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Informational 15 Bitcoin

primitives: Replace decoder definitions with decoder_newtype macro

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Authored by Mitchell Bagot

73/100 · Adequate
primitives: Replace decoder definitions with decoder_newtype macro

Introduce decoder_newtype macro in primitives through the include!
macro.
Replace all newtype Decoder structs in primitives with decoder_newtype
calls.
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The short version

What changed, and why it matters

This commit is a routine code cleanup in the rust-bitcoin library. It replaces several manually-written decoder helper structs with a new macro that generates the same code automatically. There is no change to how data is parsed, no new behavior, and no security fix or vulnerability introduced.

Recommended action

No security action required. Treat as a normal refactoring review; verify the macro generates equivalent code if reviewing for correctness.

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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