There is nothing wrong with iterators being implemented in other parts
of code (e.g. Storage.Find). In this case type assertions can
prevent bugs at compile-time.
Which makes iterating over map stable which is important for serialization and
and even fixes occasional test failures. We use the same ordering here as
NEO 3.0 uses, but it should also be fine for NEO 2.0 because it has no
defined order.
This solves two problems:
* adds support for shortened SYSCALL form that uses IDs (similar to #434, but
for NEO 2.0, supporting both forms), which is important for compatibility
with C# node and mainnet chain that uses it from some height
* reworks interop plugging to use callbacks rather than appending to the map,
these map mangling functions are clearly visible in the VM profiling
statistics and we want spawning a VM to be fast, so it makes sense
optimizing it. This change moves most of the work to the init() phase
making VM setup cheaper.
Caveats:
* InteropNameToID accepts `[]byte` because that's the thing we have in
SYSCALL processing and that's the most often usecase for it, it leads to
some conversions in other places but that's acceptable because those are
either tests or init()
* three getInterop functions are: `getDefaultVMInterop`, `getSystemInterop`
and `getNeoInterop`
Our 100K (1.4M->1.5M) block import time improves by ~4% with this change.
It gives access to the internal value's Value() which is essential for interop
functions that need to get something from InteropItems. And it also simplifies
some already existing code along the way.
* support VM to pass method and arguments to a script.
* added support for type assertions in smartcontracts.
* added native vm support for print.
* moved VM API packages to vm -> API
* reverted the native Print opcode in favor of runtime.Log
* added support for registering custom interop hooks in the VM.
* Updated README
* Updated compiler with @OPTIMIZE tags
* Moved more tests to VM package.
* optimized and refactored compiler and vm API
* updated README with new smartcontract apis
* bumped version
* Virtual machine for the NEO blockhain.
* fixed big.Int numeric operation pointer issue.
* added appcall
* Added README for vm package.
* removed main.go
* started VM cli (prompt) integration
* added support for printing the stack.
* moved cli to vm package
* fixed vet errors
* updated readme
* added more test for VM and fixed some edge cases.
* bumped version -> 0.37.0
