Currency#to_json should output a format that can be successfully converted back
to a Currency object via from_json. So for demurrage currencies it should output
the full hex currency code.
Currency#to_human on the other hand should always print something a human will
understand. For demurrage currencies we'll print the three-letter code for now.
This patch might regress the performance of the Currency class and by extension
the Amount class. Since Amount is on a lot of hot paths in the client we should
make sure this isn't a major problem.
As for compatibility, this patch is a major change, but it should maintain the
public interface very well, which the exception of some strange edge cases (e.g.
Currency.from_json(1337)), which weren't well-defined before anyway. Any code
that accesses _value directly (shame on you!) will need to be fixed. There
aren't any such references in ripple-client or the rippled test suite, so I
think we're looking pretty good.
