From 44ec22be422f6b3d5c7132666ae1700c53eccf20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jeffro256 <jeffro256@tutanota.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2026 19:14:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] crypto: get generators return ref

---
 src/crypto/generators.cpp | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 src/crypto/generators.h   | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
 2 files changed, 30 insertions(+), 30 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/crypto/generators.cpp b/src/crypto/generators.cpp
index 80c6e9f9e..f2fbd4bc7 100644
--- a/src/crypto/generators.cpp
+++ b/src/crypto/generators.cpp
@@ -227,86 +227,86 @@ static void init_gens()
     });
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-public_key get_G()
+const public_key &get_G()
 {
     return G;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-public_key get_H()
+const public_key &get_H()
 {
     return H;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-public_key get_T()
+const public_key &get_T()
 {
     return T;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-public_key get_U()
+const public_key &get_U()
 {
     return U;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-public_key get_V()
+const public_key &get_V()
 {
     return V;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_p3 get_G_p3()
+const ge_p3 &get_G_p3()
 {
     init_gens();
     return G_p3;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_p3 get_H_p3()
+const ge_p3 &get_H_p3()
 {
     init_gens();
     return H_p3;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_p3 get_T_p3()
+const ge_p3 &get_T_p3()
 {
     init_gens();
     return T_p3;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_p3 get_U_p3()
+const ge_p3 &get_U_p3()
 {
     init_gens();
     return U_p3;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_p3 get_V_p3()
+const ge_p3 &get_V_p3()
 {
     init_gens();
     return V_p3;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_cached get_G_cached()
+const ge_cached &get_G_cached()
 {
     init_gens();
     return G_cached;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_cached get_H_cached()
+const ge_cached &get_H_cached()
 {
     init_gens();
     return H_cached;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_cached get_T_cached()
+const ge_cached &get_T_cached()
 {
     init_gens();
     return T_cached;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_cached get_U_cached()
+const ge_cached &get_U_cached()
 {
     init_gens();
     return U_cached;
 }
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-ge_cached get_V_cached()
+const ge_cached &get_V_cached()
 {
     init_gens();
     return V_cached;
diff --git a/src/crypto/generators.h b/src/crypto/generators.h
index 8e2995a0a..56412dc23 100644
--- a/src/crypto/generators.h
+++ b/src/crypto/generators.h
@@ -37,20 +37,20 @@ extern "C"
 namespace crypto
 {
 
-public_key get_G();
-public_key get_H();
-public_key get_T();
-public_key get_U();
-public_key get_V();
-ge_p3 get_G_p3();
-ge_p3 get_H_p3();
-ge_p3 get_T_p3();
-ge_p3 get_U_p3();
-ge_p3 get_V_p3();
-ge_cached get_G_cached();
-ge_cached get_H_cached();
-ge_cached get_T_cached();
-ge_cached get_U_cached();
-ge_cached get_V_cached();
+const public_key &get_G();
+const public_key &get_H();
+const public_key &get_T();
+const public_key &get_U();
+const public_key &get_V();
+const ge_p3 &get_G_p3();
+const ge_p3 &get_H_p3();
+const ge_p3 &get_T_p3();
+const ge_p3 &get_U_p3();
+const ge_p3 &get_V_p3();
+const ge_cached &get_G_cached();
+const ge_cached &get_H_cached();
+const ge_cached &get_T_cached();
+const ge_cached &get_U_cached();
+const ge_cached &get_V_cached();
 
 } //namespace crypto