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authorThomas Winget <tewinget@gmail.com>2015-10-07 22:28:43 -0400
committerThomas Winget <tewinget@gmail.com>2016-03-24 03:39:52 -0400
commit8ac329df0294f16efbc48a2785eda165878d3511 (patch)
tree6529e23da88cf72f22a7380af1db9fd02dd66f41 /src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp
parentMove checkpoint functions into checkpoints class (diff)
downloadmonero-8ac329df0294f16efbc48a2785eda165878d3511.tar.xz
doxygen documentation for difficulty functions
Diffstat (limited to 'src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp')
-rw-r--r--src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp6
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp b/src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp
index 236e84481..54da77392 100644
--- a/src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp
+++ b/src/cryptonote_core/difficulty.cpp
@@ -116,8 +116,8 @@ namespace cryptonote {
return !carry;
}
- difficulty_type next_difficulty(vector<uint64_t> timestamps, vector<difficulty_type> cumulative_difficulties, size_t target_seconds) {
- //cutoff DIFFICULTY_LAG
+ difficulty_type next_difficulty(std::vector<std::uint64_t> timestamps, std::vector<difficulty_type> cumulative_difficulties, size_t target_seconds) {
+
if(timestamps.size() > DIFFICULTY_WINDOW)
{
timestamps.resize(DIFFICULTY_WINDOW);
@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ namespace cryptonote {
assert(total_work > 0);
uint64_t low, high;
mul(total_work, target_seconds, low, high);
+ // blockchain errors "difficulty overhead" if this function returns zero.
+ // TODO: consider throwing an exception instead
if (high != 0 || low + time_span - 1 < low) {
return 0;
}