The main difference is that there is now explicit simplicity deallocation functions to go with the allocation functions in the API.
There are some minor changes to error message text.
The deserialization code is now automatically generated.
The are some other minor internal changes.
We have the code fragment `txTo.GetHash().begin()`, which takes a
transaction, computes its txid as a uint256, and then saves a pointer to
the internal data of the uint256.
However, in C++, expressions of the form a.b().c() lead to the return
value of `b` being dropped immediately after the call to `c`. This is
fine if `c` is something like `GetHex` which returns a new independently
allocated object with no pointers to its input. It is not fine for
`begin` which returns a pointer into the return value of `GetHash`.
So this fragment returns a dangling pointer, which is later used by the
Simplicity interpreter, leading to UB.
In practice this code appeared to work, possibly because the stack
layout was such that it actually did work ok. Or possibly because we
don't test with enough fidelity to tell that Simplicity's view of the
txid of a transaction was mangled.
Had to change some hashes in descriptor_tests, presumably because of the
differences between when Elements and Bitcoin when it comes to Taproot.
Please review this carefully and investigate the FIXME
fa5d2e678c Remove unused char serialize (MarcoFalke)
fa24493d63 Use spans of std::byte in serialize (MarcoFalke)
fa65bbf217 span: Add BytePtr helper (MarcoFalke)
Pull request description:
This changes the serialize code (`.read()` and `.write()` functions) to take a `Span` instead of a pointer and size. This is a breaking change for the serialize interface, so at no additional cost we can also switch to `std::byte` (instead of using `char`).
The benefits of using `Span`:
* Less verbose and less fragile code when passing an already existing `Span`(-like) object to or from serialization
The benefits of using `std::byte`:
* `std::byte` can't accidentally be mistaken for an integer
The goal here is to only change serialize to use spans of `std::byte`. If needed, `AsBytes`, `MakeUCharSpan`, ... can be used (temporarily) to pass spans of the right type.
Other changes that are included here:
* [#22167](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/22167) (refactor: Remove char serialize by MarcoFalke)
* [#21906](https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/21906) (Preserve const in cast on CTransactionSignatureSerializer by promag)
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SerializeToVector, UnserializeFromVector, DeserializeHDKeypaths, and SerializeHDKeypaths
were in sign.h where PSBT was originally implemented. Since all of the PSBT serialization
has moved to its own file, these functions should follow.
4868c9f1b3 Extract Taproot internal keyid with GetKeyFromDestination (Andrew Chow)
d8abbe119c Mention bech32m in -addresstype and -changetype help (Andrew Chow)
8fb57845ee Create a tr() descriptor bech32m DescriptorScriptPubKeyMan by default (Andrew Chow)
54b3699862 Store pubkeys in TRDescriptor::MakeScripts (Andrew Chow)
Pull request description:
Make a `tr()` descriptor by default in descriptor wallets so that users will be able to make and use segwit v1 bech32m addresses.
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