whisper/whisperv6: fix staticcheck issues (#20288)

whisper/whisperv6/topic.go

@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@
 package whisperv6
 
 import (
-	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common"
 	"github.com/ethereum/go-ethereum/common/hexutil"
 )
 
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ func BytesToTopic(b []byte) (t TopicType) {
 
 // String converts a topic byte array to a string representation.
 func (t *TopicType) String() string {
-	return common.ToHex(t[:])
+	return hexutil.Encode(t[:])
 }
 
 // MarshalText returns the hex representation of t.

whisper/whisperv6/whisper.go

@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ func (whisper *Whisper) getPeer(peerID []byte) (*Peer, error) {
 			return p, nil
 		}
 	}
-	return nil, fmt.Errorf("Could not find peer with ID: %x", peerID)
+	return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find peer with ID: %x", peerID)
 }
 
 // AllowP2PMessagesFromPeer marks specific peer trusted,