Instead of some functions operating with hex strings,
and others using bytes, this consolidates most things to use bytes.
This mainly focuses on bitcoin.py and transaction.py,
and then adapts the API usages in other files.
Notably,
- scripts,
- pubkeys,
- signatures
should be bytes in almost all places now.
commit 43ab4a779a introduced "pyperclip" as a dependency for the prototype "text" gui.
pyperclip is small enough for us to vendor it, and looks mature/stable enough so that it would ~never need updating.
This makes it easier to try out the text gui when running from source, or using the AppImage.
A new config API is introduced, and ~all of the codebase is adapted to it.
The old API is kept but mainly only for dynamic usage where its extra flexibility is needed.
Using examples, the old config API looked this:
```
>>> config.get("request_expiry", 86400)
604800
>>> config.set_key("request_expiry", 86400)
>>>
```
The new config API instead:
```
>>> config.WALLET_PAYREQ_EXPIRY_SECONDS
604800
>>> config.WALLET_PAYREQ_EXPIRY_SECONDS = 86400
>>>
```
The old API operated on arbitrary string keys, the new one uses
a static ~enum-like list of variables.
With the new API:
- there is a single centralised list of config variables, as opposed to
these being scattered all over
- no more duplication of default values (in the getters)
- there is now some (minimal for now) type-validation/conversion for
the config values
closes https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/5640
closes https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/pull/5649
Note: there is yet a third API added here, for certain niche/abstract use-cases,
where we need a reference to the config variable itself.
It should only be used when needed:
```
>>> var = config.cv.WALLET_PAYREQ_EXPIRY_SECONDS
>>> var
<ConfigVarWithConfig key='request_expiry'>
>>> var.get()
604800
>>> var.set(3600)
>>> var.get_default_value()
86400
>>> var.is_set()
True
>>> var.is_modifiable()
True
```
The qt, qml, and kivy GUIs have a first-start network-setup screen
that allows the user customising the network settings before creating a wallet.
Previously the daemon used to create the network and start it, before this screen,
before the GUI even starts. If the user changed network settings, those would
be set on the already running network, potentially including restarting the network.
Now it becomes the responsibility of the GUI to start the network, allowing this
first-start customisation to take place before starting the network at all.
The qt and the qml GUIs are adapted to make use of this. Kivy, and the other
prototype GUIs are not adapted and just start the network right away, as before.
Replace get_key_for_outgoing_invoice, get_key_for_incoming_request
with Invoice.get_id()
When a new request is created, reuse addresses of expired requests (fixes#7927)
The API is changed for the following commands:
get_request, get_invoice,
list_requests, list_invoices,
delete_request, delete_invoice
fixes https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/issues/7919
In the past, when creating payment requests, we keyed them by on-chain address,
and set/saved the msg of the request as label for the address.
Many places in the code were calling wallet.get_label(addr) with the expectation that
relevant payment requests are found and their message/description (if any) is considered.
wallet.get_label(key) is now made private, and instead the explicit non-polymorphic
wallet.get_label_for_{address,rhash,txid} alternatives should be used.
After some consideration I am fairly certain there is no need to take
wallet.lock in `is_up_to_date()`. Any caller that might want some kind
of guarantees re the value returned by is_up_to_date() would need to
enforce them itself by e.g. taking wallet.lock around its critical code
block. That is, even if is_up_to_date() itself takes the lock, between
the call returning and the caller reading the value there could still
have been a race.
Also, the GUI was directly accessing the field already.
Previously, during early-startup (until configure_logging(config) is
called in run_electrum),
- the stderr log handler lost all log messages below warning level, and
- the file log handler lost all log messages regardless of log level
We now instead start buffering log messages in memory as soon as
electrum.logging is imported. The buffer is dumped into the
stderr and file log handlers when they are fully set up, and then
the buffer is discarded (and the temporary log handler is removed).
Note that messages are not logged until configure_logging() is called.
Previously WARNING/ERROR messages would get logged immediately to stderr,
but not anymore. This was changed so that the order of the log messages
can be kept intact. (if we log WARNINGs immediately, but need to delay
INFOs until the config is available, messages would either be out of order
or alternatively there would be duplicates)
Relatedly, we now follow the recommendation of the python docs re
logging for libraries [0]: we try to only configure logging if running via
run_electrum (the main script) and not when e.g. a 3rd party script
imports electrum.
[0]: https://docs.python.org/3/howto/logging.html#configuring-logging-for-a-library
The few other cases that used SimpleConfig.get_instance() now
either get passed a config instance, or they try to get a reference
to something else that has a reference to a config.
(see lnsweep, qt/qrcodewidget, qt/qrtextedit)
old style "-v" still works
filtering examples:
-v=debug,network=error,interface=error // effectively blacklists network and interface
-v=warning,network=debug,interface=debug // effectively whitelists network and interface
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