The current go compiler at the tip of the go master (1d5001af) has a modified implementation of
testing.quick.Check that now generates nil slices as test data. (See: https://gophers.slack.com/archives/general/p14567053570110). The existing tests expect round tripping to work in this case
but it does not. So, in these cases we change the expectation to reflect actual behaviour.
This needs to be checked for reasonableness.
This will help large integer counters type fields that increment by
small amounts over time. Instead of storing the larger raw value
in a compressed format, we store the difference from the prior value
in compressed format which allows the value to be stored using
fewer bits.
Ben Johnson
Jon Seymour
Jason Wilder
Paul Dix