diff options
author | Matt Corallo <git@bluematt.me> | 2017-06-27 14:46:19 -0400 |
---|---|---|
committer | Matt Corallo <git@bluematt.me> | 2017-06-27 14:47:07 -0400 |
commit | 381b8fc36537f9fa42f4487bcf55920b2ae0bda9 (patch) | |
tree | 95c6c018bdeee5027e5676afb1766bbc319c93dd /src/txmempool.h | |
parent | acb11535cb8499fd47fdde7f52457f8945b58856 (diff) | |
download | bitcoin-381b8fc36537f9fa42f4487bcf55920b2ae0bda9.tar.xz |
Clarify CCoinsViewMemPool documentation.
Thanks to @sdaftuar for correcting my misunderstanding.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/txmempool.h')
-rw-r--r-- | src/txmempool.h | 7 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/txmempool.h b/src/txmempool.h index 78ac3c209b..70d7429f22 100644 --- a/src/txmempool.h +++ b/src/txmempool.h @@ -676,6 +676,13 @@ private: /** * CCoinsView that brings transactions from a memorypool into view. * It does not check for spendings by memory pool transactions. + * Instead, it provides access to all Coins which are either unspent in the + * base CCoinsView, or are outputs from any mempool transaction! + * This allows transaction replacement to work as expected, as you want to + * have all inputs "available" to check signatures, and any cycles in the + * dependency graph are checked directly in AcceptToMemoryPool. + * It also allows you to sign a double-spend directly in signrawtransaction, + * as long as the conflicting transaction is not yet confirmed. */ class CCoinsViewMemPool : public CCoinsViewBacked { |