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fa5d2e678cRemove unused char serialize (MarcoFalke)fa24493d63Use spans of std::byte in serialize (MarcoFalke)fa65bbf217span: 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: laanwj: Concept and code review ACKfa5d2e678csipa: re-utACKfa5d2e678cTree-SHA512: 08ee9eced5fb777cedae593b11e33660bed9a3e1711a7451a87b835089a96c99ce0632918bb4666a4e859c4d020f88fb50f2dd734216b0c3d1a9a704967ece6f
src/node/
The src/node/ directory contains code that needs to access node state
(state in CChain, CBlockIndex, CCoinsView, CTxMemPool, and similar
classes).
Code in src/node/ is meant to be segregated from code in
src/wallet/ and src/qt/, to ensure wallet and GUI
code changes don't interfere with node operation, to allow wallet and GUI code
to run in separate processes, and to perhaps eventually allow wallet and GUI
code to be maintained in separate source repositories.
As a rule of thumb, code in one of the src/node/,
src/wallet/, or src/qt/ directories should avoid
calling code in the other directories directly, and only invoke it indirectly
through the more limited src/interfaces/ classes.
This directory is at the moment
sparsely populated. Eventually more substantial files like
src/validation.cpp and
src/txmempool.cpp might be moved there.