feat: remove some occurrences of *fr.Element

pkg/binfile/constraint_set.go

@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ func allocateRegisters(cs *constraintSet, schema *hir.Schema) map[uint]uint {
 			// Check whether a type constraint required or not.
 			if c.MustProve && col_type.AsUint() != nil {
 				bound := col_type.AsUint().Bound()
-				schema.AddRangeConstraint(c.Handle, ctx, &hir.ColumnAccess{Column: cid, Shift: 0}, *bound)
+				schema.AddRangeConstraint(c.Handle, ctx, &hir.ColumnAccess{Column: cid, Shift: 0}, bound)
 			}
 		}
 	}

pkg/hir/parser.go

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ func (p *hirParser) parseColumnDeclaration(e sexp.SExp) error {
 	// Apply type constraint (if applicable)
 	if columnType.AsUint() != nil {
 		bound := columnType.AsUint().Bound()
-		p.env.schema.AddRangeConstraint(columnName, p.module, &ColumnAccess{cid, 0}, *bound)
+		p.env.schema.AddRangeConstraint(columnName, p.module, &ColumnAccess{cid, 0}, bound)
 	}
 	//
 	return nil

pkg/schema/type.go

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type UintType struct {
 	// The number of bits this type represents (e.g. 8 for u8, etc).
 	nbits uint
 	// The numeric bound of all values in this type (e.g. 2^8 for u8, etc).
-	bound *fr.Element
+	bound fr.Element
 }
 
 // NewUintType constructs a new integer type for a given bit width.
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ func NewUintType(nbits uint) *UintType {
 	bound := new(fr.Element)
 	bound.SetBigInt(&maxBigInt)
 
-	return &UintType{nbits, bound}
+	return &UintType{nbits, *bound}
 }
 
 // AsUint accesses this type assuming it is a Uint.  Since this is the case,
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ func (p *UintType) ByteWidth() uint {
 // Accept determines whether a given value is an element of this type.  For
 // example, 123 is an element of the type u8 whilst 256 is not.
 func (p *UintType) Accept(val fr.Element) bool {
-	return val.Cmp(p.bound) < 0
+	return val.Cmp(&p.bound) < 0
 }
 
 // BitWidth returns the bitwidth of this type.  For example, the
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ func (p *UintType) HasBound(bound uint) bool {
 }
 
 // Bound determines the actual bound for all values which are in this type.
-func (p *UintType) Bound() *fr.Element {
+func (p *UintType) Bound() fr.Element {
 	return p.bound
 }
 

pkg/util/arrays.go

@@ -48,22 +48,6 @@ func RemoveMatching[T any](items []T, predicate Predicate[T]) []T {
 	return items
 }
 
-// Equals returns true if both arrays contain equivalent elements.
-func Equals(lhs []*fr.Element, rhs []*fr.Element) bool {
-	if len(lhs) != len(rhs) {
-		return false
-	}
-
-	for i := 0; i < len(lhs); i++ {
-		// Check lengths match
-		if lhs[i].Cmp(rhs[i]) != 0 {
-			return false
-		}
-	}
-	//
-	return true
-}
-
 // Equals2d returns true if two 2D arrays are equal.
 func Equals2d(lhs [][]fr.Element, rhs [][]fr.Element) bool {
 	if len(lhs) != len(rhs) {