Sets the canonical chain HEAD to the block header as specified by the
        given block hash.

        :return: a tuple of the headers that are newly in the canonical chain, and the headers that
            are no longer in the canonical chain

def _set_as_canonical_chain_head(cls, db: BaseDB, block_hash: Hash32
                                     ) -> Tuple[Tuple[BlockHeader, ...], Tuple[BlockHeader, ...]]:
        """
        Sets the canonical chain HEAD to the block header as specified by the
        given block hash.

        :return: a tuple of the headers that are newly in the canonical chain, and the headers that
            are no longer in the canonical chain
        """
        try:
            header = cls._get_block_header_by_hash(db, block_hash)
        except HeaderNotFound:
            raise ValueError(
                "Cannot use unknown block hash as canonical head: {}".format(block_hash)
            )

        new_canonical_headers = tuple(reversed(cls._find_new_ancestors(db, header)))
        old_canonical_headers = []

        for h in new_canonical_headers:
            try:
                old_canonical_hash = cls._get_canonical_block_hash(db, h.block_number)
            except HeaderNotFound:
                # no old_canonical block, and no more possible
                break
            else:
                old_canonical_header = cls._get_block_header_by_hash(db, old_canonical_hash)
                old_canonical_headers.append(old_canonical_header)

        for h in new_canonical_headers:
            cls._add_block_number_to_hash_lookup(db, h)

        db.set(SchemaV1.make_canonical_head_hash_lookup_key(), header.hash)

        return new_canonical_headers, tuple(old_canonical_headers)