALSE, false, False. Anything else is an error)
 	//   - empty array = empty map and vice versa
 	//   - negative numbers to overflowed uint values (base 10)
+	//   - slice of maps to a merged map
+	//   - single values are converted to slices if required. Each
+	//     element is weakly decoded. For example: "4" can become []int{4}
+	//     if the target type is an int slice.
 	//
 	WeaklyTypedInput bool
 
@@ -104,12 +114,12 @@ type Metadata struct {
 	Unused []string
 }
 
-// Decode takes a map and uses reflection to convert it into the
-// given Go native structure. val must be a pointer to a struct.
-func Decode(m interface{}, rawVal interface{}) error {
+// Decode takes an input structure and uses reflection to translate it to
+// the output structure. output must be a pointer to a map or struct.
+func Decode(input interface{}, output interface{}) error {
 	config := &DecoderConfig{
 		Metadata: nil,
-		Result:   rawVal,
+		Result:   output,
 	}
 
 	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
@@ -117,7 +127,7 @@ func Decode(m interface{}, rawVal interface{}) error {
 		return err
 	}
 
-	return decoder.Decode(m)
+	return decoder.Decode(input)
 }
 
 // WeakDecode is the same as Decode but is shorthand to enable
@@ -137,6 +147,40 @@ func WeakDecode(input, output interface{}) error {
 	return decoder.Decode(input)
 }
 
+// DecodeMetadata is the same as Decode, but is shorthand to
+// enable metadata collection. See DecoderConfig for more info.
+func DecodeMetadata(input interface{}, output interface{}, metadata *Metadata) error {
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		Metadata: metadata,
+		Result:   output,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return decoder.Decode(input)
+}
+
+// WeakDecodeMetadata is the same as Decode, but is shorthand to
+// enable both WeaklyTypedInput and metadata collection. See
+// DecoderConfig for more info.
+func WeakDecodeMetadata(input interface{}, output interface{}, metadata *Metadata) error {
+	config := &DecoderConfig{
+		Metadata:         metadata,
+		Result:           output,
+		WeaklyTypedInput: true,
+	}
+
+	decoder, err := NewDecoder(config)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	return decoder.Decode(input)
+}
+
 // NewDecoder returns a new decoder for the given configuration. Once
 // a decoder has been returned, the same configuration must not be used
 // again.
@@ -174,66 +218,91 @@ func NewDecoder(config *DecoderConfig) (*Decoder, error) {
 
 // Decode decodes the given raw interface to the target pointer specified
 // by the configuration.
-func (d *Decoder) Decode(raw interface{}) error {
-	return d.decode("", raw, reflect.ValueOf(d.config.Result).Elem())
+func (d *Decoder) Decode(input interface{}) error {
+	return d.decode("", input, reflect.ValueOf(d.config.Result).Elem())
 }
 
 // Decodes an unknown data type into a specific reflection value.
-func (d *Decoder) decode(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
-	if data == nil {
-		// If the data is nil, then we don't set anything.
+func (d *Decoder) decode(name string, input interface{}, outVal reflect.Value) error {
+	var inputVal reflect.Value
+	if input != nil {
+		inputVal = reflect.ValueOf(input)
+
+		// We need to check here if input is a typed nil. Typed nils won't
+		// match the "input == nil" below so we check that here.
+		if inputVal.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && inputVal.IsNil() {
+			input = nil
+		}
+	}
+
+	if input == nil {
+		// If the data is nil, then we don't set anything, unless ZeroFields is set
+		// to true.
+		if d.config.ZeroFields {
+			outVal.Set(reflect.Zero(outVal.Type()))
+
+			if d.config.Metadata != nil && name != "" {
+				d.config.Metadata.Keys = append(d.config.Metadata.Keys, name)
+			}
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
-	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
-	if !dataVal.IsValid() {
-		// If the data value is invalid, then we just set the value
+	if !inputVal.IsValid() {
+		// If the input value is invalid, then we just set the value
 		// to be the zero value.
-		val.Set(reflect.Zero(val.Type()))
+		outVal.Set(reflect.Zero(outVal.Type()))
+		if d.config.Metadata != nil && name != "" {
+			d.config.Metadata.Keys = append(d.config.Metadata.Keys, name)
+		}
 		return nil
 	}
 
