ursa 0.3.7

This is the shared crypto library for Hyperledger components.
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use bn::{BigNumber, BigNumberContext};
use errors::prelude::*;

/// Generate a pedersen commitment to a given number
///
/// # Arguments
/// * `gen_1` - first generator
/// * `m` - exponent of the first generator
/// * `gen_2` - second generator
/// * `r` - exponent of the second generator
/// * `modulus` - all computations are done this modulo
/// * `ctx` - big number context
///
/// # Result
/// Return the pedersen commitment, i.e `(gen_1^m)*(gen_2^r)`
pub fn get_pedersen_commitment(
    gen_1: &BigNumber,
    m: &BigNumber,
    gen_2: &BigNumber,
    r: &BigNumber,
    modulus: &BigNumber,
    ctx: &mut BigNumberContext,
) -> UrsaCryptoResult<BigNumber> {
    let commitment = gen_1.mod_exp(m, modulus, Some(ctx))?.mod_mul(
        &gen_2.mod_exp(r, modulus, Some(ctx))?,
        modulus,
        Some(ctx),
    )?;
    Ok(commitment)
}