From 694db90b8cdb166eff7bf26b756487c48f4d1ed7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Paul Hauner <paul@paulhauner.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2018 20:12:17 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Simplify parent_hashes code

---
 beacon_chain/utils/ssz_helpers/src/ssz_beacon_block.rs | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/beacon_chain/utils/ssz_helpers/src/ssz_beacon_block.rs b/beacon_chain/utils/ssz_helpers/src/ssz_beacon_block.rs
index d244fbb19..3066f5679 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/utils/ssz_helpers/src/ssz_beacon_block.rs
+++ b/beacon_chain/utils/ssz_helpers/src/ssz_beacon_block.rs
@@ -138,12 +138,8 @@ impl<'a> SszBeaconBlock<'a> {
     /// The first hash in `ancestor_hashes` is the parent of the block.
     pub fn parent_hash(&self) -> Option<&[u8]> {
         let ancestor_ssz = self.ancestor_hashes();
-        let start = LENGTH_BYTES;
-        if ancestor_ssz.len() >= 32 {
-            Some(&ancestor_ssz[start..start + 32])
-        } else {
-            None
-        }
+        let start = LENGTH_PREFIX_BYTES;
+        ancestor_ssz.get(start..start + HASH_SIZE)
     }
 
     /// Return the `slot` field.