From ed3d3cbba5629e18335dd541ef217107c6fbd5c6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Chris Duncan <chris@zoso.dev>
Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:25:22 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Pass ge object instead of pointer for A.

---
 src/assembly/crypto_verify.ts | 7 +++----
 src/assembly/index.ts         | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/assembly/crypto_verify.ts b/src/assembly/crypto_verify.ts
index d2876f5..b10df30 100644
--- a/src/assembly/crypto_verify.ts
+++ b/src/assembly/crypto_verify.ts
@@ -24,10 +24,9 @@ const check_r = new StaticArray<u8>(32)
  * Verify public key `pub` can be decoded.
  * @returns 0 if public key fails to decode, else return pointer to A
  */
-export function crypto_verify_decodepubkey (pub: StaticArray<u8>): usize {
+export function crypto_verify_decodepubkey (pub: StaticArray<u8>): ge_p3 | null {
 	// fail if public key cannot be decoded
-	if (ge_frombytes_negate_vartime(A, pub) != 0) return 0
-	return changetype<usize>(A)
+	return (ge_frombytes_negate_vartime(A, pub) != 0) ? null : A
 }
 
 /**
@@ -43,7 +42,7 @@ export function crypto_verify_decodepubkey (pub: StaticArray<u8>): usize {
  * set `A` for the scalar multiplication step before checking `sB = R + hA`.
  * @returns -1 if signature fails to verify, else return 0 if signature is good
  */
-export function crypto_verify_relaxed (s: StaticArray<u8>, M: StaticArray<u8>, A: usize, pub: StaticArray<u8>): i32 {
+export function crypto_verify_relaxed (s: StaticArray<u8>, M: StaticArray<u8>, A: ge_p3, pub: StaticArray<u8>): i32 {
 
 	// fail if private scalar `S` is out of range (`2²⁵³ ≤ S`)
 	if ((s[63] & 224) != 0) return -1
diff --git a/src/assembly/index.ts b/src/assembly/index.ts
index c66fd8b..8905fad 100644
--- a/src/assembly/index.ts
+++ b/src/assembly/index.ts
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ export function verify_blocks (count: i32): void {
 
 	// Verify public key before proceeding with signature verification
 	const A = crypto_verify_decodepubkey(pub)
-	if (A != 0) {
+	if (A != null) {
 		// Iterate over block signature/hash pairs
 		for (let i = 0, ptr = changetype<usize>(INPUT_MSG); i < count; i++, ptr += SIGNEDBLOCK_BYTELENGTH) {
 			// Copy block signature/hash from message buffer to locals
-- 
2.52.0