using #[serde(flatten)] breaks deserializing

[KeenS]

I expected #[serde(flatten)] does not change the behaviour of internal struct, but it changes.

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
struct Paginate {
    limit: u64,
    offset: u64,
}

#[derive(Deserialize, Serialize, PartialEq, Debug)]
struct Query {
    #[serde(flatten)]
    paginate: Paginate
}

fn main() {
    let query = "limit=10&offset=0";
    
    println!("{:?}", from_str::<Paginate>(query));
      // -> Ok(Paginate { limit: 10, offset: 0 })
   println!("{:?}", from_str::<Query>(query));
      // -> Err(Error { err: "invalid type: string \"10\", expected u64" })
    println!("{:?}", to_string(Paginate {limit: 10, offset:0}));
      // Ok("limit=10&offset=0")
    println!("{:?}", to_string(Query {paginate: Paginate {limit: 10, offset:0}}));
      // Ok("limit=10&offset=0")
}

I think this is a bug.

[mitsuhiko]

This is a limitation in serde: serde-rs/serde#1183

[nox]

Upstream bug was closed.

[mitsuhiko]

@nox which upstream bug was closed? serde-rs/serde#1183 is still broken.

[nox]

I shouldn't do triage on a Monday morning.

[strohel]

For reference: there is a work-around to this mentioned in serde_qs docs, which should apply equally to serde_urlencoded.

The work-around has been mentioned in the equivalent issue in serde_qs: samscott89/serde_qs#14 (comment)