From 088f77161b8882ba93ee6461fb9c4395fd4eaeba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Matt Kocubinski <mkocubinski@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2024 21:26:12 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] fix spec error in get_generalized_index function

---
 ssz/merkle-proofs.md | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/ssz/merkle-proofs.md b/ssz/merkle-proofs.md
index 919ff07f5..9b9127d63 100644
--- a/ssz/merkle-proofs.md
+++ b/ssz/merkle-proofs.md
@@ -176,8 +176,8 @@ def get_generalized_index(typ: SSZType, *path: PyUnion[int, SSZVariableName]) ->
     for p in path:
         assert not issubclass(typ, BasicValue)  # If we descend to a basic type, the path cannot continue further
         if p == '__len__':
-            typ = uint64
             assert issubclass(typ, (List, ByteList))
+            typ = uint64
             root = GeneralizedIndex(root * 2 + 1)
         else:
             pos, _, _ = get_item_position(typ, p)