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                                            Tony Arcieri

Use macros for boilerplate documentation?

This approach wouldn’t work with README.md files

Use macros for boilerplate documentation?

I put the usage docs where they are already because I like for the README.md to be a high-level overview and for the detailed usage docs to be in the...

Use macros for boilerplate documentation?

I think we've received a lot of complaints about people having trouble trying to find the documentation when they have to click through to the trait crate, and then the...

Use macros for boilerplate documentation?

I was making a general comment on the overall state of the documentation across the project. I can’t say I’ve specifically heard people complain about `aead`. One comment I’ve seen...

Use macros for boilerplate documentation?

I'll note a big disadvantage of trying to put *all documentation* in README.md as opposed to splitting out e.g. usage details into standard rustdoc is you can't use intra-doc links,...

Use macros for boilerplate documentation?

I strongly disagree. People get confused by not having documentation that's directly relevant and applicable to their crates, with copy-paste examples that Just Work. Trying to put all of the...

Handling of algorithms which support variable key sizes

For `serpent` specifically I was thinking of adding a typed wrapper like `SerpentN` which is just a newtype for `Serpent` but generic around a phantom key size (and maybe a...

Handling of algorithms which support variable key sizes

Sure, sounds good

`cargo-audit` fails its own `cargo audit bin`

There was a self-audit as part of the test suite but it was removed at some point. In lieu of that we can probably try to dogfood `rustsec/audit-check`

[WIP] curve: enable the `unreachable_pub` lint

Note: I only ran `cargo fix` on the 64-bit soft backend. There's so much conditional compilation it might be a bit difficult to track down all the places this lint...