Bitwise Or Assign and some additional convenience in Hash.

src/hash.rs

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ use std::str::FromStr;
 use std::fmt;
 use std::ops;
 use std::hash::{Hash, Hasher};
-use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut, Deref, DerefMut, BitOr, BitAnd, BitXor};
+use std::ops::{Index, IndexMut, Deref, DerefMut, BitOr, BitOrAssign, BitAnd, BitXor};
 use std::cmp::{PartialOrd, Ordering};
 use rustc_serialize::hex::*;
 use error::EthcoreError;
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ use uint::U256;
 /// Note: types implementing `FixedHash` must be also `BytesConvertable`.
 pub trait FixedHash: Sized + BytesConvertable + Populatable {
 	fn new() -> Self;
+	/// Synonym for `new()`. Prefer to new as it's more readable.
+	fn zero() -> Self;
 	fn random() -> Self;
 	fn randomize(&mut self);
 	fn size() -> usize;
@@ -64,6 +66,10 @@ macro_rules! impl_hash {
 				$from([0; $size])
 			}
 
+			fn zero() -> $from {
+				$from([0; $size])
+			}
+
 			fn random() -> $from {
 				let mut hash = $from::new();
 				hash.randomize();
@@ -299,6 +305,15 @@ macro_rules! impl_hash {
 			}
 		}
 
+		/// Moving BitOrAssign
+		impl<'a> BitOrAssign<&'a $from> for $from {
+			fn bitor_assign(&mut self, rhs: &'a Self) {
+				for i in 0..$size {
+					self.0[i] = self.0[i] | rhs.0[i];
+				}
+			}
+		}
+
 		/// BitAnd on references
 		impl <'a> BitAnd for &'a $from {
 			type Output = $from;
@@ -417,6 +432,11 @@ impl_hash!(H520, 65);
 impl_hash!(H1024, 128);
 impl_hash!(H2048, 256);
 
+/// Constant address for point 0. Often used as a default.
+pub static ZERO_ADDRESS: Address = Address([0x00; 20]);
+/// Constant 256-bit datum for 0. Often used as a default.
+pub static ZERO_H256: H256 = H256([0x00; 32]);
+
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
 	use hash::*;

src/lib.rs

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+#![feature(op_assign_traits)]
 //! Ethcore-util library
 //!
 //! ### Rust version:

src/triehash.rs

@@ -29,11 +29,8 @@ pub fn ordered_trie_root(input: Vec<Vec<u8>>) -> H256 {
 		// first put elements into btree to sort them by nibbles
 		// optimize it later
 		.into_iter()
-		.fold(BTreeMap::new(), | mut acc, vec | {
+		.enumerate()
-			let len = acc.len();
+		.fold(BTreeMap::new(), | mut acc, (i, vec) | { acc.insert(rlp::encode(&i), vec); acc })
-			acc.insert(rlp::encode(&len), vec);
-			acc
-		})
 		// then move them to a vector
 		.into_iter()
 		.map(|(k, v)| (as_nibbles(&k), v) )

src/uint.rs

@@ -424,6 +424,17 @@ macro_rules! construct_uint {
 			}
 		}
 
+		impl fmt::Display for $name {
+			fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+				let &$name(ref data) = self;
+				try!(write!(f, "0x"));
+				for ch in data.iter().rev() {
+					try!(write!(f, "{:02x}", ch));
+				}
+				Ok(())
+			}
+		}
+
 		impl Hash for $name {
 			fn hash<H>(&self, state: &mut H) where H: Hasher {
 				unsafe { state.write(::std::slice::from_raw_parts(self.0.as_ptr() as *mut u8, self.0.len() * 8)); }