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braveheart12/Ren-Hyperdrive: block/polka.go; 89 LoC

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Found a possible issue in [braveheart12/Ren-Hyperdrive](https://www.github.com/braveheart12/Ren-Hyperdrive) at [block/polka.go](https://github.com/braveheart12/Ren-Hyperdrive/blob/443a6567fa2094e6497df240febc26be0dfdae4c/block/polka.go#L283-L371)

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> reference to round is reassigned at line 295

[Click here to see the code in its original context.](https://github.com/braveheart12/Ren-Hyperdrive/blob/443a6567fa2094e6497df240febc26be0dfdae4c/block/polka.go#L283-L371)

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```go
for round, preVotes := range preVotesByRound {

numNilPreVotes := 0
nilPreVoteSignatures := []sig.Signature{}
nilPreVoteSignatories := []sig.Signatory{}

if polka != nil && round <= polka.Round {
continue
}
if len(preVotes) < consensusThreshold {
continue
}
preVotesRound = &round

// Build a mapping of the pre-votes for each block
preVotesForBlock := map[sig.Hash]int{}
for _, preVote := range preVotes {
// Invariant check
if preVote.Height != height {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected pre-vote height (%v) to equal %v", preVote.Height, height))
}
if preVote.Round != round {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected pre-vote round (%v) to equal %v", preVote.Round, round))
}
if preVote.Block == nil {
numNilPreVotes++
nilPreVoteSignatures = append(nilPreVoteSignatures, preVote.Signature)
nilPreVoteSignatories = append(nilPreVoteSignatories, preVote.Signatory)
continue
}

// Invariant check
if preVote.Block.Height != height {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected pre-vote block height (%v) to equal %v", preVote.Block.Height, height))
}
if preVote.Round != round {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected pre-vote round (%v) to equal %v", preVote.Round, round))
}
preVotesForBlock[preVote.Block.Header]++
}

// Search for a polka of pre-votes for non-nil block
for blockHeader, numPreVotes := range preVotesForBlock {
if numPreVotes >= consensusThreshold {
polka = &Polka{
Signatures: make(sig.Signatures, 0, consensusThreshold),
Signatories: make(sig.Signatories, 0, consensusThreshold),
}
for _, preVote := range preVotes {
if preVote.Block != nil && preVote.Block.Header.Equal(blockHeader) {
if polka.Block != nil {
// Invariant check
if polka.Round != preVote.Round {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected polka round (%v) to equal pre-vote round (%v)", polka.Round, preVote.Round))
}
if polka.Height != preVote.Height {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected polka height (%v) to equal pre-vote height (%v)", polka.Height, preVote.Height))
}
} else {
// Invariant check
if preVote.Height != height {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected pre-vote height (%v) to equal %v", preVote.Height, height))
}
if preVote.Round != round {
panic(fmt.Errorf("expected pre-vote round (%v) to equal %v", preVote.Round, round))
}
polka.Block = preVote.Block
polka.Round = preVote.Round
polka.Height = preVote.Height
}
polka.Signatures = append(polka.Signatures, preVote.Signature)
polka.Signatories = append(polka.Signatories, preVote.Signatory)
}
}
break
}
}

if numNilPreVotes >= consensusThreshold {
// Return a nil-Polka
polka = &Polka{
Block: nil,
Height: height,
Round: round,
Signatures: nilPreVoteSignatures,
Signatories: nilPreVoteSignatories,
}
}
}

```

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