impl (From<u32>, Hash, Ord) for Scalar

src/g1.rs

@@ -1538,7 +1538,7 @@ fn test_mul_by_x() {
     };
     assert_eq!(generator.mul_by_x(), generator * x);
 
-    let point = G1Projective::generator() * Scalar::from(42);
+    let point = G1Projective::generator() * Scalar::from(42u64);
     assert_eq!(point.mul_by_x(), point * x);
 }
 
@@ -1588,7 +1588,7 @@ fn test_clear_cofactor() {
 
     // in BLS12-381 the cofactor in G1 can be
     // cleared multiplying by (1-x)
-    let h_eff = Scalar::from(1) + Scalar::from(crate::BLS_X);
+    let h_eff = Scalar::from(1u64) + Scalar::from(crate::BLS_X);
     assert_eq!(point.clear_cofactor(), point * h_eff);
 }
 

src/scalar.rs

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ use crate::util::{adc, mac, sbb};
 // The internal representation of this type is four 64-bit unsigned
 // integers in little-endian order. `Scalar` values are always in
 // Montgomery form; i.e., Scalar(a) = aR mod q, with R = 2^256.
-#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq)]
+#[derive(Clone, Copy, Eq, Hash)]
 pub struct Scalar(pub(crate) [u64; 4]);
 
 impl fmt::Debug for Scalar {
@@ -37,6 +37,12 @@ impl fmt::Display for Scalar {
     }
 }
 
+impl From<u32> for Scalar {
+    fn from(val: u32) -> Scalar {
+        Scalar([val as u64, 0, 0, 0]) * R2
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<u64> for Scalar {
     fn from(val: u64) -> Scalar {
         Scalar([val, 0, 0, 0]) * R2
@@ -59,6 +65,22 @@ impl PartialEq for Scalar {
     }
 }
 
+impl Ord for Scalar {
+    fn cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> core::cmp::Ordering {
+        let mut self_bytes = self.0;
+        let mut other_bytes = other.0;
+        &self_bytes.reverse();
+        &other_bytes.reverse();
+        self_bytes.cmp(&other_bytes)
+    }
+}
+
+impl PartialOrd for Scalar {
+    fn partial_cmp(&self, other: &Self) -> Option<core::cmp::Ordering> {
+        Some(self.cmp(other))
+    }
+}
+
 impl ConditionallySelectable for Scalar {
     fn conditional_select(a: &Self, b: &Self, choice: Choice) -> Self {
         Scalar([
@@ -1231,3 +1253,21 @@ fn test_double() {
 
     assert_eq!(a.double(), a + a);
 }
+
+#[test]
+fn test_ord() {
+    assert!(Scalar::one() > Scalar::zero());
+    let x = Scalar::from_raw([
+        0x0000_0000_0000_0000,
+        0x0000_0000_0000_0000,
+        0x1111_1111_1111_1111,
+        0x1111_1111_1111_1111,
+    ]);
+    let y = Scalar::from_raw([
+        0x1111_1111_1111_1111,
+        0x0000_0000_0000_0000,
+        0x1111_1111_1111_1111,
+        0x0000_0000_0000_0000,
+    ]);
+    assert!(y < x);
+}