Squashed 'third_party/flatbuffers/' changes from e5f331db9..bc44fad35

bc44fad35 UnPackTo disable merge by default (#7527)
4fca4dc60 [TS/JS] Move TS tests to dedicated folder and deps upgrade (#7508)
036032373 Bump junit from 4.13 to 4.13.1 in /java (#7526)
89dfb43f3 Replace `bash JavaTest.sh` with `mvn test` (#7500)
c49aff4b6 enabled cpp17 tests in CI (#7524)
56e60223c prevent force_align attribute on enums (#7523)
89b1f5aa1 remove travis config (#7522)
b90159823 [Java][Flexbuffers] Add API to add nullables into the buffer. (#7521)
8cdc6a288 Install BuildFlatBuffers.cmake (#7519)
a67e35aff Moves all of the swift test code into tests/swift (#7509)
f124e41ae Updated Readme
4c954181c [Java][FlexBuffers] throwing exception for untyped fixed vectors (#7507)
7f7547737 [Android] Remove maven dependency of flatbuffers and use source folder (#7503)
a79d61ea8 Fixes issue with cocoapods failing to be published because of docc (#7505)
d465b39c3 [CMake]: fix breaking find_package change (#7499) (#7502)
c5a609dc2 [C#] Prepares for official Nuget release (#7496)
5634dc3d0 [ISSUE-6268] returns NaN insteadof nan (#7498)
37e37b8ca Updates cocoapods version (#7497)
8fd4534fb update android multidex setting (#7495)
d5427da52 Disable Android Build (#7494)
06c5c7ed0 FlatBuffers Version 2.0.8 (#7492)
b190ce11b Verifier Refinements (#7490)
bf5d23230 Namer applied to Typescript generator (#7488)
ce382d6dd [TS/JS] Add rollup and config to generate iife flatbuffers bundle (#7449)
41d9add7e C++: Add option to skip verifying nested flatbuffers (#7489)
6a8742754 [C++] support native_inline attribute for vector of tables (#7479)
694add668 Refactor test.cpp (#7487)
7edf8c908 Update scorecard to 1.1.2
b86387442 Fix typos (#7483)
e2eb5ee67 Include <array> head in stl_emulation.h (#7480)
994502b6d Version number in file package.json updated to 2.0.7 (#7476)
fa41e8367 [C++] Fixed crash when copying table with empty shared strings (#7477)
799cc8f7b Use type traits for specialization (#7475)
b7eb44147 Disable RTTI and rework use in idl_gen_ts.cpp (#7474)
8d01c5859 CMake project version detection made more robust (#7473)
237e8b71f Moved compiler warnings around (#7471)
eeb8fd60d Include builder.addOffset for vector of structs (#7470)
fef2ffc4d Use schema include name for keep-prefix (#7469)
8367664f1 Flatbuffers Version 2.0.7 (#7462)
d6f06c33f Reworked keep prefix (#7456)
627e8bf36 update grpc version (#7457)
883c42b7d disabling unpackto optimization (#7459)
7aae0af30 Remove old GRPC bash script and convert to python3 (#7454)
b057aa917 Grouped anonymous namespaces together, (#7455)
f1b26ff7f Change to GetTypeName (#7453)
9610a666b Generate SLSA signatures for Released zip files (#7450)
1e0f75a64 [WIP] speedup (#7452)
82b75407a Wrap types in namespace for --ts-flat-files and --gen-all (#7451)
f7c511957 Audit and fixups for GCC and Clang (#7212)
a66de58af Partial support for --ts-flat-files and --gen-all (#7446)
a3508f36d [Kotlin] Make sure namespace path exist for code generation (#7357)
137fec716 Stop using __has_trivial_copy on recent clang versions. (#7443)
214125e41 [C#] Rework how sorted vectors are looked up (#7441)
44a7dc999 Define minimum buffer size (#7440)
3cc2daa78 make_span overloads for pointer to vector (#7374) (#7435)
fa1174aa7 [TypeScript] Fix namespaceless schema generation (#7432)
83d4e2a10 Add checks to verifier (#7438)
8a09f3fb0 Fix FlexBuffers JS/TS bug https://github.com/google/flatbuffers/issues/6934 (#7434)
9dbe819ef Add flatc python tests to CI (#7437)
67c414958 Update TypeScriptTest.py to work better cross platform (#7436)
8b8c7dbdf Update gitingore to reflect name change (#7431)
2ee20a5f3 Remove auto including locale functions (#7430)
4be605604 [C++] Set StructDef::has_key property when deserializing from binary schema (#7386) (#7428)
fc5d86f1e [C++] Make template parameter in stl_emulation.h more explicit to avoid conflicts with cpprestsdk U macro (#7424)
