Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23438: refactor: Use spans of std::byte in serialize

fa5d2e678c Remove unused char serialize (MarcoFalke)
fa24493d63 Use spans of std::byte in serialize (MarcoFalke)
fa65bbf217 span: Add BytePtr helper (MarcoFalke)

Pull request description:

  This changes the serialize code (`.read()` and `.write()` functions) to take a `Span` instead of a pointer and size. This is a breaking change for the serialize interface, so at no additional cost we can also switch to `std::byte` (instead of using `char`).

  The benefits of using `Span`:
  * Less verbose and less fragile code when passing an already existing `Span`(-like) object to or from serialization

  The benefits of using `std::byte`:
  * `std::byte` can't accidentally be mistaken for an integer

  The goal here is to only change serialize to use spans of `std::byte`. If needed, `AsBytes`,  `MakeUCharSpan`, ... can be used (temporarily) to pass spans of the right type.

  Other changes that are included here:

  * [#22167](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22167) (refactor: Remove char serialize by MarcoFalke)
  * [#21906](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21906) (Preserve const in cast on CTransactionSignatureSerializer by promag)

ACKs for top commit:
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src/script/bitcoinconsensus.cpp

@@ -22,20 +22,23 @@ public:
     m_remaining(txToLen)
     {}
 
-    void read(char* pch, size_t nSize)
+    void read(Span<std::byte> dst)
     {
-        if (nSize > m_remaining)
+        if (dst.size() > m_remaining) {
             throw std::ios_base::failure(std::string(__func__) + ": end of data");
+        }
 
-        if (pch == nullptr)
+        if (dst.data() == nullptr) {
             throw std::ios_base::failure(std::string(__func__) + ": bad destination buffer");
+        }
 
-        if (m_data == nullptr)
+        if (m_data == nullptr) {
             throw std::ios_base::failure(std::string(__func__) + ": bad source buffer");
+        }
 
-        memcpy(pch, m_data, nSize);
-        m_remaining -= nSize;
-        m_data += nSize;
+        memcpy(dst.data(), m_data, dst.size());
+        m_remaining -= dst.size();
+        m_data += dst.size();
     }
 
     template<typename T>

src/script/interpreter.cpp

@@ -1303,12 +1303,12 @@ public:
         it = itBegin;
         while (scriptCode.GetOp(it, opcode)) {
             if (opcode == OP_CODESEPARATOR) {
-                s.write((char*)&itBegin[0], it-itBegin-1);
+                s.write(AsBytes(Span{&itBegin[0], size_t(it - itBegin - 1)}));
                 itBegin = it;
             }
         }
         if (itBegin != scriptCode.end())
-            s.write((char*)&itBegin[0], it-itBegin);
+            s.write(AsBytes(Span{&itBegin[0], size_t(it - itBegin)}));
     }
 
     /** Serialize an input of txTo */