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Informational 15 Bitcoin

Remove HeaderIter wrapper type

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

58/100 · Thin
Remove HeaderIter wrapper type

After introducing the ExactSizeEncoder trait, EncodableByteIter now
provides a len() implementation for use with fmt_hex_exact on the
HeaderEncoder.

Remove HeaderIter wrapper type and directly pass the header encoder
in an EncodableByteIter to fmt_hex_exact.
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What changed, and why it matters

This is a small internal code cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It removes a hand-written wrapper type called HeaderIter and instead uses a newer built-in trait (ExactSizeEncoder) to achieve the same result. There is no user-visible behavior change and no security relevance.

Recommended action

No action needed. This is a benign refactor with no security implications.

Security signals we found

No strong security signals were identified.

Risk score

Why this scored 15/100

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Potential impact 0/30
Exploitability 0/25
Stealth signal 0/15
Affected reach 0/15
Confidence 10/10
Evidence quality 5/5
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