lighthouse/beacon_chain/attestation_validation/src/validate_for_block.rs

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use super::{Error, Invalid, Outcome};
/// Check that an attestation is valid to be included in some block.
pub fn validate_attestation_for_block<T>(
attestation_slot: u64,
block_slot: u64,
parent_block_slot: u64,
min_attestation_inclusion_delay: u64,
epoch_length: u64,
) -> Result<Outcome, Error> {
/*
* There is a delay before an attestation may be included in a block, quantified by
* `slots` and defined as `min_attestation_inclusion_delay`.
*
* So, an attestation must be at least `min_attestation_inclusion_delay` slots "older" than the
* block it is contained in.
*/
verify_or!(
attestation_slot <= block_slot.saturating_sub(min_attestation_inclusion_delay),
reject!(Invalid::AttestationTooRecent)
);
/*
* A block may not include attestations reference slots more than an epoch length + 1 prior to
* the block slot.
*/
verify_or!(
attestation_slot >= parent_block_slot.saturating_sub(epoch_length + 1),
reject!(Invalid::AttestationTooOld)
);
accept!()
}