Remove guarantees about memcmp-ability

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Andrew Poelstra 2016-08-26 18:03:48 +00:00
parent c5b32e16c4
commit 91219a1cc0
1 changed files with 4 additions and 10 deletions

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@ -47,11 +47,8 @@ typedef struct secp256k1_context_struct secp256k1_context;
* The exact representation of data inside is implementation defined and not
* guaranteed to be portable between different platforms or versions. It is
* however guaranteed to be 64 bytes in size, and can be safely copied/moved.
* If you need to convert to a format suitable for storage or transmission, use
* secp256k1_ec_pubkey_serialize and secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse.
*
* Furthermore, it is guaranteed that identical public keys (ignoring
* compression) will have identical representation, so they can be memcmp'ed.
* If you need to convert to a format suitable for storage, transmission, or
* comparison, use secp256k1_ec_pubkey_serialize and secp256k1_ec_pubkey_parse.
*/
typedef struct {
unsigned char data[64];
@ -62,12 +59,9 @@ typedef struct {
* The exact representation of data inside is implementation defined and not
* guaranteed to be portable between different platforms or versions. It is
* however guaranteed to be 64 bytes in size, and can be safely copied/moved.
* If you need to convert to a format suitable for storage or transmission, use
* the secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_* and
* If you need to convert to a format suitable for storage, transmission, or
* comparison, use the secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_* and
* secp256k1_ecdsa_signature_serialize_* functions.
*
* Furthermore, it is guaranteed to identical signatures will have identical
* representation, so they can be memcmp'ed.
*/
typedef struct {
unsigned char data[64];