Add ConstantTimeSelect trait
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We can't impl `subtle::ConditionallySelectable` for `Boxed*` types due to a bound on `Copy`. I've proposed various ways to try to fix this upstream, e.g. dalek-cryptography/subtle#118, from which the `ConstantTimeSelect` trait has been extracted. It provides the same API as `ConditionallySelectable` but without the `Copy` bound. A blanket impl of `ConstantTimeSelect` for all `ConditionallySelectable` types means that all stack allocated types can continue to use `ConditionallySelectable` and will receive an impl of `ConstantTimeSelect` as well. A bound on `ConstantTimeSelect` has been added to the `Integer` trait as well, allowing it to be used on all `*Uint` types in this crate with `Integer` as the trait abstraction.
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This of course doesn't work with the |
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Merging this so we have some sort of trait-based abstraction over these types |
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We can't impl
subtle::ConditionallySelectableforBoxed*types due to a bound onCopy.I've proposed various ways to try to fix this upstream, e.g. dalek-cryptography/subtle#118, from which the
ConstantTimeSelecttrait has been extracted. It provides the same API asConditionallySelectablebut without theCopybound.A blanket impl of
ConstantTimeSelectfor allConditionallySelectabletypes means that all stack allocated types can continue to useConditionallySelectableand will receive an impl ofConstantTimeSelectas well.A bound on
ConstantTimeSelecthas been added to theIntegertrait as well, allowing it to be used on all*Uinttypes in this crate withIntegeras the trait abstraction.