9dce287ad Issue#6959 :Updated Automatically generated rust files. (#7425)
7798be3bb avoid zero-as-null-pointer warning (#7423)
966362e07 [C++] Vector of Tables equality (#7415)
a89c279ed [golang] Perform keyword escaping after case conversion (#7421)
a212b3c03 Turn of fail fast for C++ CI
9230f600d Remove stringop-overflow from error (#7422)
c79362156 [golang] Add support for text parsing with json struct tags (#7353)
ee2ced236 Moved TypeScriptTests to python script (#7411)
468c00a3f Rebased: grpc/compiler: Respect filename suffix and extension during code generation (#7414)
47c757f71 Add tests for flatc (#7405)
9a5ff8900 Add FLATBUFFERS_STRICT_MODE (#7408)
950444a34 [TS] Use TextEncoder and TextDecoder (#7400)
30d76198c Compilation issue msys2 #7399 (#7409)
cce3a66f0 Delete .travis directory
8d1cc6ac7 Revert "Compilation issue msys2 (#7403)" (#7407)
5b207639a Update readme.md
359e0f9d6 Revert "grpc/compiler: Respect filename suffix and extension during code generation (#7343)" (#7406)
ebbed0513 Delete cpp-linter.yml
aa395e5a5 (#7323) Rename CMake files according to project name (#7378)
32328075d Fix error msg format when generate GRPC failed (#7350)
97e89c5ac grpc/compiler: Respect filename suffix and extension during code generation (#7343)
5f6672be4 Fix Clang-Cl compile on Windows (#7308)
28e858c85 [TS/Bazel] Minor improvements to typescript.bzl (#7300)
987bebe67 [TS] fix incorrect reverse when writting array of structs (#7271)
ec0129369 Fix FlexBuffers Verifier tracking vectors reuse at wrong offset
50dd385b3 Add missing const (#7401)
da702cfd8 Compilation issue msys2 (#7403)
6e2791640 keep-prefix keeps relative pathing (#7394)
52fce5e53 fix(#7360): grpc used deprecated functions (#7361)
b7f13cd8e cpp_generator: comment out unused parameter to avoid warnings (#7381)
e42985e5a Updated Newtonsoft.Json to 13.0.1 (#7393)
0a8064637 Fix references to LICENSE file (#7377)
b9eea76a8 [Dart] Implement putBool to fix errors when serializing structs with bools (#7359)
1b9030015 Bump Newtonsoft.Json from 12.0.3 to 13.0.1 in /tests/FlatBuffers.Test (#7363)
83a43fc79 Reenable optional json (#7352)
5f0137602 Only include direct included filed (#7348)
9a1913a87 Revert "Implement optional scalars for JSON (#7322)" (#7351)
b4647beb8 Revert "Move reflection_ts_fbs into a separate directory (#7342)" (#7349)
d6060977a Remove asserting in verifier for flattests
987aa5b5e move -Wextra-semi to GCC 8.0+
42acdb63c [TS] Don't generate self-imports with --ts-flat-file (#7340)
0cc1aeb8c [golang] Create missing namespace directory structure (#7324) (#7325)
ba6c67170 [Kotlin] Remove download benchmark files dependency (#7314)
d2f33fc45 Disable Android on Linux CI build
0d1b72cbc [TS] fix ts import path issue (#7298)
9fce2fbf2 replace io/ioutil to os (#7281)
a18ea40d6 Implement optional scalars for JSON (#7322)
090caa280 Move reflection_ts_fbs into a separate directory (#7342)
49e1ea333 Implement optional scalars for Python (#7318)
11a198870 Started implementation for private flags in rust (#7269)
967df08b1 Adds full supposed for Wasm in the swift lib (#7328)
9aa08a429 Use keep case for Rust union discriminant type. (#7321)
9e8c758f5 Add explicit return types to lobster generated code (#7312)
74a25536b Add size check to fix out of bounds read risk (#7304)
12917af8a Update Rust docs page (#7296)
1ea2472f7 [swift] add had<ArrayName> property for arrays to check presence in a message (#7280)
0fe13cb28 Remove span ConstIterator/cbegin()/cend(). (#7295)
385dddc66 Namerkot (#7245)
750dde766 Make `flatc` generate Rust files not requiring `std` (#7273)
9917a168c [swift] Make swift module public (#7274)
76d3cca19 Rust: fix a name conflict when building with "no_std" feature (#7268)
c86e6d0e3 json inf parsing
d34dc32c2 fix include order
234d86c92 fixed off-by-one in parser
746c73b91 Add Annotations for Monster schema and example buffer
