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(** A voting period can be of 4 kinds and is uniquely identified as a counter
    since the root. *)

type t

type voting_period = t

val encoding : voting_period Data_encoding.t

val rpc_arg : voting_period RPC_arg.arg

val pp : Format.formatter -> voting_period -> unit

include Compare.S with type t := voting_period

val to_int32 : voting_period -> int32

val of_int32_exn : int32 -> voting_period

val root : voting_period

val succ : voting_period -> voting_period

type kind =
  | Proposal  (** protocols can be proposed *)
  | Testing_vote  (** a proposal can be voted *)
  | Testing  (** winning proposal is forked on a testnet *)
  | Promotion_vote  (** activation can be voted *)

val kind_encoding : kind Data_encoding.t
