This commit adds a new function named SerializeSize to the public API for
MsgBlock which can be used to determine how many bytes the serialized data would
take without having to actually serialize it. In addition, it makes the
exported BlockVersion an untyped constant as well as changes the block and
tx versions to a signed integer to more closely match the protocol.
Finally, this commit also adds tests for the new function.
The following benchmark shows the difference between using the new
function to get the serialize size for a typical block and serializing
into a temporary buffer and taking the length of it:
Bufffer: BenchmarkBlockSerializeSizeBuffer 200000 27050 ns/op
New: BenchmarkBlockSerializeSizeNew 100000000 34 ns/op
Closes#19.
- Correct MsgFilterLoad max payload
- Enforce max flag bytes per merkle block
- Improve and finish tests to include testing all error paths
- Add fast paths for BloomUpdateType
- Convert all byte fields to use read/writeVarBytes
- Style and consistency updates
- README.md and doc.go updates
Closes#12.
* Introduced common methods readVarBytes, writeVarBytes.
* Added type Alert which knows how to deserialize
the serialized payload and also serialize itself back.
* Updated MsgAlert BtcEncode/BtcDecode methods to handle the
new Alert.
* Sane limits are placed on variable length fields like SetCancel
and SetSubVer
This commit exports the VarIntSerializeSize function to provide callers
with an easy method to determine how many bytes it would take to serialize
the passed value as a variable length integer.
This commit adds two new funtions named ReadMessageN and WriteMessageN
which return an additional paramter for the number of bytes read or written,
respectively.
It also adds tests to ensure the number of bytes read and written are the
expected values both for successful reads/writes and unsuccessful ones.
Closes#6.
This commit adds tests to ensure the new "fast" paths in readElement and
writeElement work properly including proper fallback to the slower
reflection based read/write of the binary package.
This commit adds tests for the new SerializeSize functions for variable
length integers and transactions (and indirectly transaction inputs and
outputs).