 	if d.config.DecodeHook != nil {
-		// We have a DecodeHook, so let's pre-process the data.
+		// We have a DecodeHook, so let's pre-process the input.
 		var err error
-		data, err = DecodeHookExec(
+		input, err = DecodeHookExec(
 			d.config.DecodeHook,
-			dataVal.Type(), val.Type(), data)
+			inputVal.Type(), outVal.Type(), input)
 		if err != nil {
-			return err
+			return fmt.Errorf("error decoding '%s': %s", name, err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	var err error
-	dataKind := getKind(val)
-	switch dataKind {
+	outputKind := getKind(outVal)
+	switch outputKind {
 	case reflect.Bool:
-		err = d.decodeBool(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeBool(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Interface:
-		err = d.decodeBasic(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeBasic(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.String:
-		err = d.decodeString(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeString(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Int:
-		err = d.decodeInt(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeInt(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Uint:
-		err = d.decodeUint(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeUint(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Float32:
-		err = d.decodeFloat(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeFloat(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Struct:
-		err = d.decodeStruct(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeStruct(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Map:
-		err = d.decodeMap(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeMap(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Ptr:
-		err = d.decodePtr(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodePtr(name, input, outVal)
 	case reflect.Slice:
-		err = d.decodeSlice(name, data, val)
+		err = d.decodeSlice(name, input, outVal)
+	case reflect.Array:
+		err = d.decodeArray(name, input, outVal)
+	case reflect.Func:
+		err = d.decodeFunc(name, input, outVal)
 	default:
 		// If we reached this point then we weren't able to decode it
-		return fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", name, dataKind)
+		return fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", name, outputKind)
 	}
 
 	// If we reached here, then we successfully decoded SOMETHING, so
-	// mark the key as used if we're tracking metadata.
+	// mark the key as used if we're tracking metainput.
 	if d.config.Metadata != nil && name != "" {
 		d.config.Metadata.Keys = append(d.config.Metadata.Keys, name)
 	}
@@ -244,7 +313,23 @@ func (d *Decoder) decode(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error
 // This decodes a basic type (bool, int, string, etc.) and sets the
 // value to "data" of that type.
 func (d *Decoder) decodeBasic(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
+	if val.IsValid() && val.Elem().IsValid() {
+		return d.decode(name, data, val.Elem())
+	}
+
 	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+
+	// If the input data is a pointer, and the assigned type is the dereference
+	// of that exact pointer, then indirect it so that we can assign it.
+	// Example: *string to string
+	if dataVal.Kind() == reflect.Ptr && dataVal.Type().Elem() == val.Type() {
+		dataVal = reflect.Indirect(dataVal)
+	}
+
+	if !dataVal.IsValid() {
+		dataVal = reflect.Zero(val.Type())
+	}
+
 	dataValType := dataVal.Type()
 	if !dataValType.AssignableTo(val.Type()) {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
@@ -257,7 +342,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeBasic(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 }
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeString(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
-	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	converted := true
@@ -276,12 +361,22 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeString(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 		val.SetString(strconv.FormatUint(dataVal.Uint(), 10))
 	case dataKind == reflect.Float32 && d.config.WeaklyTypedInput:
 		val.SetString(strconv.FormatFloat(dataVal.Float(), 'f', -1, 64))
-	case dataKind == reflect.Slice && d.config.WeaklyTypedInput:
+	case dataKind == reflect.Slice && d.config.WeaklyTypedInput,
+		dataKind == reflect.Array && d.config.WeaklyTypedInput:
 		dataType := dataVal.Type()
 		elemKind := dataType.Elem().Kind()
-		switch {
-		case elemKind == reflect.Uint8:
-			val.SetString(string(dataVal.Interface().([]uint8)))
+		switch elemKind {
+		case reflect.Uint8:
+			var uints []uint8
+			if dataKind == reflect.Array {
+				uints = make([]uint8, dataVal.Len(), dataVal.Len())
+				for i := range uints {
+					uints[i] = dataVal.Index(i).Interface().(uint8)
+				}
+			} else {
+				uints = dataVal.Interface().([]uint8)
+			}
+			val.SetString(string(uints))
 		default:
 			converted = false
 		}
@@ -299,8 +394,9 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeString(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 }
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeInt(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
-	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
+	dataType := dataVal.Type()
 
