Map-to-integer for ciphers? (edited)

29 Jul 2018

      For use of ciphers (SHA-256, RSA-2048, etc.), a type must be able to be injectively mapped to integers. It seems `Enum` is currently the closest thing that does this.

But `Enum` is supposed to be for arithmetic sequences, so it seems better to define a new typeclass. (Here named `Cipherable`)

Here, `Cipherable` has `deCipher :: Natural -> a` and `enCipher :: a -> Natural`.

There are some types that aren't members of `Enum`. For example, `Maybe`, `[]`, etc. They seem okay to be Cipherable. Hence:

{-# LANGUAGE ScopedTypeVariables #-}

instance Cipherable a => Cipherable (Maybe a) where
    deCipher 0 = Nothing
    deCipher n = Just (deCipher (n-1))
    enCipher Nothing  = 0
    enCipher (Just x) = 1 + enCipher x

instance forall a. (Cipherable a, Bounded a) => Cipherable [a] where
    deCipher 0 = []
    deCipher n = let
        (q,r) = (n-1) `quotRem` (1 + enCipher (maxBound :: a))
        in deCipher r : deCipher q
    enCipher []     = 0
    enCipher (x:xs) = 1 + enCipher x + (1 + enCipher (maxBound :: a)) * fromEnum xs

instance Cipherable Void where
    deCipher = errorWithoutStackTrace "Cipher.Cipherable.Void.deCipher"
    enCipher = absurd

(Besides, it is possible to re-write that of `[]` without ScopedTypeVariables? I see no way...)

Map-to-integer for ciphers? (edited)

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