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Diffstat (limited to 'src/secp256k1/src/field.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/secp256k1/src/field.h | 10 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/secp256k1/src/field.h b/src/secp256k1/src/field.h index bb6692ad57..7993a1f11e 100644 --- a/src/secp256k1/src/field.h +++ b/src/secp256k1/src/field.h @@ -32,10 +32,12 @@ #include "util.h" -/** Normalize a field element. */ +/** Normalize a field element. This brings the field element to a canonical representation, reduces + * its magnitude to 1, and reduces it modulo field size `p`. + */ static void secp256k1_fe_normalize(secp256k1_fe *r); -/** Weakly normalize a field element: reduce it magnitude to 1, but don't fully normalize. */ +/** Weakly normalize a field element: reduce its magnitude to 1, but don't fully normalize. */ static void secp256k1_fe_normalize_weak(secp256k1_fe *r); /** Normalize a field element, without constant-time guarantee. */ @@ -123,10 +125,10 @@ static void secp256k1_fe_to_storage(secp256k1_fe_storage *r, const secp256k1_fe /** Convert a field element back from the storage type. */ static void secp256k1_fe_from_storage(secp256k1_fe *r, const secp256k1_fe_storage *a); -/** If flag is true, set *r equal to *a; otherwise leave it. Constant-time. */ +/** If flag is true, set *r equal to *a; otherwise leave it. Constant-time. Both *r and *a must be initialized.*/ static void secp256k1_fe_storage_cmov(secp256k1_fe_storage *r, const secp256k1_fe_storage *a, int flag); -/** If flag is true, set *r equal to *a; otherwise leave it. Constant-time. */ +/** If flag is true, set *r equal to *a; otherwise leave it. Constant-time. Both *r and *a must be initialized.*/ static void secp256k1_fe_cmov(secp256k1_fe *r, const secp256k1_fe *a, int flag); #endif /* SECP256K1_FIELD_H */ |