Update method_formatters.py

[tmckenzie51]

removes duplicate block_number_formatter method in favor of to_hex_if_integer method.

What was wrong?

The methods block_number_formatter and to_hex_if_integer were duplicate functionality.

Related to Issue #1745

How was it fixed?

block_number_formatter method was replaced with the to_hex_if_integer method.

Todo:

• Add entry to the release notes

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[njgheorghita]

So, it looks to me like Infura recently updated the version of their IPFS endpoint to 7.0 (running curl -X POST "https://ipfs.infura.io:5001/api/v0/version" from your terminal shows the currently supported version). And py-ipfs-http-client only supports 0.4.22 ≤ … < 0.7.0. There are a couple open issues that appear to reference the exact same problem, I've left a comment on one of them. It seems like web3 is blocked until we resolve this, which is definitely not ideal.

Lmk what you think the best way to proceed is, as I see it we have a couple of options.

• Wait until a new version of py-ipfs-http-client is released (it's hard to say how soon we can expect this to happen)
• Temporarily skip all tests that use InfuraIPFSBackend until py-ipfs-http-client is updated
• Reconfigure the tests to use the LocalIPFSBackend (might require a significant chunk of refactoring)
• Find a different public gateway we can use. (I've spent a little time trying to connect to a different public gateway, but have had trouble finding something that works with the multiaddr format required by py-ipfs-http-client) - imo this is probably the best temporary solution to get us until py-ipfs-http-client is updated

[tmckenzie51]

@njgheorghita Okay, I see. Thank you for explaining that. Those sound like decent options that we can consider. @pipermerriam @kclowes Of these options, which do you think would be the best for us to proceed with?

[wolovim]

@njgheorghita pointed out a fix PR waiting for review, but it's not a very active repo. I'm not opposed to just xfail these tests for now, but is that doable for doctests?

[kclowes]

This looks good to me as long as the tests pass after you merge in master!

[kclowes]

@tmckenzie51 You can try and push an empty commit to see if that readthedocs failure will work itself out: git commit --allow-empty -m "Trigger Build" Let me know if you have questions or want to pair!