Add cyclic group abstraction, with test code. Separate off exponentation

[u/mdw/catacomb] / mpmont.h

diff --git a/mpmont.h b/mpmont.h
index 58b051b..913f6f5 100644 (file)
--- a/mpmont.h
+++ b/mpmont.h
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /* -*-c-*-
  *
- * $Id: mpmont.h,v 1.6 2002/01/13 13:49:25 mdw Exp $
+ * $Id: mpmont.h,v 1.7 2004/04/01 12:50:09 mdw Exp $
  *
  * Montgomery reduction
  *
@@ -30,6 +30,13 @@
 /*----- Revision history --------------------------------------------------* 
  *
  * $Log: mpmont.h,v $
+ * Revision 1.7  2004/04/01 12:50:09  mdw
+ * Add cyclic group abstraction, with test code.  Separate off exponentation
+ * functions for better static linking.  Fix a buttload of bugs on the way.
+ * Generally ensure that negative exponents do inversion correctly.  Add
+ * table of standard prime-field subgroups.  (Binary field subgroups are
+ * currently unimplemented but easy to add if anyone ever finds a good one.)
+ *
  * Revision 1.6  2002/01/13 13:49:25  mdw
  * Make @const@-correct.
  *
@@ -189,7 +196,7 @@ extern mp *mpmont_exp(mpmont */*mm*/, mp */*d*/, mp */*a*/, mp */*e*/);
  *
  * Arguments:  @mpmont *mm@ = pointer to Montgomery reduction context
  *             @mp *d@ = fake destination
- *             @mp_expfactor *f@ = pointer to array of factors
+ *             @const mp_expfactor *f@ = pointer to array of factors
  *             @size_t n@ = number of factors supplied
  *
  * Returns:    If the bases are %$g_0, g_1, \ldots, g_{n-1}$% and the
@@ -203,7 +210,7 @@ extern mp *mpmont_exp(mpmont */*mm*/, mp */*d*/, mp */*a*/, mp */*e*/);
  */
 
 extern mp *mpmont_mexpr(mpmont */*mm*/, mp */*d*/,
-                       mp_expfactor */*f*/, size_t /*n*/);
+                       const mp_expfactor */*f*/, size_t /*n*/);
 
 /* --- @mpmont_mexp@ --- *
  *