0bbfd4b2e fixes for annotator
716521953 Update readme.md (#7257)
a45f564cf [performance] Add aggressive systematic inlining in ByteBuffer and FlatBufferBuilder (#7253)
9d45a6403 more google merge fixes
ccfb4c20b Handle +/-inf in protos (#7256)
7bcd857b8 Specialize CreateVector with std::initializer_list (#7254)
23c8ab34c Swift update performance benchmark infrastructure (#7255)
70002dc5c various fixes for google merge
6e0e79f24 Add test for nested buffer verifier (#7252)
b856368d7 Turn off go modules temporary until we get a proper fix (#7251)
e37156a30 Keep the underlying storage capacity when clearing the FlatBufferBuilder. Gives a significant performance boost for serialisation of many small messages. (#7250)
a10b0e546 Java namer variable keep case (#7249)
275b73994 allow overriding FLATBUFFERS_MAX_ALIGNMENT
9d1ce9a10 Add parameter back to EndVector (#7246)
79afe6c3d Make Java namespaces keep case by default (#7243)
c6dbb2230 Add write permissions for labeller
18bacd3ea Expand test to make sure {}-initializers are properly understood by template. (#7242)
a2c913aec Add -Wnon-virtual-dtor
67b33b294 set workflows permissions to read-only (#7239)
7b5fd2bd0 [Kotlin] Fix key lookup returning null clashing with default value (#7237)
7181d7770 [Java] Fix key lookup returning null clashing with default value (#7236)
7f663b120 Allow CreateVectorOfStrings() to work with any string-type. (#7238)
173ebb694 Fixes a bug where the create function doesnt optional + required items (#7228)
d65823948 [Kotlin] Update gradle to 7.4.1 and simplify config files. (#7231)
ab4bf59e8 remove toascii (#7234)
eee44bbb2 disable cpp-linter (#7229)
a63fa51a1 Create cpp-linter.yml (#7208)
2049e5210 Adds a way to verify/exposes Entities ids (#7221)
832c618f5 Adds implementation flag for swift (#7202)
14615699f Started to migrate to target_compile_options (#7222)
20aad0c41 [C++] stl_emulation span::count_ is not const anymore (#7226) (#7227)
f083b33f2 code gen flexbuffer verifier (#7207)
bf17df346 [C++] generate sorted #include directives (#7213)
35281dedb Fix for [C++] flatc generates invalid Code in the default constructor for structs, when --cpp-field-case-style is used #7209 (#7211)
c9651b742 Add overloads for C# ByteBuffer/FlatBufferBuilder to allow adding vector blocks from ArraySegments or IntPtr (#7193)
26c3b3ada Update codeql.yml
da6e1b985 Update codeql.yml
ad27d751e Added Oss fuzz badge
0aab623cb Create codeql.yml
6a446bdd8 maximize parallel builds in CI (#7206)
21fb5cbbc Create scorecards.yml
0da6f9486 [C++] Static assert on Flatbuffers Version (#7203)
59e971308 reduce fuzzing time to 1 minute in CI
40866a892 fixed padding in struct for annotated binary (#7199)
b71d968fa Apply Namer prefix/suffix to other generators (#7197)
fac0d7be0 Apply Namer to Java. (#7194)
6c5603fd9 [C#] Fix collision of field name and type name (#7149)
2d21853a7 monster fuzzer fix for json default scalars
fec1a8d01 [swift] Add bazel configuration for Swift (#7195)
7fd857623 structured comments (#7192)
a4cb1599d Namerdart (#7187)
ae4ce7265 fuzzed binary annotator (#7188)
e2be0c0b0 Handle root offset and root table vtable invalidation (#7177)
2ad408697 [TS] Fix generation of struct members in object api (#7148)
4213d9105 VerifySizePrefixed (reflection::Schema) and GetAnySizePrefixedRoot added (#7181)
5a13f622c Correctly parse lists of enums in Dart generated code (#7157)
23a7e4e0b Adds no-includes flags to the swift code generator (#7182)
eeb49c275 Move flatbuffer_ts_library to typescript.bzl (#7183)
824763b31 Typo in flatc options (warning-as-errors instead of warnings-as-errors) (#7180)
d3aeee32b Annotated Flatbuffer Binary (#7174)
0bceba24d [Lua] Apply Namer to Lua (#7171)
b8c77d404 Make inclusion of header <optional> opt-out via macro (#7168)
8468eab83 Namersw (#7167)
2b2e8d4ae Nameroverloads (#7164)
b80b32bfa Use DESCRIPTION only if CMake version >= 3.9 (#7166)

