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This MR makes a couple of changes in an attempt to fix #1966 (closed)

Move constants into their own modules to represent current and previous, Constants_parametric_repr and Constants_parametric_previous_repr, respectively.
Add script to automatically update Constants_parametric_previous_repr with a specified protocol version's Constants_parametric_repr and clean up protocol migration code. There is currently a complete standalone script and an incomplete integration into snapshot_alpha.sh.

This is currently a draft since it is undecided if:

This is an approach we would like to take.
If the script should be integrated into snapshot_alpha.sh or be used as a standalone script (currently named copy_and_prepare_parametric_constants.sh).

Manually testing the MR

See !4580 (comment 867699735) for a way to test the standalone script.

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Edited Mar 15, 2022 by metanivek