From dd99ebd85914f61ad16b8504ad854ec96cbe516b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gav Wood <gav@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:41:33 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] From::from(u64) for hashes.

---
 src/hash.rs | 15 ++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/hash.rs b/src/hash.rs
index 5eb76a05e..67d502633 100644
--- a/src/hash.rs
+++ b/src/hash.rs
@@ -377,6 +377,19 @@ macro_rules! impl_hash {
 
 			pub fn from_bloomed<T>(b: &T) -> Self where T: FixedHash { b.bloom_part($size) }
 		}
+
+		impl From<u64> for $from {
+			fn from(mut value: u64) -> $from {
+				let mut ret = $from::new();
+				for i in 0..8 {
+					if i < $size {
+						ret.0[$size - i - 1] = (value & 0xff) as u8;
+						value >>= 8;
+					}
+				}
+				ret
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -387,7 +400,7 @@ impl<'a> From<&'a U256> for H256 {
 			value.to_bytes(&mut ret);
 			ret
 		}
-    }
+	}
 }
 
 impl From<H256> for Address {

From 5cc5e7780ce15be0ca315a1f5f1ca1274668e9c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gav Wood <gav@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 18:58:57 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Tests and an additional From::from for hex string -> hash
 that defaults to 0s for bad strings.

---
 src/hash.rs | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 33 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hash.rs b/src/hash.rs
index 67d502633..544e82fd2 100644
--- a/src/hash.rs
+++ b/src/hash.rs
@@ -35,6 +35,14 @@ pub trait FixedHash: Sized + BytesConvertable + Populatable {
 	fn is_zero(&self) -> bool;
 }
 
+fn clean_0x(s: &str) -> &str {
+	if s.len() >= 2 && &s[0..2] == "0x" {
+		&s[2..]
+	} else {
+		s
+	}
+}
+
 macro_rules! impl_hash {
 	($from: ident, $size: expr) => {
 		#[derive(Eq)]
@@ -390,6 +398,17 @@ macro_rules! impl_hash {
 				ret
 			}
 		}
+
+		impl<'_> From<&'_ str> for $from {
+			fn from(s: &'_ str) -> $from {
+				use std::str::FromStr;
+				if s.len() % 2 == 1 {
+					$from::from_str(&("0".to_string() + &(clean_0x(s).to_string()))[..]).unwrap_or($from::new())
+				} else {
+					$from::from_str(clean_0x(s)).unwrap_or($from::new())
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -518,5 +537,19 @@ mod tests {
 		let a = Address::from(h);
 		assert_eq!(address, a);
 	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn from_u64() {
+		assert_eq!(H128::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H128::from_str("00000000000000001234567890abcdef").unwrap());
+		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H64::from_str("1234567890abcdef").unwrap());
+		assert_eq!(H32::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H32::from_str("90abcdef").unwrap());
+	}
+
+	#[test]
+	fn from_str() {
+		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H64::from("0x1234567890abcdef"));
+		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H64::from("1234567890abcdef"));
+		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x234567890abcdef), H64::from("0x234567890abcdef"));
+	}
 }
 

From 3a1d829b1dbff866ba460c1d4e1e740d368f26c1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Gav Wood <gav@ethcore.io>
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2016 19:00:19 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Additional test.

---
 src/hash.rs | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/hash.rs b/src/hash.rs
index 544e82fd2..73ffdd538 100644
--- a/src/hash.rs
+++ b/src/hash.rs
@@ -550,6 +550,8 @@ mod tests {
 		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H64::from("0x1234567890abcdef"));
 		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x1234567890abcdef), H64::from("1234567890abcdef"));
 		assert_eq!(H64::from(0x234567890abcdef), H64::from("0x234567890abcdef"));
+		// too short.
+		assert_eq!(H64::from(0), H64::from("0x34567890abcdef"));
 	}
 }