Change-Id: Ic2681dabb1a798b7515e62753ee06aecb9933260
git-subtree-dir: third_party/flatbuffers
git-subtree-split: bc44fad35271e43fd7a79b4d691ac9e41708797f
Signed-off-by: Austin Schuh <austin.schuh@bluerivertech.com>
diff --git a/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp b/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
index dfd9525..dfe55e0 100644
--- a/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
+++ b/src/idl_gen_cpp.cpp
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
 
 // independent from idl_parser, since this code is not needed for most clients
 
+#include <string>
 #include <unordered_set>
 
+#include "flatbuffers/base.h"
 #include "flatbuffers/code_generators.h"
 #include "flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h"
 #include "flatbuffers/flatc.h"
@@ -68,6 +70,19 @@
   return guard;
 }
 
+static bool IsVectorOfPointers(const FieldDef &field) {
+  const auto &type = field.value.type;
+  const auto &vector_type = type.VectorType();
+  return type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_VECTOR &&
+         vector_type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_STRUCT &&
+         !vector_type.struct_def->fixed && !field.native_inline;
+}
+
+static bool IsPointer(const FieldDef &field) {
+  return field.value.type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_STRUCT &&
+         !IsStruct(field.value.type);
+}
+
 namespace cpp {
 
 enum CppStandard { CPP_STD_X0 = 0, CPP_STD_11, CPP_STD_17 };
@@ -199,27 +214,60 @@
     for (auto kw = keywords; *kw; kw++) keywords_.insert(*kw);
   }
 
+  // Adds code to check that the included flatbuffers.h is of the same version
+  // as the generated code. This check currently looks for exact version match,
+  // as we would guarantee that they are compatible, but in theory a newer
+  // version of flatbuffers.h should work with a old code gen if we do proper
+  // backwards support.
+  void GenFlatbuffersVersionCheck() {
+    code_ +=
+        "// Ensure the included flatbuffers.h is the same version as when this "
+        "file was";
+    code_ += "// generated, otherwise it may not be compatible.";
+    code_ += "static_assert(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MAJOR == " +
+             std::to_string(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MAJOR) + " &&";
+    code_ += "              FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR == " +
+             std::to_string(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_MINOR) + " &&";
+    code_ += "              FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION == " +
+             std::to_string(FLATBUFFERS_VERSION_REVISION) + ",";
+    code_ += "             \"Non-compatible flatbuffers version included\");";
+  }
+
   void GenIncludeDependencies() {
-    int num_includes = 0;
     if (opts_.generate_object_based_api) {
       for (auto it = parser_.native_included_files_.begin();
            it != parser_.native_included_files_.end(); ++it) {
         code_ += "#include \"" + *it + "\"";
-        num_includes++;
       }
     }
-    for (auto it = parser_.included_files_.begin();
-         it != parser_.included_files_.end(); ++it) {
-      if (it->second.empty()) continue;
-      auto noext = flatbuffers::StripExtension(it->second);
-      auto basename = flatbuffers::StripPath(noext);
-      auto includeName =
-          GeneratedFileName(opts_.include_prefix,
-                            opts_.keep_include_path ? noext : basename, opts_);
-      code_ += "#include \"" + includeName + "\"";
-      num_includes++;
+
+    // Get the directly included file of the file being parsed.
+    std::vector<IncludedFile> included_files(parser_.GetIncludedFiles());
+
+    // We are safe to sort them alphabetically, since there shouldn't be any
+    // interdependence between them.
+    std::stable_sort(included_files.begin(), included_files.end());
+
+    for (const IncludedFile &included_file : included_files) {
+      // Get the name of the included file as defined by the schema, and strip
+      // the .fbs extension.
+      const std::string name_without_ext =
+          flatbuffers::StripExtension(included_file.schema_name);
+
+      // If we are told to keep the prefix of the included schema, leave it
+      // unchanged, otherwise strip the leading path off so just the "basename"
+      // of the include is retained.
+      const std::string basename =
+          opts_.keep_prefix ? name_without_ext
+                            : flatbuffers::StripPath(name_without_ext);
+
+      code_ += "#include \"" +
+               GeneratedFileName(opts_.include_prefix, basename, opts_) + "\"";
     }
-    if (num_includes) code_ += "";
+
+    if (!parser_.native_included_files_.empty() || !included_files.empty()) {
+      code_ += "";
+    }
   }
 
