Re: Freezing and making available to js the mp_int bignum package API

2011-03-02 Thread Wan-Teh Chang
The inability to allocate mp_int variables on the stack is not as bad as it seems. This is because the 'dp' array inside an mp_int still needs to be allocated from the heap. An mp_new function can allocate the mp_int structure and the 'dp' array in one shot if the number of digits needed is known

Re: Freezing and making available to js the mp_int bignum package API

2011-03-02 Thread Robert Relyea
On 03/01/2011 08:43 AM, Jean-Marc Desperrier wrote: > Robert Relyea wrote: >> About the >> only use I could reasonable see for it would be to support PKCS #11 >> modules. > > The other use would be as an optimized base for a big num > implementation, and that's what the original distribution says :

Re: NSS in Summer of Code?

2011-03-02 Thread Robert Relyea
On 03/02/2011 03:28 PM, Wan-Teh Chang wrote: > On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Gervase Markham wrote: >> Usually, we prefer mentors to propose projects because then we know that the >> project is something the mentor is interested in mentoring, and we can >> assess the project as being of an appro

Re: NSS in Summer of Code?

2011-03-02 Thread Wan-Teh Chang
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 3:23 AM, Gervase Markham wrote: > > Usually, we prefer mentors to propose projects because then we know that the > project is something the mentor is interested in mentoring, and we can > assess the project as being of an appropriate size and complexity. Hi Gerv, Thank you

Re: NSS in Summer of Code?

2011-03-02 Thread Gervase Markham
On 01/03/11 19:30, Wan-Teh Chang wrote: I just expressed my interest in being a mentor for an NSS project on that page. Do mentors need to propose projects? I thought it's the students who should submit proposals as part of the applications. I think it's better that way because it implies the