* Some tiny modifications.
1. fix some typo in the comment.
2. sort the order of methods in 'impl state::Backend for StateDB`
* Remove the clone of code_cache, as it has been done in clone_basic.
* remove From::from. It seems not necessary.
* change mode: remove rust files' executable mode.
* 2 tiny modifications on snapshot.
* WIP
* Replace Rlp with UntrustedRlp in views, explicity unwrap with expect
First pass to get it to compile. Need to figure out whether to do this or to propogate Errors upstream, which would require many more changes to dependent code. If we do this way we are assuming that the views are always used in a context where the rlp is trusted to be valid e.g. when reading from our own DB. So need to fid out whether views are used with data received from an untrusted (e.g. extrernal peer).
* Remove original Rlp impl, rename UntrustedRlp -> Rlp
* Create rlp views with view! macro to record debug info
Views are assumed to be over valid rlp, so if there is a decoding error we record where the view was created in the first place and report it in the expect
* Use $crate in view! macro to avoid import, fix tests
* Expect valid rlp in decode functions for now
* Replace spaces with tabs in new file
* Add doc tests for creating views with macro
* Update rlp docs to reflect removing of UntrustedRlp
* Replace UntrustedRlp usages in private-tx merge
* separate migration from util and make its dependencies into libs:
* snappy
* kvdb
* error
* common
* renamed common -> macros
* util error does not depend on snappy module
* ethsync does not depend on util nor ethcore_error
* nibbleslice and nibblevec merged with patricia_trie crate
* removed unused dependencies from util
* util journaldb traits does not need to be public
* util_error
* fixed ethcore compile error
* ignore .swo files
* Update chain.rs
* 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
* 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
* 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
