This is a huge change, which includes some changes to replace code that
originally cloned to reuse allocations instead. The updated
`elastic-array` crate renames its consuming `Vec`-conversion method to
`into_vec`, which means that I can do a simple
`sed -i 's/to_vec/into_vec/'` and then fix the compilation errors.

This commit is probably a minor performance win and definitely a
significant readability win.

asynchronous rob authored Jun 28, 2017 and Arkadiy Paronyan committed Jun 28, 2017

* final engine changes

* migration to v13

* adding and removing pending transitions

* epoch_transition_for

* port snapshot to new engine methods

* final validator set interface

* fix compiler errors

* revert v13/epoch_depth transition

* make call on new epoch

* rolling finality checker

* tests for finality checker

* constructing finality proof upon pending transition

* fix warnings and finality proof checking

* fix compiler warnings in tests

* test fixes

* don't include genesis in finality checking

* change snapshot test chain building logic

* minor refactorings

* fetch epoch transition based on parent, fix divide-by-zero in SimpleList

* fix formatting

* fix ABIs and finality checking in snapshot restoration

* encode signal number in proof

* create more blocks at the end of tests

* update gist to accurate contract code

* test for epoch_transition_for

* fix tests with immediateTransitions parameter

* disable force flag after forcing

* rename ValidatorsChanged to InitiateChange and finalizeSignal to finalizeChange

* a few more validator set tests

* Dust protection

* Track touched accounts in the substate

* Minor alterations

* EIP-210

* comment

Nikolay Volf authored May 24, 2017 and Arkadiy Paronyan committed May 24, 2017

* update to latest bigint

* bump elastic array and deps

* fix rlp tests

* also update all smallvec deps

* fix doc test

* reduce parking in attempt to fix CI bug

* fix from/into electum bug

* remove duplicate imports

* separate modules for consensus snapshot chunks

* bulk of authority warp logic

* finish authority warp implementation

* squash warnings and enable authority snapshot mode

* test harness for PoA

* fiddle with harness

* epoch generation proof fixes

* update constructor code

* store epoch transition proof after block commit

* basic snap and restore test

* use keyvaluedb in state restoration

* decompress chunks

* fix encoding issues

* fixed-to-contract-to-contract test

* implement ancient block import

* restore genesis transition in PoW snapshot

* add format version method to snapshot components

* supported version numbers in snapshot_components

* allow returning of ancient epoch transitions

* genesis hash mismatch check

* remove commented code

* apply contract constructors at spec load time

* debugging

* do trie updates in two stages

* add lint exception to newly-dead constructor

* squash warning in RPC tests

* kill dead accountdb constructors

* restore accountdb constructors under test configuration

* use provided state root in spec, if it exists

* EIP-86

* Disable EIP-86 auto activation for now

* initial native contract generator

* get generated code compiling

* unit tests for type codegen

* autogenerate registry contract

* native_contracts entry for registry

* service_transaction_checker

* fixed indentation

* ability to make validation stricter

* fix consensus

* remove logger

* return errors on database corruption

* fix tests, json tests

* fix remainder of build

* buffer flow -> request credits

* proving state backend

* generate transaction proofs from provider

* network messages for transaction proof

* transaction proof test

* test for transaction proof message

* fix call bug

* request transaction proofs from on_demand

* most of proved_execution rpc

* proved execution future

* initial request definitions

* RLP encoding and decoding for requests

* proofs of non-existance in ProvingBlockChainClient

* new requests in provider.

* encode and decode responses

* complete initial request changes

* handle request packet in LightProtocol

* handle response packets

* implement requesting from

* re-do cost table

* get tests compiling

* fix cost table RLP encoding

* roundtrip tests for request types

* request builder tests

* move request_builder -> request::builder

* get network tests working

* return only complete headers responses

* request builder improvements

* New version of jsonrpc.

* split request filling into fill,complete

* Better invalid encoding messages

* Fixing deprecated methods of tokio_core

* use PIP messages in on_demand, old API

* migrate oneshot::complete to send in on_demand

* get on_demand tests to compile

* port ethsync to PIP messages

* adjust to minor on_demand API changes in RPC

* Using dedicated branch for jsonrpc

* Bump

* fixed naming of rlp modules

* RlpStream cleanup

* appending short rlp lists (0...55 bytes) is 25% faster

* RlpStream does not use bytes module, nor trait Stream

* removed unused code from rlp module

* compiling ethcore-util with new rlp serialization

* compiling parity with new rlp serialization

* fixed compiling ethcore-light with new rlp serialization

* fixed compiling ethsync with new rlp serialization

* moved rlp benches and rlp tests

* rlp deserialization refactor, 30% faster

* removed redundant comment, print

* fixed compiling parity with new rlp deserialization

* removed redundant double-space

* fixed failing test

* updated rlp docs, removed unused traits

* fixed rlp benchmarks

* replace usage of WriteBytesExt with ByteOrder

* removed unused, commented out code

* fixed merge conflict

* First little bits for chain-selection.

* Provide RPCs and get settings through to user defaults.

* Hasty stash.

* Fix updater accidentally redownloading.

* Finish up.

* Add JS tests.

* Hypervisor should never run a binary modified before itself.

* Style.

* Help tweak.

* Fix test compile.

* Fix JS test

* Build fix for tests.

* Revert default chain name

* Another test

* Use spec name via client.

* Fix mock up.

* whitespace

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* whitespace

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* remove exit/restart endpoints.

* make validator set aware of various states

* fix updater build

* clean up contract call

* failing sync test

* adjust tests

* nicer indent [ci skip]

* revert bound divisor

* return errors on database corruption

* fix tests, json tests

* fix remainder of build

* buffer flow -> request credits

* proving state backend

* generate transaction proofs from provider

* network messages for transaction proof

* transaction proof test

* test for transaction proof message

* fix call bug

* request transaction proofs from on_demand

* most of proved_execution rpc

* proved execution future

* state backend trait mirroring state_db API

* minimal state backend trait

make state module public

* fix json tests

* return errors on database corruption

* fix tests, json tests

* fix remainder of build

* add Backend bound on state