consensus, core/*, params: metropolis preparation refactor

This commit is a preparation for the upcoming metropolis hardfork. It
prepares the state, core and vm packages such that integration with
metropolis becomes less of a hassle.

* Difficulty calculation requires header instead of individual
  parameters
* statedb.StartRecord renamed to statedb.Prepare and added Finalise
  method required by metropolis, which removes unwanted accounts from
  the state (i.e. selfdestruct)
* State keeps record of destructed objects (in addition to dirty
  objects)
* core/vm pre-compiles may now return errors
* core/vm pre-compiles gas check now take the full byte slice as argument
  instead of just the size
* core/vm now keeps several hard-fork instruction tables instead of a
  single instruction table and removes the need for hard-fork checks in
  the instructions
* core/vm contains a empty restruction function which is added in
  preparation of metropolis write-only mode operations
* Adds the bn256 curve
* Adds and sets the metropolis chain config block parameters (2^64-1)

core/vm/jump_table.go

@@ -47,13 +47,32 @@ type operation struct {
 	// jumps indicates whether operation made a jump. This prevents the program
 	// counter from further incrementing.
 	jumps bool
+	// writes determines whether this a state modifying operation
+	writes bool
 	// valid is used to check whether the retrieved operation is valid and known
 	valid bool
+	// reverts determined whether the operation reverts state
+	reverts bool
 }
 
-var defaultJumpTable = NewJumpTable()
+var (
+	baseInstructionSet      = NewBaseInstructionSet()
+	homesteadInstructionSet = NewHomesteadInstructionSet()
+)
 
-func NewJumpTable() [256]operation {
+func NewHomesteadInstructionSet() [256]operation {
+	instructionSet := NewBaseInstructionSet()
+	instructionSet[DELEGATECALL] = operation{
+		execute:       opDelegateCall,
+		gasCost:       gasDelegateCall,
+		validateStack: makeStackFunc(6, 1),
+		memorySize:    memoryDelegateCall,
+		valid:         true,
+	}
+	return instructionSet
+}
+
+func NewBaseInstructionSet() [256]operation {
 	return [256]operation{
 		STOP: {
 			execute:       opStop,
@@ -357,6 +376,7 @@ func NewJumpTable() [256]operation {
 			gasCost:       gasSStore,
 			validateStack: makeStackFunc(2, 0),
 			valid:         true,
+			writes:        true,
 		},
 		JUMP: {
 			execute:       opJump,
@@ -821,6 +841,7 @@ func NewJumpTable() [256]operation {
 			validateStack: makeStackFunc(3, 1),
 			memorySize:    memoryCreate,
 			valid:         true,
+			writes:        true,
 		},
 		CALL: {
 			execute:       opCall,
@@ -844,19 +865,13 @@ func NewJumpTable() [256]operation {
 			halts:         true,
 			valid:         true,
 		},
-		DELEGATECALL: {
-			execute:       opDelegateCall,
-			gasCost:       gasDelegateCall,
-			validateStack: makeStackFunc(6, 1),
-			memorySize:    memoryDelegateCall,
-			valid:         true,
-		},
 		SELFDESTRUCT: {
 			execute:       opSuicide,
 			gasCost:       gasSuicide,
 			validateStack: makeStackFunc(1, 0),
 			halts:         true,
 			valid:         true,
+			writes:        true,
 		},
 	}
 }