* move common forks and parameters to common params
* port specs over to new format
* fix RPC tests
* parity-machine skeleton
* remove block type
* extract out ethereum-specific methods into EthereumMachine
* beginning to integrate Machine into engines. dealing with stale transitions in Ethash
* initial porting to machine
* move block reward back into engine
* abstract block reward logic
* move last hash and DAO HF logic into machine
* begin making engine function parameters generic
* abstract epoch verifier and ethash block reward logic
* instantiate special ethereummachine for ethash in spec
* optional full verification in verify_block_family
* re-instate tx_filter in a way that works for all engines
* fix warnings
* fix most tests, further generalize engine trait
* uncomment nullengine, get ethcore tests compiling
* fix warnings
* update a bunch of specs
* re-enable engine signer, validator set, and transition handler
* migrate basic_authority engine
* move last hashes into executedblock
* port tendermint
* make all ethcore tests pass
* json-tests compilation
* fix RPC tests: change in gas limit for new block changed PoW hash
* fix minor grumbles
* validate chainspecs
* fix broken import
* fix transaction verification for pre-homestead
* generate proofs on newly-created state
* report only missed steps after first block
* dont report skipped if not signer
* test
* finality tracing and passing valid header to `commit_block`
* avoid proposing multiple times on the same step when validator set changes
* limit benign reports
* Ordering -> AtomicOrdering
* reinstate warning now that spam is reduced
* flush pending transition changes when necessary
* ensure epochs aren't re-zoomed on every block
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.
* 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
* 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
* removed redundant comment, print
* removed redundant double-space
* replace usage of WriteBytesExt with ByteOrder
* 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