 	switch {
 	case dataKind == reflect.Int:
@@ -322,6 +418,14 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeInt(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) er
 		} else {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse '%s' as int: %s", name, err)
 		}
+	case dataType.PkgPath() == "encoding/json" && dataType.Name() == "Number":
+		jn := data.(json.Number)
+		i, err := jn.Int64()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"error decoding json.Number into %s: %s", name, err)
+		}
+		val.SetInt(i)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf(
 			"'%s' expected type '%s', got unconvertible type '%s'",
@@ -332,7 +436,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeInt(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) er
 }
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeUint(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
-	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	switch {
@@ -375,7 +479,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeUint(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) e
 }
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeBool(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
-	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
 
 	switch {
@@ -406,8 +510,9 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeBool(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) e
 }
 
 func (d *Decoder) decodeFloat(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
-	dataVal := reflect.ValueOf(data)
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 	dataKind := getKind(dataVal)
+	dataType := dataVal.Type()
 
 	switch {
 	case dataKind == reflect.Int:
@@ -415,7 +520,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeFloat(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 	case dataKind == reflect.Uint:
 		val.SetFloat(float64(dataVal.Uint()))
 	case dataKind == reflect.Float32:
-		val.SetFloat(float64(dataVal.Float()))
+		val.SetFloat(dataVal.Float())
 	case dataKind == reflect.Bool && d.config.WeaklyTypedInput:
 		if dataVal.Bool() {
 			val.SetFloat(1)
@@ -429,6 +534,14 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeFloat(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 		} else {
 			return fmt.Errorf("cannot parse '%s' as float: %s", name, err)
 		}
+	case dataType.PkgPath() == "encoding/json" && dataType.Name() == "Number":
+		jn := data.(json.Number)
+		i, err := jn.Float64()
+		if err != nil {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"error decoding json.Number into %s: %s", name, err)
+		}
+		val.SetFloat(i)
 	default:
 		return fmt.Errorf(
 			"'%s' expected type '%s', got unconvertible type '%s'",
@@ -453,23 +566,68 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeMap(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) er
 		valMap = reflect.MakeMap(mapType)
 	}
 
-	// Check input type
+	// Check input type and based on the input type jump to the proper func
 	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
-	if dataVal.Kind() != reflect.Map {
-		// Accept empty array/slice instead of an empty map in weakly typed mode
-		if d.config.WeaklyTypedInput &&
-			(dataVal.Kind() == reflect.Slice || dataVal.Kind() == reflect.Array) &&
-			dataVal.Len() == 0 {
-			val.Set(valMap)
-			return nil
-		} else {
-			return fmt.Errorf("'%s' expected a map, got '%s'", name, dataVal.Kind())
+	switch dataVal.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Map:
+		return d.decodeMapFromMap(name, dataVal, val, valMap)
+
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		return d.decodeMapFromStruct(name, dataVal, val, valMap)
+
+	case reflect.Array, reflect.Slice:
+		if d.config.WeaklyTypedInput {
+			return d.decodeMapFromSlice(name, dataVal, val, valMap)
+		}
+
+		fallthrough
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' expected a map, got '%s'", name, dataVal.Kind())
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) decodeMapFromSlice(name string, dataVal reflect.Value, val reflect.Value, valMap reflect.Value) error {
+	// Special case for BC reasons (covered by tests)
+	if dataVal.Len() == 0 {
+		val.Set(valMap)
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	for i := 0; i < dataVal.Len(); i++ {
+		err := d.decode(
+			fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", name, i),
+			dataVal.Index(i).Interface(), val)
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
 		}
 	}
 
