PK, PubK, ETH, REV data typing

[Bill-Kunj]

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davidasamonye — Yesterday at 12:29 PM
@valentine @kunj what datatype do keys (public, private keys) use in Rust? (edited)
[12:30 PM]
Are we storing them as strings?
[12:31 PM]
How about addresses??

@davidasamonye
@valentine @kunj what datatype do keys (public, private keys) use in Rust? (edited)

Kunj — Yesterday at 12:52 PM
The data types should be in the Rust code

davidasamonye — Yesterday at 1:04 PM
I can see that they are all represented as strings, I was wondering if the addresses can be stored as something else

Kunj — Yesterday at 1:08 PM
I was thinking that we would eventually want individual types for the various representations, but we discussed delaying that until later. Maybe we should open an issue for it

davidasamonye — Yesterday at 1:09 PM
Okay

@davidasamonye
I can see that they are all represented as strings, I was wondering if the addresses can be stored as something else

Valentine — Yesterday at 1:12 PM
Why would we need a different data type? They are sent in as strings, and storing them as string is easier to work with and brings no extra complexity

@valentine
Why would we need a different data type? They are sent in as strings, and storing them as string is easier to work with and brings no extra complexity