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core/state: more comments for handleDestruction in fast node mode #3517

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11 changes: 7 additions & 4 deletions core/state/statedb.go
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Expand Up @@ -1286,10 +1286,13 @@ func (s *StateDB) handleDestruction(noStorageWiping bool) (map[common.Hash]*acco
deletes[addrHash] = op

// Short circuit if the origin storage was empty.
// In NoTries mode, prev.Root is always EmptyRootHash (see updateRoot()),
// so we cannot rely on it to determine if storage exists.
// We must try to delete storage via snapshot regardless.
if (!s.db.NoTries() && prev.Root == types.EmptyRootHash) || s.db.TrieDB().IsVerkle() {
// 1. Standard Trie: Reliable check via EmptyRootHash.
// 2. NoTries: Since Root is always EmptyRootHash (see updateRoot()),
// we rely on EIP-158 emptiness to skip storage cleanup for deleted empty accounts.
// 3. Verkle: Legacy trie-root based checks are inapplicable.
if (!s.db.NoTries() && prev.Root == types.EmptyRootHash) ||
/*(s.db.NoTries() && prevObj.empty()) ||*/ // EIP158 is true from the genesis block in BSC
s.db.TrieDB().IsVerkle() {
continue
}
if noStorageWiping {
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