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Faults

commonware_utils::faults

Trait Faults 

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pub trait Faults {
    // Required method
    fn max_faults(n: impl ToPrimitive) -> u32;

    // Provided method
    fn quorum(n: impl ToPrimitive) -> u32 { ... }
}
Expand description

A Byzantine fault tolerance model that defines quorum calculations.

Different consensus protocols require different fault tolerance guarantees. This trait abstracts over those requirements, allowing protocols to be parameterized by their fault model.

All methods accept any integer type that implements ToPrimitive, allowing callers to use u32, u64, i32, usize, etc. without explicit conversion. Output is always u32.

Required Methods§

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fn max_faults(n: impl ToPrimitive) -> u32

Compute the maximum number of faults that can be tolerated for n participants.

This is the maximum integer f such that the protocol’s safety and liveness properties hold when up to f participants are Byzantine.

§Panics

Panics if n is zero, negative, or exceeds u32::MAX.

Provided Methods§

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fn quorum(n: impl ToPrimitive) -> u32

Compute the quorum size for n participants.

This is the minimum number of participants that must agree for the protocol to make progress. It equals n - max_faults(n).

§Panics

Panics if n is zero, negative, or exceeds u32::MAX.

Dyn Compatibility§

This trait is not dyn compatible.

In older versions of Rust, dyn compatibility was called "object safety", so this trait is not object safe.

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