   void GenExtraIncludes() {
@@ -285,6 +333,8 @@
 
       code_ += "#include \"flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h\"";
       code_ += "";
+      GenFlatbuffersVersionCheck();
+      code_ += "";
 
       SetNameSpace(struct_def.defined_namespace);
       auto name = Name(struct_def);
@@ -347,8 +397,11 @@
     code_ += "#include \"flatbuffers/flatbuffers.h\"";
     if (parser_.uses_flexbuffers_) {
       code_ += "#include \"flatbuffers/flexbuffers.h\"";
+      code_ += "#include \"flatbuffers/flex_flat_util.h\"";
     }
     code_ += "";
+    GenFlatbuffersVersionCheck();
+    code_ += "";
 
     if (opts_.include_dependence_headers) { GenIncludeDependencies(); }
     GenExtraIncludes();
@@ -841,7 +894,9 @@
           }
         } else {
           const auto nn = WrapNativeNameInNameSpace(*type.struct_def, opts_);
-          return forcopy ? nn : GenTypeNativePtr(nn, &field, false);
+          return (forcopy || field.native_inline)
+                     ? nn
+                     : GenTypeNativePtr(nn, &field, false);
         }
       }
       case BASE_TYPE_UNION: {
@@ -1827,9 +1882,8 @@
         if (vec_type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_UTYPE) continue;
         const auto cpp_type = field.attributes.Lookup("cpp_type");
         const auto cpp_ptr_type = field.attributes.Lookup("cpp_ptr_type");
-        const bool is_ptr =
-            (vec_type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_STRUCT && !IsStruct(vec_type)) ||
-            (cpp_type && cpp_ptr_type->constant != "naked");
+        const bool is_ptr = IsVectorOfPointers(field) ||
+                            (cpp_type && cpp_ptr_type->constant != "naked");
         if (is_ptr) { return true; }
       }
     }
@@ -1953,9 +2007,8 @@
                                    ? cpp_type->constant
                                    : GenTypeNative(vec_type, /*invector*/ true,
                                                    field, /*forcopy*/ true);
-        const bool is_ptr =
-            (vec_type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_STRUCT && !IsStruct(vec_type)) ||
-            (cpp_type && cpp_ptr_type->constant != "naked");
+        const bool is_ptr = IsVectorOfPointers(field) ||
+                            (cpp_type && cpp_ptr_type->constant != "naked");
         CodeWriter cw("  ");
         cw.SetValue("FIELD", Name(field));
         cw.SetValue("TYPE", type_name);
@@ -2020,19 +2073,39 @@
     for (auto it = struct_def.fields.vec.begin();
          it != struct_def.fields.vec.end(); ++it) {
       const auto &field = **it;
+      const auto accessor = Name(field) + accessSuffix;
+      const auto lhs_accessor = "lhs." + accessor;
+      const auto rhs_accessor = "rhs." + accessor;
+
       if (!field.deprecated &&  // Deprecated fields won't be accessible.
           field.value.type.base_type != BASE_TYPE_UTYPE &&
           (field.value.type.base_type != BASE_TYPE_VECTOR ||
            field.value.type.element != BASE_TYPE_UTYPE)) {
         if (!compare_op.empty()) { compare_op += " &&\n      "; }
-        auto accessor = Name(field) + accessSuffix;
         if (struct_def.fixed || field.native_inline ||
             field.value.type.base_type != BASE_TYPE_STRUCT) {
-          compare_op += "(lhs." + accessor + " == rhs." + accessor + ")";
+          // If the field is a vector of tables, the table need to be compared
+          // by value, instead of by the default unique_ptr == operator which
+          // compares by address.
+          if (IsVectorOfPointers(field)) {
+            const auto type =
+                GenTypeNative(field.value.type.VectorType(), true, field);
+            const auto equal_length =
+                lhs_accessor + ".size() == " + rhs_accessor + ".size()";
+            const auto elements_equal =
+                "std::equal(" + lhs_accessor + ".cbegin(), " + lhs_accessor +
+                ".cend(), " + rhs_accessor + ".cbegin(), [](" + type +
+                " const &a, " + type +
+                " const &b) { return (a == b) || (a && b && *a == *b); })";
+
+            compare_op += "(" + equal_length + " && " + elements_equal + ")";
+          } else {
+            compare_op += "(" + lhs_accessor + " == " + rhs_accessor + ")";
+          }
         } else {
           // Deep compare of std::unique_ptr. Null is not equal to empty.
           std::string both_null =
-              "(lhs." + accessor + " == rhs." + accessor + ")";
+              "(" + lhs_accessor + " == " + rhs_accessor + ")";
           std::string not_null_and_equal = "(lhs." + accessor + " && rhs." +
                                            accessor + " && *lhs." + accessor +
                                            " == *rhs." + accessor + ")";
@@ -2248,7 +2321,7 @@
 
