Promises

[WEB3-GForce]

@bford
@jackowitzd2

This is the branch in which I am working on the cryptographic object for the insurance policy. I opened up this pull request to serve as a forum of discussion while I work. Please feel free to make comments/ suggestions as I develop.

[WEB3-GForce]

@bford

I finished my first attempt at trying to write BinaryMarshal/ BinaryUnmarshal for a cryptographic object (PromiseSignature). Before I move on to writing the marshalling code for Promise, it would be helpful if you could offer suggestions on how I handled the PromiseSignature marshalling. Could you look over the code when you get a chance?

[bford]

Unmarshal is typically spelled with only the U and not the M capitalized.

[WEB3-GForce]

Done.

[WEB3-GForce]

@bford

I responded to the changes you mentioned and asked some additional questions. I've altered the code to produce a new version. Could you look over them when you get a chance and let me know if you would like me to change the code more?

I'll proofread the documentation again after I've made all the changes you like

[WEB3-GForce]

@bford
@davidiw

I've added a few more features to Promise so that it could support the networking code properly. It now has all the features to support the first networking version.

The code has been tested and ready for merge after any additional reviews that you would like to do.

[bford]

William, just noticed - your comment-writing style is incompatible with godoc and produces all kinds of bad effects. See for example:

http://godoc.org/github.com/DeDiS/crypto/poly/promise

Can you fix this? You can start your own godoc server locally via:

'''godoc -http=:6060'''

and edit your code-comments appropriately until the resulting godoc output looks decent. Thanks!

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