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    "Add a clang-tidy check to replace sequential member assignments with constructor calls",
    "Pave the way for making transaction primitives immutable"
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    "Needs rebase with failing CI",
    "Author prefers manual rewrites over merging this PR"
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    "Concept support for moving away from procedural mutations (l0rinc, josibake, alexanderwiederin)",
    "Reservations regarding macro annotations and struct immutability scope (maflcko)",
    "Unresolved bug where witness data is dropped in test helpers (alexanderwiederin)",
    "Author leans toward manual rewrites instead of merging the tooling (purpleKarrot)"
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      "P4 because it only registers a developer clang-tidy check in CMake without affecting node build or release binaries."
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     "name": "kernel",
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      "P4 because it only applies a mechanical constructor call to one assignment in chainparams without altering kernel interfaces."
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      "P4 because changes in mempool-related files are purely mechanical test updates with no policy or data structure impact."
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      "P4 because it touches a single internal rawtransaction assignment without changing RPC behavior or interfaces."
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      "P4 because the refactor and linter introduce subtle test bugs while the author leans toward discarding the PR.",
      "Provides marginal value given manual declarative rewrites are preferred."
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      "P4 because the clang-tidy check requires intrusive macro annotations and is intended mainly for temporary local use."
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     "name": "validation",
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      "P4 because it only modifies annotations in primitives headers and a single assignment in validation code without touching consensus logic."
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     "name": "wallet",
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      "P4 because changes in wallet files are limited to mechanical test adjustments and PSBT constructor calls."
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  "summary": "This PR adds a bitcoin-tidy check to detect consecutive assignments to object members and suggest constructor calls instead. It annotates COutPoint, CTxIn, and CTxOut data members with CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENT macros and applies the fix mechanically across 42 files.",
  "problem": "Procedural mutation of primitive data members in tests hinders making core transaction types immutable. Developers wanting declarative test setups currently have to refactor procedural assignments manually.",
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    "CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENT macro annotations pollute primitive headers and might be better handled without manual markup (maflcko)",
    "The automated fixup erroneously dropped witness data in test transaction utility functions (alexanderwiederin)",
    "Author noted in discussion that they lean toward abandoning this PR in favor of manual declarative rewrites (purpleKarrot)"
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   "resolved_concerns": [
    "Clarified that clang-tidy fixes using brace initialization would fail on narrowing conversions without explicit casts (alexanderwiederin, purpleKarrot)"
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   "reason": "The PR has merge conflicts with open PRs, failing CI, and the author expressed a preference for manual rewrites instead of merging this PR."
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   "summary": "alexanderwiederin noted dropped witness data; author prefers manual rewrites over merging this PR",
   "reason": "Reviewers support declarative initialization in principle, but the check requires intrusive annotations and dropped witness data in test helpers. The author has since favored manual rewrites over landing this automated tooling.",
   "evidence": [
    "l0rinc ACKed the concept but noted unclear naming and failing CI",
    "maflcko questioned the need for manual CONSTRUCTOR_ARGUMENT annotations",
    "alexanderwiederin found that CTxIn replacement dropped scriptWitness in test/util/transaction_utils.cpp",
    "purpleKarrot admitted the bug and stated 'Concerning the approach, I actually lean towards C' (using the check only as a local backlog)"
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    "rationale": "Non-member due to incidental mechanical edit."
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    "evidence": "Adds a clang-tidy linter module and mechanically modifies dozens of unit test, fuzzing, and benchmark files.",
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    "rationale": "P4 because the linter and test cleanup are speculative and introduced bugs such as dropped witnesses in test helpers. The author indicated an inclination toward abandoning the check in favor of manual rewrites."
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  "card": "Draft PR adding a clang-tidy check to replace sequential member assignments with constructor calls, applying it mechanically across 40+ test and primitive files. The goal is to facilitate making primitives like COutPoint, CTxIn, and CTxOut immutable. However, the check requires intrusive macro annotations and introduced a bug dropping witness data in test helpers. The author has expressed preference for abandoning the PR in favor of manual declarative rewrites (option C), and CI is failing with merge conflicts."
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