From b8fa5ec3e0c5c1a26f12411a9bac0be3b4ef3d20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Isis Lovecruft <isis@patternsinthevoid.net>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2018 02:07:15 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add constructors for compressed points from slices.

---
 src/edwards.rs   | 15 +++++++++++++++
 src/ristretto.rs | 13 +++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 28 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/edwards.rs b/src/edwards.rs
index 68e6b9f..919bcb1 100644
--- a/src/edwards.rs
+++ b/src/edwards.rs
@@ -271,6 +271,21 @@ impl Default for CompressedEdwardsY {
     }
 }
 
+impl CompressedEdwardsY {
+    /// Construct a `CompressedEdwardsY` from a slice of bytes.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// If the input `bytes` slice does not have a length of 32.
+    pub fn from_slice(bytes: &[u8]) -> CompressedEdwardsY {
+        let mut tmp = [0u8; 32];
+
+        tmp.copy_from_slice(bytes);
+
+        CompressedEdwardsY(tmp)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Identity for EdwardsPoint {
     fn identity() -> EdwardsPoint {
         EdwardsPoint{ X: FieldElement::zero(),
diff --git a/src/ristretto.rs b/src/ristretto.rs
index 92c0b39..b606c9a 100644
--- a/src/ristretto.rs
+++ b/src/ristretto.rs
@@ -213,6 +213,19 @@ impl CompressedRistretto {
         &self.0
     }
 
+    /// Construct a `CompressedRistretto` from a slice of bytes.
+    ///
+    /// # Panics
+    ///
+    /// If the input `bytes` slice does not have a length of 32.
+    pub fn from_slice(bytes: &[u8]) -> CompressedRistretto {
+        let mut tmp = [0u8; 32];
+
+        tmp.copy_from_slice(bytes);
+
+        CompressedRistretto(tmp)
+    }
+
     /// Attempt to decompress to an `RistrettoPoint`.
     ///
     /// # Return