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* XRPLF/develop: (30 commits)
  chore: Pin Python packages for codegen using uv (7329)
  style: Use shfmt instead of bashate (7326)
  fix: Fix edge-case where vault-depositor may get stuck (7139)
  fix: Fix `VaultInvariant` and `VaultDeposit` precision bugs at IOU scale boundaries (7272)
  ci: Add clang to nix images (7308)
  fix: Include management-fee delta in doOverpayment assertion (7039)
  fix: Fix clang-tidy pre-commit hook to locate compile_commands.json from repo root (7325)
  fix: Use consistent scale for `debtTotal` (7093)
  fix: Skip deleted book directories and non-root modifications in `ValidBookDirectory` invariant (7312)
  fix: Address review feedback on FD/handle guarding (5823 follow-up) (7310)
  fix: Fix non-canonical MPT amount (7117)
  release: Bump version to 3.2.0-b7 (7316)
  fix: Check if the MPT first loss cover can be sent to the broker before deleting the broker (7125)
  fix: Fix RPM prerelease ordering and start xrpld on DEB install (7313)
  ci: Re-enable full nproc for Linux (7315)
  fix: Add assorted MPT/DEX fixes (7040)
  refactor: Remove dead `fetchBatch` code (7309)
  release: Bump version to 3.2.0-b6 (7311)
  chore: Revert graceful peer disconnection and follow-up fix (7296)
  fix: Fix IOU precision issues in LoanBrokerCover transactions (7274)
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protocol

Classes and functions for handling data and values associated with the XRP Ledger protocol.

Serialized Objects

Objects transmitted over the network must be serialized into a canonical format. The prefix "ST" refers to classes that deal with the serialized format.

The term "Tx" or "tx" is an abbreviation for "Transaction", a commonly occurring object type.

Optional Fields

Our serialized fields have some "type magic" to make optional fields easier to read:

  • The operation x[sfFoo] means "return the value of 'Foo' if it exists, or the default value if it doesn't."
  • The operation x[~sfFoo] means "return the value of 'Foo' if it exists, or nothing if it doesn't." This usage of the tilde/bitwise NOT operator is not standard outside of the xrpld codebase.
    • As a consequence of this, x[~sfFoo] = y[~sfFoo] assigns the value of Foo from y to x, including omitting Foo from x if it doesn't exist in y.

Typically, for things that are guaranteed to exist, you use x[sfFoo] and avoid having to deal with a container that may or may not hold a value. For things not guaranteed to exist, you use x[~sfFoo] because you want such a container. It avoids having to look something up twice, once just to see if it exists and a second time to get/set its value. (Real example)

The source of this "type magic" is in SField.h.