Recently we fixed a bunch of feature gates to use `rand-std` instead
of `rand` but in doing so did not notice that the same feature gates
were using `alloc` which is meaningless if `std` is enabled.
Feature gate on `std` if we are using `rand-std`.
c73eb2f391 Use 'extra' instead of 'cheap' (Tobin Harding)
c79eb976ca Remove unnecessary explanation (Tobin Harding)
f95e91a6da Use isn't instead of shouldn't (Tobin Harding)
c9e6ca1680 Use rust-bitcoin module doc style (Tobin Harding)
3fa6762437 Add link to referenced commit (Tobin Harding)
f5e68f3ba7 Add ticks around code snippet (Tobin Harding)
d25431c1da Use 3rd person tense for function docs (Tobin Harding)
c3be285c1d Fix size constant docs (Tobin Harding)
5e07e7596b Add period to sentences (Tobin Harding)
269bde042f Remove unnecessary capitalisation (Tobin Harding)
Pull request description:
In a continued effort to find my feet around here, and inspired by issue #128 I've done a codebase wide audit of the docs (primarily just rustdocs but I glanced at `//` docs as well). Each change is in a separate commit so can be removed if resistance is met. (_"resistance is futile"_).
I've based the stylistic decisions on [work done](https://github.com/rust-bitcoin/rust-bitcoin/pull/704) in rust-bitcoin.
I believe the only controversial change is the last (commit: da161c9 Use rust-bitcoin module doc style), please review that one carefully.
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4c43d5e20f Add custom Debug impl for RecoverableSignature (Tobin Harding)
Pull request description:
Currently when debug printing the `RecoverableSignature` we do so byte by byte, this means that the output differs depending on the endianess of the machine. If instead we serialize the signature in compact form then the output is the same irrespective of the endianess.
With this applied the following two commands now pass:
```
cargo test test_debug_output --features=recovery
```
```
cross test --target powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu test_debug_output --features=recovery
```
Fixes: #375
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Our API often involves a `Secp256k1` parameter, when users enable the
`global-context` feature they must then pass `SECP256K1` into these
functions. This is kind of clunky since the global is by definition
available everywhere.
Make the API more ergonomic for `global-context` builds by adding
various API functions/methods that use the global context implicitly.
Recently we introduced uniform styling for module docs over in
`rust-bitcoin` repo. We can do the same here but its a bit controversial
because it removes the heading from module docs and every single public
module in rust-secp256k1 uses a heading. Instead we use a full
sentences. Also makes uniform the trailing `//!`.
Currently when debug printing the `RecoverableSignature` we do so byte
by byte, this means that the output differs depending on the endianess
of the machine. If instead we serialize the signature in compact form
then the output is the same irrespective of the endianess.
With this applied the following two commands now pass:
```
cargo test test_debug_output --features=recovery
```
cross test --target powerpc-unknown-linux-gnu test_debug_output --features=recovery
```
Fixes: #375
Currently various features fail to build when enabled without default
features. This is because many tests need feature gating.
Feature gating the import statements quickly turns into spaghetti when
trying to cover all combinations of two features correctly, instead just
allow unused imports on `tests` modules where needed.
Add correct feature requirements to the examples so they also can be run
without default features.
Improve the CI script by doing:
- Add `std` to the feature matrix.
- Add `--no-default-features` to test runs in the CI script.
Recently we deprecated a bunch of methods/functions. We are still
calling them in test code. Found by Clippy.
Use the shiny new methods/functions instead of the deprecated ones.
Currently we have an implementation of `Debug` (also used by `Display`)
for `Signature` that first converts the sig to a `SerializedSignature`
then prints it as hex.
We would like to have an implementation of `Debug` for
`SerializedSignature`, this cannot be derived because of the `data: [u8;
field]`. We can manually implement `Debug` for `SerializedSignature`
exactly as it is currently done for `Signature` and call this new
implementation from `Signature::fmt()`.
This code path is already tested in `lib.rs` in the test function
`signature_display`.
This documents the Cargo features making sure docs.rs shows warning for
feature-gated items. They are also explicitly spelled out in the crate
documentation.
With the introduction of Schnorr signatures, exporting a `Signature`
type without any further qualification is ambiguous. To minimize the
ambiguity, the `ecdsa` module is public which should encourage users
to refer to its types as `ecdsa::Signature` and `ecdsa::SerializedSignature`.
To reduce ambiguity in the APIs on `Secp256k1`, we deprecate several
fucntions and introduce new variants that explicitly mention the use of
the ECDSA signature algorithm.
Due to the move of `Signature` and `SerializedSignature` to a new module,
this patch is a breaking change. The impact is minimal though and fixing the
compile errors encourages a qualified naming of the type.
Tobin Harding
Andrew Poelstra
Martin Habovstiak
Thomas Eizinger