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Author SHA1 Message Date
Andrew Poelstra db37829904 Add CC0 license and header to all files 2014-08-11 19:26:45 -07:00
Andrew Poelstra 4be48ecb1b Move Rng failure from `Secp256k1::new` to functions that actually use randomness
Verifying signatures does not require any randomness, but requires the user
to create a `Secp256k1` object nonetheless (this is just a way to guarantee
that `init` is called --- an alternate API would be to have an independent
unsafe `verify` function). If a Rng can't be created, rather than failing
the `Secp256k1` initialization, fail the functions that actually try to use
the Rng.

This way signing and verifying, which require no randomness beyond that input
to them, will work correctly.

To avoid checking for a working Rng on each call to `generate_keypair` and
`generate_nonce` (which is probably trivial next to the cost of actually
generating the randomness, but w/e, user knows best), the user should use
the generation functions in the `key` module, which take an Rng as input.
2014-08-11 19:24:19 -07:00
Andrew Poelstra d6bf4039bd Pull out initialization code so that `PublicKey::from_secret_key` can be used safely 2014-08-11 19:24:19 -07:00
Andrew Poelstra 80df78c9a9 Add slice methods to `Nonce` 2014-08-11 19:24:19 -07:00
Andrew Poelstra 0adc7e1ce2 Add keypair slice methods and unit tests 2014-08-11 19:24:19 -07:00
Andrew Poelstra 5b15918a9a Move FFI and constants into their own modules; replace outptrs with returns 2014-08-11 19:24:19 -07:00