Tests to reproduce
diff --git a/mapstructure_bugs_test.go b/mapstructure_bugs_test.go index 7054f1a..c6b8697 100644 --- a/mapstructure_bugs_test.go +++ b/mapstructure_bugs_test.go
@@ -45,3 +45,102 @@ t.Fatalf("Vother should be nil: %s", result.Vother) } } + +func TestNestedTypePointerWithDefaults(t *testing.T) { + t.Parallel() + + input := map[string]interface{}{ + "vfoo": "foo", + "vbar": map[string]interface{}{ + "vstring": "foo", + "vint": 42, + "vbool": true, + }, + } + + result:=NestedPointer{ + Vbar: &Basic{ + Vuint: 42, + }, + } + err := Decode(input, &result) + if err != nil { + t.Fatalf("got an err: %s", err.Error()) + } + + if result.Vfoo != "foo" { + t.Errorf("vfoo value should be 'foo': %#v", result.Vfoo) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vstring != "foo" { + t.Errorf("vstring value should be 'foo': %#v", result.Vbar.Vstring) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vint != 42 { + t.Errorf("vint value should be 42: %#v", result.Vbar.Vint) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vbool != true { + t.Errorf("vbool value should be true: %#v", result.Vbar.Vbool) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vextra != "" { + t.Errorf("vextra value should be empty: %#v", result.Vbar.Vextra) + } + + // this is the error + if result.Vbar.Vuint != 42 { + t.Errorf("vuint value should be 42: %#v", result.Vbar.Vint) + } + +} + + +func TestNestedTypeWithDefaults(t *testing.T) { + t.Parallel() + + input := map[string]interface{}{ + "vfoo": "foo", + "vbar": map[string]interface{}{ + "vstring": "foo", + "vint": 42, + "vbool": true, + }, + } + + result:=Nested{ + Vbar: Basic{ + Vuint: 42, + }, + } + err := Decode(input, &result) + if err != nil { + t.Fatalf("got an err: %s", err.Error()) + } + + if result.Vfoo != "foo" { + t.Errorf("vfoo value should be 'foo': %#v", result.Vfoo) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vstring != "foo" { + t.Errorf("vstring value should be 'foo': %#v", result.Vbar.Vstring) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vint != 42 { + t.Errorf("vint value should be 42: %#v", result.Vbar.Vint) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vbool != true { + t.Errorf("vbool value should be true: %#v", result.Vbar.Vbool) + } + + if result.Vbar.Vextra != "" { + t.Errorf("vextra value should be empty: %#v", result.Vbar.Vextra) + } + + // this is the error + if result.Vbar.Vuint != 42 { + t.Errorf("vuint value should be 42: %#v", result.Vbar.Vint) + } + +} \ No newline at end of file