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fix: correct Bytes.BytesComparer length comparison ordering #10353

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fix: correct Bytes.BytesComparer length comparison ordering
asdacap Jan 29, 2026
4ad7da4
Switched to sequence compare to
asdacap Feb 4, 2026
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Address comment
asdacap Feb 5, 2026
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Merge branch 'master' into fix/bytes-comparer-length-comparison
asdacap Feb 6, 2026
da3d957
fix: handle null y in BytesComparer when x is non-null
asdacap Feb 6, 2026
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core.Test/BytesTests.cs
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Expand Up @@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ public class BytesTests
{
[TestCase("0x", "0x", 0)]
[TestCase(null, null, 0)]
[TestCase(null, "0x", 1)]
[TestCase("0x", null, -1)]
[TestCase(null, "0x", -1)]
[TestCase("0x", null, 1)]
[TestCase("0x01", "0x01", 0)]
[TestCase("0x01", "0x0102", 1)]
[TestCase("0x0102", "0x01", -1)]
[TestCase("0x01", "0x0102", -1)]
[TestCase("0x0102", "0x01", 1)]
public void Compares_bytes_properly(string? hexString1, string? hexString2, int expectedResult)
{
IComparer<byte[]> comparer = Bytes.Comparer;
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55 changes: 4 additions & 51 deletions src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Core/Extensions/Bytes.cs
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Expand Up @@ -73,64 +73,17 @@ public override int Compare(byte[]? x, byte[]? y)

if (x is null)
{
return y is null ? 0 : 1;
return y is null ? 0 : -1;
}

if (y is null)
{
return -1;
}

if (x.Length == 0)
{
return y.Length == 0 ? 0 : 1;
}

for (int i = 0; i < x.Length; i++)
{
if (y.Length <= i)
{
return -1;
}
if (y is null) return 1;

int result = x[i].CompareTo(y[i]);
if (result != 0)
{
return result;
}
}

return y.Length > x.Length ? 1 : 0;
return x.SequenceCompareTo(y);
}

public static int Compare(ReadOnlySpan<byte> x, ReadOnlySpan<byte> y)
{
if (Unsafe.AreSame(ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(x), ref MemoryMarshal.GetReference(y)) &&
x.Length == y.Length)
{
return 0;
}

if (x.Length == 0)
{
return y.Length == 0 ? 0 : 1;
}

for (int i = 0; i < x.Length; i++)
{
if (y.Length <= i)
{
return -1;
}

int result = x[i].CompareTo(y[i]);
if (result != 0)
{
return result;
}
}

return y.Length > x.Length ? 1 : 0;
return x.SequenceCompareTo(y);
}
}

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