       // @TODO: Mby make this decisions more universal? How?
       code_.SetValue("U_GET_TYPE",
-                     EscapeKeyword(field.name + UnionTypeFieldSuffix()));
+                     EscapeKeyword(Name(field) + UnionTypeFieldSuffix()));
       code_.SetValue("U_ELEMENT_TYPE", WrapInNameSpace(u->defined_namespace,
                                                        GetEnumValUse(*u, ev)));
       code_.SetValue("U_FIELD_TYPE", "const " + full_struct_name + " *");
@@ -2913,7 +2986,8 @@
             return ptype + "(new " + name + "(*" + val + "))";
           }
         } else {
-          const auto ptype = GenTypeNativePtr(
+          std::string ptype = afield.native_inline ? "*" : "";
+          ptype += GenTypeNativePtr(
               WrapNativeNameInNameSpace(*type.struct_def, opts_), &afield,
               true);
           return ptype + "(" + val + "->UnPack(_resolver))";
@@ -2941,7 +3015,8 @@
         if (field.value.type.element == BASE_TYPE_UTYPE) {
           name = StripUnionType(Name(field));
         }
-        code += "{ _o->" + name + ".resize(_e->size()); ";
+        const std::string vector_field = "_o->" + name;
+        code += "{ " + vector_field + ".resize(_e->size()); ";
         if (!field.value.type.enum_def && !IsBool(field.value.type.element) &&
             IsOneByte(field.value.type.element)) {
           // For vectors of bytes, std::copy is used to improve performance.
@@ -2981,7 +3056,7 @@
             //    (*resolver)(&_o->field, (hash_value_t)(_e));
             //  else
             //    _o->field = nullptr;
-            code += "//vector resolver, " + PtrType(&field) + "\n";
+            code += "/*vector resolver, " + PtrType(&field) + "*/ ";
             code += "if (_resolver) ";
             code += "(*_resolver)";
             code += "(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&_o->" + name + "[_i]" +
@@ -2998,9 +3073,7 @@
               code += "/* else do nothing */";
             }
           } else {
-            const bool is_pointer =
-                field.value.type.VectorType().base_type == BASE_TYPE_STRUCT &&
-                !IsStruct(field.value.type.VectorType());
+            const bool is_pointer = IsVectorOfPointers(field);
             if (is_pointer) {
               code += "if(_o->" + name + "[_i]" + ") { ";
               code += indexing + "->UnPackTo(_o->" + name +
@@ -3012,7 +3085,7 @@
                                  field);
             if (is_pointer) { code += "; }"; }
           }
-          code += "; } }";
+          code += "; } } else { " + vector_field + ".resize(0); }";
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -3040,7 +3113,7 @@
           //    (*resolver)(&_o->field, (hash_value_t)(_e));
           //  else
           //    _o->field = nullptr;
-          code += "//scalar resolver, " + PtrType(&field) + " \n";
+          code += "/*scalar resolver, " + PtrType(&field) + "*/ ";
           code += "if (_resolver) ";
           code += "(*_resolver)";
           code += "(reinterpret_cast<void **>(&_o->" + Name(field) + "), ";
@@ -3057,17 +3130,21 @@
         } else {
           // Generate code for assigning the value, of the form:
           //  _o->field = value;
-          const bool is_pointer =
