Re-define Majority and Supermajority #2160
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Remove the definition of the two constants as multipliers and define majority and supermajority as functions. This eliminates the risk of computing the supermajority of 2/3 with the `0.67` multiplier, which could yield a wrong result of 2/3+1.
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Fix #2100
MAJORITY_THRESHOLDandSUPERMAJORITY_THRESHOLDconstantsmajorityandsupermajorityfunctions, which returnsfloor(x/2)+1andceil(x/2*3)respectivelyThe new definitions eliminate the risk of wrong quorum values for some edge cases.