snarkvm-circuit-program 4.6.1

Program circuit library for a decentralized virtual machine
Documentation
// Copyright (c) 2019-2026 Provable Inc.
// This file is part of the snarkVM library.

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use super::*;

impl<A: Aleo> Visibility<A> for Plaintext<A> {
    /// Returns the number of field elements to encode `self`.
    fn size_in_fields(&self) -> u16 {
        // Compute the number of bits.
        let num_bits = self.to_bits_le().len() + 1; // 1 extra bit for the terminus indicator.
        // Compute the ceiling division of the number of bits by the number of bits in a field element.
        let num_fields = num_bits.div_ceil(A::BaseField::size_in_data_bits());
        // Ensure the number of field elements does not exceed the maximum allowed size.
        match num_fields <= A::MAX_DATA_SIZE_IN_FIELDS as usize {
            // Return the number of field elements.
            true => num_fields as u16,
            false => A::halt("Plaintext is too large to encode in field elements."),
        }
    }
}