-              field.value.type.base_type == BASE_TYPE_STRUCT &&
-              !IsStruct(field.value.type);
+          const bool is_pointer = IsPointer(field);
+
+          const std::string out_field = "_o->" + Name(field);
+
           if (is_pointer) {
-            code += "{ if(_o->" + Name(field) + ") { ";
-            code += "_e->UnPackTo(_o->" + Name(field) + ".get(), _resolver);";
+            code += "{ if(" + out_field + ") { ";
+            code += "_e->UnPackTo(" + out_field + ".get(), _resolver);";
             code += " } else { ";
           }
-          code += "_o->" + Name(field) + " = ";
+          code += out_field + " = ";
           code += GenUnpackVal(field.value.type, "_e", false, field) + ";";
-          if (is_pointer) { code += " } }"; }
+          if (is_pointer) {
+            code += " } } else if (" + out_field + ") { " + out_field +
+                    ".reset(); }";
+          }
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -3173,9 +3250,13 @@
               code += "(" + value + ".size(), ";
               code += "[](size_t i, _VectorArgs *__va) { ";
               code += "return Create" + vector_type.struct_def->name;
-              code += "(*__va->__fbb, __va->_" + value + "[i]" +
-                      GenPtrGet(field) + ", ";
-              code += "__va->__rehasher); }, &_va )";
+              code += "(*__va->__fbb, ";
+              if (field.native_inline) {
+                code += "&(__va->_" + value + "[i])";
+              } else {
+                code += "__va->_" + value + "[i]" + GenPtrGet(field);
+              }
+              code += ", __va->__rehasher); }, &_va )";
             }
             break;
           }
@@ -3234,7 +3315,8 @@
         // If set_empty_vectors_to_null option is enabled, for optional fields,
         // check to see if there actually is any data in _o->field before
         // attempting to access it.
-        if (opts_.set_empty_vectors_to_null && !field.IsRequired()) {
+        if (field.attributes.Lookup("nested_flatbuffer") ||
+            (opts_.set_empty_vectors_to_null && !field.IsRequired())) {
           code = value + ".size() ? " + code + " : 0";
         }
         break;
@@ -3257,14 +3339,15 @@
           } else if (field.native_inline) {
             code += "&" + value;
           } else {
-            code += value + " ? " + value + GenPtrGet(field) + " : 0";
+            code += value + " ? " + value + GenPtrGet(field) + " : nullptr";
           }
         } else {
           // _o->field ? CreateT(_fbb, _o->field.get(), _rehasher);
           const auto type = field.value.type.struct_def->name;
           code += value + " ? Create" + type;
-          code += "(_fbb, " + value + GenPtrGet(field) + ", _rehasher)";
-          code += " : 0";
+          code += "(_fbb, " + value;
+          if (!field.native_inline) code += GenPtrGet(field);
+          code += ", _rehasher) : 0";
         }
         break;
       }
@@ -3441,7 +3524,7 @@
     for (auto it = struct_def.fields.vec.begin();
          it != struct_def.fields.vec.end(); ++it) {
       const auto field = *it;
-      const auto field_name = field->name + "_";
+      const auto field_name = Name(*field) + "_";
 
       if (first_in_init_list) {
         first_in_init_list = false;