From 432da102a14fe9ff22e37344e3c5dd483ea49e16 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Stainton <dstainton415@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 18 Apr 2024 21:41:23 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Cleanup the x448 wrapper

---
 nike/x448/x448.go | 17 ++++-------------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)

diff --git a/nike/x448/x448.go b/nike/x448/x448.go
index 2275d14..6a1cf71 100644
--- a/nike/x448/x448.go
+++ b/nike/x448/x448.go
@@ -155,12 +155,8 @@ func NewKeypair(rng io.Reader) (nike.PrivateKey, error) {
 	if count != x448.Size {
 		return nil, errors.New("read wrong number of bytes from rng")
 	}
-	keybytes := [x448.Size]byte{}
-	key := x448.Key(keybytes)
-	pubkey := &key
-
+	pubkey := new(x448.Key)
 	x448.KeyGen(pubkey, privkey)
-
 	mypubkey := &PublicKey{
 		pubBytes: pubkey,
 	}
@@ -189,14 +185,11 @@ func (p *PrivateKey) FromBytes(data []byte) error {
 		return errInvalidKey
 	}
 
-	keybytes := [x448.Size]byte{}
-	key := x448.Key(keybytes)
-	p.privBytes = &key
+	p.privBytes = new(x448.Key)
 	copy(p.privBytes[:], data)
 
-	pubkey := x448.Key([x448.Size]byte{})
 	p.pubKey = &PublicKey{
-		pubBytes: &pubkey,
+		pubBytes: new(x448.Key),
 	}
 	expG(p.pubKey.pubBytes, p.privBytes)
 	p.pubKey.rebuildB64String()
@@ -257,9 +250,7 @@ func (p *PublicKey) FromBytes(data []byte) error {
 		return errInvalidKey
 	}
 
-	keybytes := [x448.Size]byte{}
-	key := x448.Key(keybytes)
-	p.pubBytes = &key
+	p.pubBytes = new(x448.Key)
 	copy(p.pubBytes[:], data)
 	p.rebuildB64String()