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) decodeMapFromMap(name string, dataVal reflect.Value, val reflect.Value, valMap reflect.Value) error {
+	valType := val.Type()
+	valKeyType := valType.Key()
+	valElemType := valType.Elem()
+
 	// Accumulate errors
 	errors := make([]string, 0)
 
+	// If the input data is empty, then we just match what the input data is.
+	if dataVal.Len() == 0 {
+		if dataVal.IsNil() {
+			if !val.IsNil() {
+				val.Set(dataVal)
+			}
+		} else {
+			// Set to empty allocated value
+			val.Set(valMap)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	for _, k := range dataVal.MapKeys() {
 		fieldName := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%s]", name, k)
 
@@ -502,17 +660,141 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeMap(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) er
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Decoder) decodeMapFromStruct(name string, dataVal reflect.Value, val reflect.Value, valMap reflect.Value) error {
+	typ := dataVal.Type()
+	for i := 0; i < typ.NumField(); i++ {
+		// Get the StructField first since this is a cheap operation. If the
+		// field is unexported, then ignore it.
+		f := typ.Field(i)
+		if f.PkgPath != "" {
+			continue
+		}
+
+		// Next get the actual value of this field and verify it is assignable
+		// to the map value.
+		v := dataVal.Field(i)
+		if !v.Type().AssignableTo(valMap.Type().Elem()) {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot assign type '%s' to map value field of type '%s'", v.Type(), valMap.Type().Elem())
+		}
+
+		tagValue := f.Tag.Get(d.config.TagName)
+		tagParts := strings.Split(tagValue, ",")
+
+		// Determine the name of the key in the map
+		keyName := f.Name
+		if tagParts[0] != "" {
+			if tagParts[0] == "-" {
+				continue
+			}
+			keyName = tagParts[0]
+		}
+
+		// If "squash" is specified in the tag, we squash the field down.
+		squash := false
+		for _, tag := range tagParts[1:] {
+			if tag == "squash" {
+				squash = true
+				break
+			}
+		}
+		if squash && v.Kind() != reflect.Struct {
+			return fmt.Errorf("cannot squash non-struct type '%s'", v.Type())
+		}
+
+		switch v.Kind() {
+		// this is an embedded struct, so handle it differently
+		case reflect.Struct:
+			x := reflect.New(v.Type())
+			x.Elem().Set(v)
+
+			vType := valMap.Type()
+			vKeyType := vType.Key()
+			vElemType := vType.Elem()
+			mType := reflect.MapOf(vKeyType, vElemType)
+			vMap := reflect.MakeMap(mType)
+
+			err := d.decode(keyName, x.Interface(), vMap)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+			if squash {
+				for _, k := range vMap.MapKeys() {
+					valMap.SetMapIndex(k, vMap.MapIndex(k))
+				}
+			} else {
+				valMap.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(keyName), vMap)
+			}
+
+		default:
+			valMap.SetMapIndex(reflect.ValueOf(keyName), v)
+		}
+	}
+
+	if val.CanAddr() {
+		val.Set(valMap)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *Decoder) decodePtr(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
+	// If the input data is nil, then we want to just set the output
+	// pointer to be nil as well.
+	isNil := data == nil
+	if !isNil {
+		switch v := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data)); v.Kind() {
+		case reflect.Chan,
+			reflect.Func,
+			reflect.Interface,
+			reflect.Map,
+			reflect.Ptr,
+			reflect.Slice:
+			isNil = v.IsNil()
+		}
+	}
+	if isNil {
+		if !val.IsNil() && val.CanSet() {
+			nilValue := reflect.New(val.Type()).Elem()
+			val.Set(nilValue)
+		}
+
+		return nil
+	}
+
 	// Create an element of the concrete (non pointer) type and decode
 	// into that. Then set the value of the pointer to this type.
 	valType := val.Type()
 	valElemType := valType.Elem()
-	realVal := reflect.New(valElemType)
-	if err := d.decode(name, data, reflect.Indirect(realVal)); err != nil {
-		return err
-	}
+	if val.CanSet() {
+		realVal := val
+		if realVal.IsNil() || d.config.ZeroFields {
+			realVal = reflect.New(valElemType)
+		}
 
