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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:
  laanwj:
    Concept and code review ACK fa5d2e678c
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    re-utACK fa5d2e678c

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.github doc: Remove label from good first issue template 2020-08-24 09:31:24 +02:00
.tx qt: Bump transifex slug for 22.x 2021-04-21 13:46:41 +02:00
build-aux/m4 build: Drop redundant AC_SUBST macros 2021-12-29 23:14:45 +02:00
build_msvc Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23828: scripted-diff: Rename libbitcoin_server.a to libbitcoin_node.a 2022-01-06 14:59:17 +01:00
ci build: disable external signer on Windows 2022-01-15 10:02:04 +08:00
contrib Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23839: Linux: build with and test for control flow instrumentation on x86_64 2022-01-25 16:01:21 +01:00
depends Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#24134: build: Fix zeromq package when cross-compiling 2022-01-27 10:44:48 +08:00
doc transaction decoding infer output descriptors 2022-01-26 09:56:51 +08:00
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src Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23438: refactor: Use spans of std::byte in serialize 2022-01-27 19:19:12 +01:00
test Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#16795: rpc: have raw transaction decoding infer output descriptors 2022-01-26 17:52:51 -05:00
.cirrus.yml ci: Update Cirrus CI task name 2022-01-03 18:52:40 +02:00
.editorconfig ci: Drop AppVeyor CI integration 2021-09-07 06:12:53 +03:00
.gitattributes Separate protocol versioning from clientversion 2014-10-29 00:24:40 -04:00
.gitignore build: use a static .tiff for macOS .dmg over generating 2022-01-02 15:38:19 +08:00
.python-version Bump minimum python version to 3.6 2020-11-09 17:53:47 +10:00
.style.yapf test: .style.yapf: Set column_limit=160 2019-03-04 18:28:13 -05:00
autogen.sh scripted-diff: Bump copyright of files changed in 2019 2019-12-30 10:42:20 +13:00
configure.ac build: disable external signer on Windows 2022-01-15 10:02:04 +08:00
CONTRIBUTING.md Use the imperative mood in example subject line 2021-12-10 11:49:20 +11:00
COPYING doc: Update license year range to 2022 2022-01-03 04:48:41 +08:00
INSTALL.md doc: Added hyperlink for doc/build 2021-09-09 19:53:12 +05:30
libbitcoinconsensus.pc.in build: remove libcrypto as internal dependency in libbitcoinconsensus.pc 2019-11-19 15:03:44 +01:00
Makefile.am Merge bitcoin/bitcoin#23784: bitcoin-tx: Require that input amount is provided for witness transactions 2022-01-05 17:48:55 +01:00
README.md doc: Rework internal and external links 2021-02-17 09:18:46 +01:00
REVIEWERS reviewers: add tracing 2022-01-05 17:22:49 -08:00
SECURITY.md doc: Suggest keys.openpgp.org as keyserver in SECURITY.md 2021-11-08 12:22:04 +01:00

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