abi.encode and pack behave diferently

[adjisb]

Hi, according to my attempts addresses are not packed the same way as abi.encode.
In one case they are zero packed, in the other no.
It seems from the code that I must pass an array instead of a string ?

[ricmoo]

They are completely different encoding methods, and serve very different purposes. In general “non-standard packing” should be avoided for safety and security purposes. You should only use it if you fully understand the consequences.

See here in the docs for more info on packed encoding. :)