elliptic-curve 0.14.1

General purpose Elliptic Curve Cryptography (ECC) support, including traits and generic types for representing various elliptic curve forms, scalars, points, and public/secret keys composed thereof.
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//! Scalar types.

#[cfg(feature = "arithmetic")]
mod blinded;
#[cfg(feature = "arithmetic")]
mod nonzero;
mod value;

pub use self::value::ScalarValue;

#[cfg(feature = "arithmetic")]
pub use self::{blinded::BlindedScalar, nonzero::NonZeroScalar};

use bigint::Integer;
use subtle::Choice;

#[cfg(feature = "arithmetic")]
use crate::CurveArithmetic;

/// Scalar field element for a particular elliptic curve.
#[cfg(feature = "arithmetic")]
pub type Scalar<C> = <C as CurveArithmetic>::Scalar;

/// Instantiate a scalar from an unsigned integer without checking for overflow.
pub trait FromUintUnchecked {
    /// Unsigned integer type (i.e. `Curve::Uint`)
    type Uint: Integer;

    /// Instantiate scalar from an unsigned integer without checking
    /// whether the value overflows the field modulus.
    ///
    /// ⚠️ WARNING!
    ///
    /// Incorrectly used this can lead to mathematically invalid results,
    /// which can lead to potential security vulnerabilities.
    ///
    /// Use with care!
    fn from_uint_unchecked(uint: Self::Uint) -> Self;
}

/// Is this scalar greater than n / 2?
///
/// # Returns
///
/// - For scalars 0 through n / 2: `Choice::from(0)`
/// - For scalars (n / 2) + 1 through n - 1: `Choice::from(1)`
pub trait IsHigh {
    /// Is this scalar greater than n / 2?
    fn is_high(&self) -> Choice;
}