Merge #21042: doc, test: Improve setup_clean_chain documentation

590bda7 scripted-diff: Remove setup_clean_chain if default is not changed (Fabian Jahr)
98892f3 doc: Improve setup_clean_chain documentation (Fabian Jahr)

Pull request description:

  The first commit improves documentation on setup_clean_chain which is misunderstood quite frequently. Most importantly it fixes the TestShell docs which are simply incorrect.

  The second commit removes the instances of `setup_clean_clain` in functional tests where it is not changing the default.

  This used to be part of #19168 which also sought to rename`setup_clean_chain`.

ACKs for top commit:
  jonatack:
    ACK 590bda7

Tree-SHA512: a7881186e65d31160b8f84107fb185973b37c6e50f190a85c6e2906a13a7472bb4efa9440bd37fe0a9ac5cd2d1e8559870a7e4380632d9a249eca8980b945f3e

Author: MarcoFalke

test/functional/README.md

@@ -63,10 +63,13 @@ don't have test cases for.
 - Avoid stop-starting the nodes multiple times during the test if possible. A
   stop-start takes several seconds, so doing it several times blows up the
   runtime of the test.
-- Set the `self.setup_clean_chain` variable in `set_test_params()` to control whether
-  or not to use the cached data directories. The cached data directories
-  contain a 200-block pre-mined blockchain and wallets for four nodes. Each node
-  has 25 mature blocks (25x50=1250 BTC) in its wallet.
+- Set the `self.setup_clean_chain` variable in `set_test_params()` to `True` to
+  initialize an empty blockchain and start from the Genesis block, rather than
+  load a premined blockchain from cache with the default value of `False`. The
+  cached data directories contain a 200-block pre-mined blockchain with the
+  spendable mining rewards being split between four nodes. Each node has 25
+  mature block subsidies (25x50=1250 BTC) in its wallet. Using them is much more
+  efficient than mining blocks in your test.
 - When calling RPCs with lots of arguments, consider using named keyword
   arguments instead of positional arguments to make the intent of the call
   clear to readers.

test/functional/example_test.py

@@ -76,6 +76,9 @@ def set_test_params(self):
         """Override test parameters for your individual test.
 
         This method must be overridden and num_nodes must be explicitly set."""
+        # By default every test loads a pre-mined chain of 200 blocks from cache.
+        # Set setup_clean_chain to True to skip this and start from the Genesis
+        # block.
         self.setup_clean_chain = True
         self.num_nodes = 3
         # Use self.extra_args to change command-line arguments for the nodes

test/functional/feature_asmap.py

@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ def expected_messages(filename):
 
 class AsmapTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 1
 
     def test_without_asmap_arg(self):

test/functional/feature_dbcrash.py

@@ -49,7 +49,6 @@
 class ChainstateWriteCrashTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
         self.num_nodes = 4
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.rpc_timeout = 480
         self.supports_cli = False
 

test/functional/feature_includeconf.py

@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 
 class IncludeConfTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 1
 
     def setup_chain(self):

test/functional/p2p_add_connections.py

@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ def check_node_connections(*, node, num_in, num_out):
 
 class P2PAddConnections(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 2
 
     def setup_network(self):

test/functional/p2p_addr_relay.py

@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ def on_addr(self, message):
 
 class AddrTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 1
 
     def run_test(self):

test/functional/p2p_blocksonly.py

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 
 class P2PBlocksOnly(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 1
         self.extra_args = [["-blocksonly"]]
 

test/functional/p2p_filter.py

@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ def merkleblock_received(self, value):
 
 class FilterTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 1
         self.extra_args = [[
             '-peerbloomfilters',

test/functional/p2p_getaddr_caching.py

@@ -41,7 +41,6 @@ def addr_received(self):
 
 class AddrTest(BitcoinTestFramework):
     def set_test_params(self):
-        self.setup_clean_chain = False
         self.num_nodes = 1
 
     def run_test(self):