b6f9e47dba Fix `no_std` when `bitcoinconsensus` is enabled (Martin Habovstiak)
Pull request description:
`default-features = false` was missing previously but blindly adding it would lead to subtle risk of breaking when a crate not needing `std` depends on `bitcoinconsensus` and simultaneously another crate not needing `bitcoinconsensus` depends on `std` and another crate depends on them both.
This change fixes it by introducing `bitcoinconsensus-std` feature flag and provides a fallback if the flag is off. Unfortunately the fallback has to use a bit of reasonable `unsafe` due to limitations of upcasting.
The only safe alternatives are not do it and provide worse experience for crates that are affected by the problem above or break the API, which couldn't be backported and would be more annoying to use.
Closes#1343
This is considered PoC PR as I realized the possibility of the hack (and necessity of `unsafe`) at the last moment. Things like tests and modifying CONTRIBUTING to change the stance on `unsafe` will be added if `unsafe` is ACKed.
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