Encode: support comment on array tables

marshaler.go

@@ -128,7 +128,8 @@ func (enc *Encoder) SetIndentTables(indent bool) *Encoder {
 //
 // In addition to the "toml" tag struct tag, a "comment" tag can be used to emit
 // a TOML comment before the value being annotated. Comments are ignored inside
-// inline tables.
+// inline tables. For array tables, the comment is only present before the first
+// element of the array.
 func (enc *Encoder) Encode(v interface{}) error {
 	var (
 		b   []byte
@@ -890,6 +891,8 @@ func (enc *Encoder) encodeSliceAsArrayTable(b []byte, ctx encoderCtx, v reflect.
 	scratch = append(scratch, "]]\n"...)
 	ctx.skipTableHeader = true
 
+	b = enc.encodeComment(ctx.indent, ctx.options.comment, b)
+
 	for i := 0; i < v.Len(); i++ {
 		b = append(b, scratch...)
 

unmarshaler_test.go

@@ -2399,6 +2399,30 @@ func TestIssue772(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, "reach-masterdev-", config.FileHandling.FilePattern)
 }
 
+func TestIssue774(t *testing.T) {
+	type ScpData struct {
+		Host string `json:"host"`
+	}
+
+	type GenConfig struct {
+		SCP []ScpData `toml:"scp" comment:"Array of Secure Copy Configurations"`
+	}
+
+	c := &GenConfig{}
+	c.SCP = []ScpData{{Host: "main.domain.com"}}
+
+	b, err := toml.Marshal(c)
+	require.NoError(t, err)
+
+	expected := `# Array of Secure Copy Configurations
+[[scp]]
+Host = 'main.domain.com'
+
+`
+
+	require.Equal(t, expected, string(b))
+}
+
 func TestUnmarshalDecodeErrors(t *testing.T) {
 	examples := []struct {
 		desc string