Using "constructor" argument in genesis alloc

[debjit-bw]

I want to contribute to a feature: parsing the constructor argument in the genesis alloc, apart from code in order to initialise the genesis state. This would make it easier to use allocs designed for other clients like Nethermind or Erigon.

Can you give me an idea how to proceed?

[mattsse]

I think for this we'd need a custom serde for this?

https://github.com/alloy-rs/alloy/blob/28ad3f778d44c743408963b244e04b458591b160/crates/genesis/src/lib.rs#L46

[debjit-bw]

yes, but in addition to deserializing, we also need to make other changes to accounts. for example, some constructors modify the storage roots of some other accounts, so need the evm while parsing. i'm not sure how to include those changes.