Function apply_participation 

pub fn apply_participation(
    base: &mut Vec<u8>,
    delta: &ArchivedParticipationDiff,
) -> Result<(), Error>

Applies a participation delta to a contiguous vector in place.

This is the contiguous-vector convenience API. Sparse deltas are delegated to apply_participation_iter, while ParticipationDiff::AllZeros is handled directly by replacing the destination with a zero-filled vector of the encoded length.

After successful application, base contains the target participation vector from which delta was produced.

Errors

Returns Error::InvalidDelta if an encoded ParticipationDiff::AllZeros length cannot be represented by the target vector or if a sparse delta is internally inconsistent.

Returns Error::MalformedDelta if a sparse delta contains invalid serialized payload data, such as a truncated or overflowing varint.

Complexity

Sparse deltas require O(m + e) work, where m is the number of modified entries and e is the number of appended flags.

An ParticipationDiff::AllZeros delta requires O(n) work to construct the resulting zero-filled vector of length n.