A release or so ago we added `non_exhaustive` to the `Network` enum,
this turned out to make usage of the enum un-ergonomic for downstream
users. After much debate we decided that a way forward was to just
minimize the usage of the enum in the public API by instead use
`AsRef<Params>` so that downstream could define their own network enum
based on the networks they support.
Minimize usage of `Network` by using `AsRef<Params>` as a parameter type
instead. "minimize" because the `Network` still appears in some places.
Add a new type `NetworkKind` the describes the kind of network we are
on, ether mainnet or one of the test nets (testnet, regtest, signet).
Do not use the type yet.
On our way to v1.0.0 we are defining a standard for our error types,
this includes:
- Uses the following derives (unless not possible, usually because of `io::Error`)
`#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]`
- Has `non_exhaustive` unless we really know we can commit to not adding
anything.
Furthermore, we are trying to make the codebase easy to read. Error code
is write-once-read-many (well it should be) so if we make all the error
code super uniform the users can flick to an error and quickly see what
it includes. In an effort to achieve this I have made up a style and
over recent times have change much of the error code to that new style,
this PR audits _all_ error types in the code base and enforces the
style, specifically:
- Is layed out: definition, [impl block], Display impl, error::Error impl, From impls
- `error::Error` impl matches on enum even if it returns `None` for all variants
- Display/Error impls import enum variants locally
- match uses *self and `ref e`
- error::Error variants that return `Some` come first, `None` after
Re: non_exhaustive
To make dev and review easier I have added `non_exhaustive` to _every_
error type. We can then remove it error by error as we see fit. This is
because it takes a bit of thinking to do and review where as this patch
should not take much brain power to review.
We would like the codebase to be optimized for readability not ease of
development, as such code that is write-once-read-many should not use
macros.
Currently we use the `impl_std_error` macro to implement
`std::error::Error` for struct error types. This makes the code harder
to read at a glance because one has to think what the macro does.
Remove the `impl_std_error` macro and write the code explicitly.
Tobin C. Harding
Ava Chow
Martin Habovstiak