-	val.Set(realVal)
+		if err := d.decode(name, data, reflect.Indirect(realVal)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		val.Set(realVal)
+	} else {
+		if err := d.decode(name, data, reflect.Indirect(val)); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) decodeFunc(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
+	// Create an element of the concrete (non pointer) type and decode
+	// into that. Then set the value of the pointer to this type.
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
+	if val.Type() != dataVal.Type() {
+		return fmt.Errorf(
+			"'%s' expected type '%s', got unconvertible type '%s'",
+			name, val.Type(), dataVal.Type())
+	}
+	val.Set(dataVal)
 	return nil
 }
 
@@ -523,26 +805,58 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeSlice(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 	valElemType := valType.Elem()
 	sliceType := reflect.SliceOf(valElemType)
 
-	// Check input type
-	if dataValKind != reflect.Array && dataValKind != reflect.Slice {
-		// Accept empty map instead of array/slice in weakly typed mode
-		if d.config.WeaklyTypedInput && dataVal.Kind() == reflect.Map && dataVal.Len() == 0 {
-			val.Set(reflect.MakeSlice(sliceType, 0, 0))
-			return nil
-		} else {
+	valSlice := val
+	if valSlice.IsNil() || d.config.ZeroFields {
+		if d.config.WeaklyTypedInput {
+			switch {
+			// Slice and array we use the normal logic
+			case dataValKind == reflect.Slice, dataValKind == reflect.Array:
+				break
+
+			// Empty maps turn into empty slices
+			case dataValKind == reflect.Map:
+				if dataVal.Len() == 0 {
+					val.Set(reflect.MakeSlice(sliceType, 0, 0))
+					return nil
+				}
+				// Create slice of maps of other sizes
+				return d.decodeSlice(name, []interface{}{data}, val)
+
+			case dataValKind == reflect.String && valElemType.Kind() == reflect.Uint8:
+				return d.decodeSlice(name, []byte(dataVal.String()), val)
+
+			// All other types we try to convert to the slice type
+			// and "lift" it into it. i.e. a string becomes a string slice.
+			default:
+				// Just re-try this function with data as a slice.
+				return d.decodeSlice(name, []interface{}{data}, val)
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Check input type
+		if dataValKind != reflect.Array && dataValKind != reflect.Slice {
 			return fmt.Errorf(
 				"'%s': source data must be an array or slice, got %s", name, dataValKind)
-		}
-	}
 
-	// Make a new slice to hold our result, same size as the original data.
-	valSlice := reflect.MakeSlice(sliceType, dataVal.Len(), dataVal.Len())
+		}
+
+		// If the input value is empty, then don't allocate since non-nil != nil
+		if dataVal.Len() == 0 {
+			return nil
+		}
+
+		// Make a new slice to hold our result, same size as the original data.
+		valSlice = reflect.MakeSlice(sliceType, dataVal.Len(), dataVal.Len())
+	}
 
 	// Accumulate any errors
 	errors := make([]string, 0)
 
 	for i := 0; i < dataVal.Len(); i++ {
 		currentData := dataVal.Index(i).Interface()
+		for valSlice.Len() <= i {
+			valSlice = reflect.Append(valSlice, reflect.Zero(valElemType))
+		}
 		currentField := valSlice.Index(i)
 
 		fieldName := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", name, i)
@@ -562,6 +876,73 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeSlice(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 	return nil
 }
 
