[tor-commits] [tor/master] Cut the time to run the python ed25519 tests by a factor of ~6

nickm at torproject.org nickm at torproject.org
Thu Sep 25 19:12:41 UTC 2014


commit 698134176473e33ef001f05f67ff83755c45091f
Author: Nick Mathewson <nickm at torproject.org>
Date:   Sun Aug 31 19:45:56 2014 -0400

    Cut the time to run the python ed25519 tests by a factor of ~6
    
    I know it's pointless to optimize them, but I just can't let them
    spend all that time in expmod() when native python pow() does the same
    thing.
---
 src/test/ed25519_exts_ref.py |    4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/test/ed25519_exts_ref.py b/src/test/ed25519_exts_ref.py
index 199e1e1..0df5541 100644
--- a/src/test/ed25519_exts_ref.py
+++ b/src/test/ed25519_exts_ref.py
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
    Includes self-tester and test vector generator.
 """
 
+import slow_ed25519
 from slow_ed25519 import *
 
 import os
@@ -20,8 +21,7 @@ import binascii
 ell = l
 
 # This replaces expmod above and makes it go a lot faster.
-def expmod(b,e,m):
-    return pow(b,e,m)
+slow_ed25519.expmod = pow
 
 def curve25519ToEd25519(c, sign):
     u = decodeint(c)





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