package ssz import ( "bytes" "encoding/binary" "fmt" "github.com/pkg/errors" ) // SliceRoot computes the root of a slice of hashable objects. func SliceRoot[T Hashable](slice []T, limit uint64) ([32]byte, error) { max := limit if uint64(len(slice)) > max { return [32]byte{}, fmt.Errorf("slice exceeds max length %d", max) } roots := make([][32]byte, len(slice)) for i := range slice { r, err := slice[i].HashTreeRoot() if err != nil { return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not merkleize object") } roots[i] = r } sliceRoot, err := BitwiseMerkleize(roots, uint64(len(roots)), limit) if err != nil { return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not slice merkleization") } sliceLenBuf := new(bytes.Buffer) if err := binary.Write(sliceLenBuf, binary.LittleEndian, uint64(len(slice))); err != nil { return [32]byte{}, errors.Wrap(err, "could not marshal slice length") } // We need to mix in the length of the slice. sliceLenRoot := make([]byte, 32) copy(sliceLenRoot, sliceLenBuf.Bytes()) return MixInLength(sliceRoot, sliceLenRoot), nil }