Combine CCoinsViewCache's HaveCoins and const GetCoins into AccessCoins.

The efficient version of CCoinsViewCache::GetCoins only works for known-to-exist
cache entries, requiring a separate HaveCoins call beforehand. This is
inefficient as both perform a hashtable lookup.

Replace the non-mutable GetCoins with AccessCoins, which returns a potentially-NULL
pointer. This also decreases the overloading of GetCoins.

Also replace some copying (inefficient) GetCoins calls with equivalent AccessCoins,
decreasing the copying.
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Pieter Wuille
2014-09-02 21:21:15 +02:00
parent b8d92236f6
commit 629d75faac
7 changed files with 54 additions and 51 deletions

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@@ -344,11 +344,13 @@ public:
bool SetBestBlock(const uint256 &hashBlock);
bool BatchWrite(CCoinsMap &mapCoins, const uint256 &hashBlock);
// Return a pointer to CCoins in the cache, or NULL if not found. This is
// more efficient than GetCoins. Modifications to other cache entries are
// allowed while accessing the returned pointer.
const CCoins* AccessCoins(const uint256 &txid) const;
// Return a modifiable reference to a CCoins. Check HaveCoins first.
// Many methods explicitly require a CCoinsViewCache because of this method, to reduce
// copying.
CCoins &GetCoins(const uint256 &txid);
const CCoins &GetCoins(const uint256 &txid) const;
// Push the modifications applied to this cache to its base.
// Failure to call this method before destruction will cause the changes to be forgotten.