core/python could be structured more like a Python module

[friedrichsenm]

After running config.py to configure the curves you want to use, if you want to build a module that relies on any of the curves and then write any code depending on that module, the dependencies are currently a little clunky.

In my case, I ended up copying each of the curve directories created by config.py to my project and put an __init__.py file inside each of the folders so that I could install each curve as a Python module. I also had to copy the constants.py file to any folder with code that relied on any of the configured elliptic curves. The example structure below is what I used. In the example, assume that module_code.py depends on bn254 and that test.py relies on module_code.py.

project
|       bn254
|       |        __init__.py
|       |        big.py
...
|       module
|       |       __init__.py
|       |       module_code.py
...
|       test
|       |       constants.py
|       |       test.py

If config.py could allow you to install the curves and any necessary constants as modules, it would be much easier to use in combination with other projects.

[wanfuse123]

can someone please post derailed install instructions for the c, c++, and python versions of this library? Lots of wasted potential for this because there is no directions! I appreciate any help greatly! For Linux please!

[mcarrickscott]

1. git clone https://github.com/miracl/core.git./Bnechtest 2. mkdir work 3. cd work 4. cp ../core/cpp/* . 5. python3 config64.py test 6. ./benchtest_all

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