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consensus_encoding: Allow ?Sized for EncodableByteIter

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

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consensus_encoding: Allow ?Sized for EncodableByteIter

The EncodableByteIter currently takes any Sized Encodable and yields
bytes in an iterator. While useful, the Sized bound makes this more
restrictive than the other helper functionality in consensus_encoding
like encode_to_vec, which all explicitly permit ?Sized encodables.

Loosen trait bound for EncodableByteIter generic to accept ?Sized
encodable types.
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What changed, and why it matters

This change relaxes a Rust type-system restriction so a particular byte-iterator helper can work with trait objects and slices, not just fixed-size types. It is a routine API ergonomics improvement with no security relevance visible in the commit.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal API-flexibility improvement.

Security signals we found

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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
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