ethereum / ethereum/execution-specs
Tracking Issue: Using common types across all forks
- Dominant language
- Python
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- Forks
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- Avg merge
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- 116
Description
## Problem
Some data structures never change across forks, however they are still duplicated due to WET.
## Observation
@petertdavies created an issue to have a common Account type [here](https://github.com/ethereum/execution-specs/issues/2154#issuecomment-3886483804) and @SamWilsn asked whether we can do this for other types like `Address`.
This is a tracking issue for Sam's question.
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start with the linked Account discussion in issue #2154, then inspect how types are duplicated across the repository's forks. No files or tests are named in this tracking issue; done would require identifying suitable common types and defining the scope for consolidating them.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Refactor
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100