Merge #713: Docstrings

dabfea7e217b129d10f0f787722626f388dddb5a field: extend docstring of secp256k1_fe_normalize (Marko Bencun)
dc7d8fd9e2576c399a7ed25aa98b0f23ffac6766 scalar: extend docstring of secp256k1_scalar_set_b32 (Marko Bencun)

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#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. */

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@ -32,7 +32,11 @@ static unsigned int secp256k1_scalar_get_bits(const secp256k1_scalar *a, unsigne
/** Access bits from a scalar. Not constant time. */
static unsigned int secp256k1_scalar_get_bits_var(const secp256k1_scalar *a, unsigned int offset, unsigned int count);
/** Set a scalar from a big endian byte array. */
/** Set a scalar from a big endian byte array. The scalar will be reduced modulo group order `n`.
* In: bin: pointer to a 32-byte array.
* Out: r: scalar to be set.
* overflow: non-zero if the scalar was bigger or equal to `n` before reduction, zero otherwise (can be NULL).
*/
static void secp256k1_scalar_set_b32(secp256k1_scalar *r, const unsigned char *bin, int *overflow);
/** Set a scalar to an unsigned integer. */