Make all script verification flags softforks

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/src/script/interpreter.h b/src/script/interpreter.h
index ab1dc4e681..3e2757271d 100644
--- a/src/script/interpreter.h
+++ b/src/script/interpreter.h
@@ -27,37 +27,40 @@ enum
     SIGHASH_ANYONECANPAY = 0x80,
 };
 
-/** Script verification flags */
+/** Script verification flags.
+ *
+ *  All flags are intended to be soft forks: the set of acceptable scripts under
+ *  flags (A | B) is a subset of the acceptable scripts under flag (A).
+ */
 enum
 {
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_NONE      = 0,
 
-    // Evaluate P2SH subscripts (softfork safe, BIP16).
+    // Evaluate P2SH subscripts (BIP16).
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_P2SH      = (1U << 0),
 
     // Passing a non-strict-DER signature or one with undefined hashtype to a checksig operation causes script failure.
     // Evaluating a pubkey that is not (0x04 + 64 bytes) or (0x02 or 0x03 + 32 bytes) by checksig causes script failure.
-    // (softfork safe, but not used or intended as a consensus rule).
+    // (not used or intended as a consensus rule).
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_STRICTENC = (1U << 1),
 
-    // Passing a non-strict-DER signature to a checksig operation causes script failure (softfork safe, BIP62 rule 1)
+    // Passing a non-strict-DER signature to a checksig operation causes script failure (BIP62 rule 1)
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_DERSIG    = (1U << 2),
 
     // Passing a non-strict-DER signature or one with S > order/2 to a checksig operation causes script failure
-    // (softfork safe, BIP62 rule 5).
+    // (BIP62 rule 5).
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_LOW_S     = (1U << 3),
 
-    // verify dummy stack item consumed by CHECKMULTISIG is of zero-length (softfork safe, BIP62 rule 7).
+    // verify dummy stack item consumed by CHECKMULTISIG is of zero-length (BIP62 rule 7).
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_NULLDUMMY = (1U << 4),
 
-    // Using a non-push operator in the scriptSig causes script failure (softfork safe, BIP62 rule 2).
+    // Using a non-push operator in the scriptSig causes script failure (BIP62 rule 2).
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_SIGPUSHONLY = (1U << 5),
 
     // Require minimal encodings for all push operations (OP_0... OP_16, OP_1NEGATE where possible, direct
     // pushes up to 75 bytes, OP_PUSHDATA up to 255 bytes, OP_PUSHDATA2 for anything larger). Evaluating
     // any other push causes the script to fail (BIP62 rule 3).
     // In addition, whenever a stack element is interpreted as a number, it must be of minimal length (BIP62 rule 4).
-    // (softfork safe)
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_MINIMALDATA = (1U << 6),
 
     // Discourage use of NOPs reserved for upgrades (NOP1-10)
@@ -68,12 +71,14 @@ enum
     // discouraged NOPs fails the script. This verification flag will never be
     // a mandatory flag applied to scripts in a block. NOPs that are not
     // executed, e.g.  within an unexecuted IF ENDIF block, are *not* rejected.
+    // NOPs that have associated forks to give them new meaning (CLTV, CSV)
+    // are not subject to this rule.
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_DISCOURAGE_UPGRADABLE_NOPS  = (1U << 7),
 
     // Require that only a single stack element remains after evaluation. This changes the success criterion from
     // "At least one stack element must remain, and when interpreted as a boolean, it must be true" to
     // "Exactly one stack element must remain, and when interpreted as a boolean, it must be true".
-    // (softfork safe, BIP62 rule 6)
+    // (BIP62 rule 6)
     // Note: CLEANSTACK should never be used without P2SH or WITNESS.
     SCRIPT_VERIFY_CLEANSTACK = (1U << 8),