electrum

commit 6656154b780a5d2c8adc2a7695e9912fad16db68
parent de85b56e0aeac52463530dab3e54f1a35128ee3b
Author: ThomasV <thomasv@electrum.org>
Date:   Wed, 11 Oct 2017 12:07:41 +0200

add 'createnewaddress' command, separate from getunusedaddress

Diffstat:
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lib/commands.py
 | 
22
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1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/lib/commands.py b/lib/commands.py
@@ -605,21 +605,21 @@ class Commands:
         return list(map(self._format_request, out))
 
     @command('w')
-    def getunusedaddress(self,force=False):
-        """Returns the first unused address."""
-        addr = self.wallet.get_unused_address()
-        if addr is None and force:
-            addr = self.wallet.create_new_address(False)
-
-        if addr:
-            return addr
-        else:
-            return False
+    def createnewaddress(self):
+        """Create a new receiving address, beyond the gap limit of the wallet"""
+        return self.wallet.create_new_address(False)
 
+    @command('w')
+    def getunusedaddress(self):
+        """Returns the first unused address of the wallet, or None if all addresses are used.
+        An address is considered as used if it has received a transaction, or if it is used in a payment request."""
+        return self.wallet.get_unused_address()
 
     @command('w')
     def addrequest(self, amount, memo='', expiration=None, force=False):
-        """Create a payment request."""
+        """Create a payment request, using the first unused address of the wallet.
+        The address will be condidered as used after this operation.
+        If no payment is received, the address will be considered as unused if the payment request is deleted from the wallet."""
         addr = self.wallet.get_unused_address()
         if addr is None:
             if force: