Design Decisions
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This section documents the architectural and design choices we made (and are making) during the EIP-8141 reference implementation, along with the reasoning behind them and the alternatives we considered.
Why Document Decisions?
In a reference implementation of a draft EIP, design decisions often fall into two categories:
Implementation-level decisions — how to structure the code, which abstractions to use, how to integrate with the existing codebase. These help other implementers.
Spec-interpretation decisions — where the spec is ambiguous or silent, the implementer has to make choices. Documenting these helps spec authors identify areas that need clarification and shows other implementers what assumptions were made.
Decision Log
| Decision | Status | Link |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture choices (class hierarchy, module boundaries) | Planned | Architecture |
| Trade-offs (performance vs. clarity, strictness vs. flexibility) | Planned | Trade-offs |
More decisions will be added as the implementation progresses.
Decision Format
Each decision follows a lightweight architecture decision record (ADR) format:
- Context — what prompted the decision
- Options considered — what alternatives existed
- Decision — what we chose
- Rationale — why we chose it
- Consequences — what follows from this choice (positive and negative)