The current `const_assert` macro is unused in the code base. We would
like to use it differently to how it was initially designed, remove the
parenthesis so it can be called directly in a module.
6ba7758b30 Improve array macros (Tobin C. Harding)
Pull request description:
Currently we have two macros used when creating array wrapper types, one is in `internals` and the other in `bitcoin::internal_macros`. It is not immediately obvious what is what and why there are two.
Improve the macros by:
- Move the inherent functions to `impl_array_newtype`
- Use `*_byte_array` for the names instead of `*_bytes`
- Re-name the other macro to match what it now does
ACKs for top commit:
apoelstra:
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Currently we have two macros used when creating array wrapper types,
one is in `internals` and the other in `bitcoin::internal_macros`. It
is not immediately obvious what is what and why there are two.
Improve the macros by:
- Move the inherent functions to `impl_array_newtype`
- Use `*_byte_array` for the names instead of `*_bytes` for functions
that return arrays
- Add `as_bytes` to return a slice
- Add `to_bytes` to return a vector
- Re-name the other macro to match what it now does
As we did for the `bitcoin` crate, remove attribution from all files in
the `internals` crate.
While we are at it add an SPDX line to the few files missing it, whether
this license nonsense is even needed is left as an argument for another
day.
Justification:
Currently we have a mishmash of attribution lines accompanying the SPDX
identifier. These lines are basically meaningless because:
- The date is often wrong
- The original author attributed is not the only contributor to a file
- The term "rust bitcoin developers" is basically just noise
Just remove all the attribution lines and be done with it.
Various formatting issues have crept into the codebase because we do not
run the formatter in CI.
In preparation for enabling formatting checks in CI run `cargo +nightly
fmt` to fix current formatting issues. No changes other than those
create by the formatter.
This fixes several API bugs:
* Use `TryFrom` instead of `From` for fallible conversions
* Move byte conversion methods from `impl_array_newtype` to
`impl_bytes_newtype`
* Add missing trait impls like `AsRef`, `Borrow`, their mutable versions
and infallible conversions from arrays
Closes#1336
All the types that we define with `impl_array_newtype` are
`Copy` so the correct conversion method to get the underlying byte array
is `to_bytes`. We currently provide `into_bytes` as well as `to_bytes`,
with one of them calling `clone` - this is unnecessary and against
convention.
- Remove `into_bytes` and for `to_bytes` just return the inner field.
- Add a method that causes build to fail if `Copy` is not implemented.
`impl_array_newtype` is an internal macro, move it to a new, ever so
meaningfully named, `macros` module.
Use `#[macro_export]`, no other changes to the macro.
Tobin C. Harding
Andrew Poelstra
jamil.lambert
Fmt Bot
Liam Aharon
Steven Roose
Martin Habovstiak