+func (d *Decoder) decodeArray(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
+	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
+	dataValKind := dataVal.Kind()
+	valType := val.Type()
+	valElemType := valType.Elem()
+	arrayType := reflect.ArrayOf(valType.Len(), valElemType)
+
+	valArray := val
+
+	if valArray.Interface() == reflect.Zero(valArray.Type()).Interface() || d.config.ZeroFields {
+		// Check input type
+		if dataValKind != reflect.Array && dataValKind != reflect.Slice {
+			if d.config.WeaklyTypedInput {
+				switch {
+				// Empty maps turn into empty arrays
+				case dataValKind == reflect.Map:
+					if dataVal.Len() == 0 {
+						val.Set(reflect.Zero(arrayType))
+						return nil
+					}
+
+				// All other types we try to convert to the array type
+				// and "lift" it into it. i.e. a string becomes a string array.
+				default:
+					// Just re-try this function with data as a slice.
+					return d.decodeArray(name, []interface{}{data}, val)
+				}
+			}
+
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"'%s': source data must be an array or slice, got %s", name, dataValKind)
+
+		}
+		if dataVal.Len() > arrayType.Len() {
+			return fmt.Errorf(
+				"'%s': expected source data to have length less or equal to %d, got %d", name, arrayType.Len(), dataVal.Len())
+
+		}
+
+		// Make a new array to hold our result, same size as the original data.
+		valArray = reflect.New(arrayType).Elem()
+	}
+
+	// Accumulate any errors
+	errors := make([]string, 0)
+
+	for i := 0; i < dataVal.Len(); i++ {
+		currentData := dataVal.Index(i).Interface()
+		currentField := valArray.Index(i)
+
+		fieldName := fmt.Sprintf("%s[%d]", name, i)
+		if err := d.decode(fieldName, currentData, currentField); err != nil {
+			errors = appendErrors(errors, err)
+		}
+	}
+
+	// Finally, set the value to the array we built up
+	val.Set(valArray)
+
+	// If there were errors, we return those
+	if len(errors) > 0 {
+		return &Error{errors}
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataVal := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(data))
 
@@ -573,10 +954,29 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 	}
 
 	dataValKind := dataVal.Kind()
-	if dataValKind != reflect.Map {
-		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' expected a map, got '%s'", name, dataValKind)
-	}
+	switch dataValKind {
+	case reflect.Map:
+		return d.decodeStructFromMap(name, dataVal, val)
 
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		// Not the most efficient way to do this but we can optimize later if
+		// we want to. To convert from struct to struct we go to map first
+		// as an intermediary.
+		m := make(map[string]interface{})
+		mval := reflect.Indirect(reflect.ValueOf(&m))
+		if err := d.decodeMapFromStruct(name, dataVal, mval, mval); err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
+
+		result := d.decodeStructFromMap(name, mval, val)
+		return result
+
+	default:
+		return fmt.Errorf("'%s' expected a map, got '%s'", name, dataVal.Kind())
+	}
+}
+
+func (d *Decoder) decodeStructFromMap(name string, dataVal, val reflect.Value) error {
 	dataValType := dataVal.Type()
 	if kind := dataValType.Key().Kind(); kind != reflect.String && kind != reflect.Interface {
 		return fmt.Errorf(
@@ -601,49 +1001,52 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 
 	// Compile the list of all the fields that we're going to be decoding
 	// from all the structs.
-	fields := make(map[*reflect.StructField]reflect.Value)
+	type field struct {
+		field reflect.StructField
+		val   reflect.Value
+	}
+	fields := []field{}
 	for len(structs) > 0 {
 		structVal := structs[0]
 		structs = structs[1:]
 
 		structType := structVal.Type()
+
 		for i := 0; i < structType.NumField(); i++ {
 			fieldType := structType.Field(i)
+			fieldKind := fieldType.Type.Kind()
 
