Merge branch 'master' into fork-choices.

This introduces the `Height` type which keeps track of block_height
types.

Further integration into beacon chain with the merge.
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// Copyright 2019 Sigma Prime Pty Ltd.
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//! This crate stores the various implementations of fork-choice rules that can be used for the
//! beacon blockchain.
//!
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//! The current implementations are:
//! - [`longest-chain`]: Simplistic longest-chain fork choice - primarily for testing, **not for
//! production**.
//! - [`basic_lmd_ghost`]: This is a simple and very inefficient implementation given in the ethereum 2.0
//! - [`slow_lmd_ghost`]: This is a simple and very inefficient implementation given in the ethereum 2.0
//! specifications (https://github.com/ethereum/eth2.0-specs/blob/v0.1/specs/core/0_beacon-chain.md#get_block_root).
//! - [`optimised_lmd_ghost`]: This is an optimised version of the naive implementation as proposed
//! by Vitalik. The reference implementation can be found at: https://github.com/ethereum/research/blob/master/ghost/ghost.py
//! - [`protolambda_lmd_ghost`]: Another optimised version of LMD-GHOST designed by @protolambda.
//! The go implementation can be found here: https://github.com/protolambda/lmd-ghost.
//!
//! [`basic_lmd_ghost`]: struct.BasicLmdGhost.html
//! [`slow_lmd_ghost`]: struct.SlowLmdGhost.html
//! [`optimised_lmd_ghost`]: struct.OptimisedLmdGhost.html
//! [`protolambda_lmd_ghost`]: struct.ProtolambdaLmdGhost.html
extern crate db;
extern crate ssz;
extern crate types;
pub mod longest_chain;
pub mod optimised_lmd_ghost;
pub mod protolambda_lmd_ghost;