# HG changeset patch
# User Kim Alvefur <zash@zash.se>
# Date 1539291566 -7200
# Node ID 903e0cfd4cc92f70f2a2ef0fccca2b87d9678599
# Parent  8791bfa3984a96da079dd2d79729d6e9b45c99d1
util.serialization: Make check of prefix for optional hex encoding stricter

diff -r 8791bfa3984a -r 903e0cfd4cc9 util/serialization.lua
--- a/util/serialization.lua	Thu Oct 11 22:50:45 2018 +0200
+++ b/util/serialization.lua	Thu Oct 11 22:59:26 2018 +0200
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 		return '"' .. s_gsub(s, "[%z\1-\31\"\'\\\127-\255]", string_escapes) .. '"';
 	end
 
-	if hex then
+	if type(hex) == "string" then
 		function types.string(s)
 			local esc = serialize_string(s);
 			if #esc > (#s*2+2+#hex) then