-			if fieldType.Anonymous {
-				fieldKind := fieldType.Type.Kind()
-				if fieldKind != reflect.Struct {
-					errors = appendErrors(errors,
-						fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type: %s", fieldType.Name, fieldKind))
-					continue
-				}
-
-				// We have an embedded field. We "squash" the fields down
-				// if specified in the tag.
-				squash := false
-				tagParts := strings.Split(fieldType.Tag.Get(d.config.TagName), ",")
-				for _, tag := range tagParts[1:] {
-					if tag == "squash" {
-						squash = true
-						break
-					}
-				}
-
-				if squash {
-					structs = append(structs, val.FieldByName(fieldType.Name))
-					continue
+			// If "squash" is specified in the tag, we squash the field down.
+			squash := false
+			tagParts := strings.Split(fieldType.Tag.Get(d.config.TagName), ",")
+			for _, tag := range tagParts[1:] {
+				if tag == "squash" {
+					squash = true
+					break
 				}
 			}
 
+			if squash {
+				if fieldKind != reflect.Struct {
+					errors = appendErrors(errors,
+						fmt.Errorf("%s: unsupported type for squash: %s", fieldType.Name, fieldKind))
+				} else {
+					structs = append(structs, structVal.FieldByName(fieldType.Name))
+				}
+				continue
+			}
+
 			// Normal struct field, store it away
-			fields[&fieldType] = structVal.Field(i)
+			fields = append(fields, field{fieldType, structVal.Field(i)})
 		}
 	}
 
-	for fieldType, field := range fields {
-		fieldName := fieldType.Name
+	// for fieldType, field := range fields {
+	for _, f := range fields {
+		field, fieldValue := f.field, f.val
+		fieldName := field.Name
 
-		tagValue := fieldType.Tag.Get(d.config.TagName)
+		tagValue := field.Tag.Get(d.config.TagName)
 		tagValue = strings.SplitN(tagValue, ",", 2)[0]
 		if tagValue != "" {
 			fieldName = tagValue
@@ -654,7 +1057,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 		if !rawMapVal.IsValid() {
 			// Do a slower search by iterating over each key and
 			// doing case-insensitive search.
-			for dataValKey, _ := range dataValKeys {
+			for dataValKey := range dataValKeys {
 				mK, ok := dataValKey.Interface().(string)
 				if !ok {
 					// Not a string key
@@ -678,14 +1081,14 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 		// Delete the key we're using from the unused map so we stop tracking
 		delete(dataValKeysUnused, rawMapKey.Interface())
 
-		if !field.IsValid() {
+		if !fieldValue.IsValid() {
 			// This should never happen
 			panic("field is not valid")
 		}
 
 		// If we can't set the field, then it is unexported or something,
 		// and we just continue onwards.
-		if !field.CanSet() {
+		if !fieldValue.CanSet() {
 			continue
 		}
 
@@ -695,14 +1098,14 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 			fieldName = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", name, fieldName)
 		}
 
-		if err := d.decode(fieldName, rawMapVal.Interface(), field); err != nil {
+		if err := d.decode(fieldName, rawMapVal.Interface(), fieldValue); err != nil {
 			errors = appendErrors(errors, err)
 		}
 	}
 
 	if d.config.ErrorUnused && len(dataValKeysUnused) > 0 {
 		keys := make([]string, 0, len(dataValKeysUnused))
-		for rawKey, _ := range dataValKeysUnused {
+		for rawKey := range dataValKeysUnused {
 			keys = append(keys, rawKey.(string))
 		}
 		sort.Strings(keys)
@@ -717,7 +1120,7 @@ func (d *Decoder) decodeStruct(name string, data interface{}, val reflect.Value)
 
 	// Add the unused keys to the list of unused keys if we're tracking metadata
 	if d.config.Metadata != nil {
-		for rawKey, _ := range dataValKeysUnused {
+		for rawKey := range dataValKeysUnused {
 			key := rawKey.(string)
 			if name != "" {
 				key = fmt.Sprintf("%s.%s", name, key)