[release 1.4.5] accounts/abi/bind, eth: rely on getCode for sanity checks, not estimate and call

(cherry picked from commit 1580ec1804)

eth/api.go

@@ -52,15 +52,6 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/net/context"
 )
 
-// errNoCode is returned by call and transact operations for which the requested
-// recipient contract to operate on does not exist in the state db or does not
-// have any code associated with it (i.e. suicided).
-//
-// Please note, this error string is part of the RPC API and is expected by the
-// native contract bindings to signal this particular error. Do not change this
-// as it will break all dependent code!
-var errNoCode = errors.New("no contract code at given address")
-
 const defaultGas = uint64(90000)
 
 // blockByNumber is a commonly used helper function which retrieves and returns
@@ -755,12 +746,6 @@ func (s *PublicBlockChainAPI) doCall(args CallArgs, blockNr rpc.BlockNumber) (st
 	}
 	stateDb = stateDb.Copy()
 
-	// If there's no code to interact with, respond with an appropriate error
-	if args.To != nil {
-		if code := stateDb.GetCode(*args.To); len(code) == 0 {
-			return "0x", nil, errNoCode
-		}
-	}
 	// Retrieve the account state object to interact with
 	var from *state.StateObject
 	if args.From == (common.Address{}) {