Add size method to Circuit trait

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -7,6 +7,14 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
 
 ## [Unreleased]
 
+### Added
+
+- Add `size` method to the `Circuit` trait [#767]
+
+### Removed
+
+- Remove public parametes as parameters for circuit compression [#767]
+
 ## [0.15.0] - 2023-08-30
 
 ### Fixed

src/composer.rs

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ pub trait Composer: Sized + Index<Witness, Output = BlsScalar> {
         since = "13.0",
         note = "this function is meant for internal use. call `initialized` instead"
     )]
-    fn uninitialized(capacity: usize) -> Self;
+    fn uninitialized() -> Self;
 
     /// Constraints count
     fn constraints(&self) -> usize;
@@ -82,6 +82,22 @@ pub trait Composer: Sized + Index<Witness, Output = BlsScalar> {
     /// PLONK runtime controller
     fn runtime(&mut self) -> &mut Runtime;
 
+    /// Initialize the constraint system with dummy gates
+    fn initialized() -> Self {
+        #[allow(deprecated)]
+        let mut slf = Self::uninitialized();
+
+        let zero = slf.append_witness(0);
+        let one = slf.append_witness(1);
+
+        slf.assert_equal_constant(zero, 0, None);
+        slf.assert_equal_constant(one, 1, None);
+
+        slf.append_dummy_gates();
+
+        slf
+    }
+
     /// Allocate a witness value into the composer and return its index.
     fn append_witness<W: Into<BlsScalar>>(&mut self, witness: W) -> Witness {
         let witness = witness.into();
@@ -378,23 +394,6 @@ pub trait Composer: Sized + Index<Witness, Output = BlsScalar> {
         Ok(WitnessPoint::new(acc_x, acc_y))
     }
 
-    /// Initialize the constraint system with dummy gates
-    fn initialized(capacity: usize) -> Self {
-        #[allow(deprecated)]
-        let mut slf = Self::uninitialized(capacity);
-
-        let zero = slf.append_witness(0);
-        let one = slf.append_witness(1);
-
-        slf.assert_equal_constant(zero, 0, None);
-        slf.assert_equal_constant(one, 1, None);
-
-        slf.append_dummy_gates();
-        slf.append_dummy_gates();
-
-        slf
-    }
-
     /// Append a new width-4 poly gate/constraint.
     ///
     /// The constraint added will enforce the following:
@@ -1051,7 +1050,7 @@ pub trait Composer: Sized + Index<Witness, Output = BlsScalar> {
     where
         C: Circuit,
     {
-        let mut builder = Self::initialized(constraints);
+        let mut builder = Self::initialized();
 
         circuit.circuit(&mut builder)?;
 

src/composer/builder.rs

@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ impl ops::Index<Witness> for Builder {
 }
 
 impl Composer for Builder {
-    fn uninitialized(capacity: usize) -> Self {
+    fn uninitialized() -> Self {
         Self {
-            constraints: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),
+            constraints: Vec::new(),
             public_inputs: HashMap::new(),
-            witnesses: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),
+            witnesses: Vec::new(),
             perm: Permutation::new(),
-            runtime: Runtime::with_capacity(capacity),
+            runtime: Runtime::new(),
         }
     }
 

src/composer/circuit.rs

@@ -16,4 +16,16 @@ pub trait Circuit: Default {
     fn circuit<C>(&self, composer: &mut C) -> Result<(), Error>
     where
         C: Composer;
+
+    /// Returns the size of the circuit.
+    fn size<C>(&self) -> usize
+    where
+        C: Composer,
+    {
+        let mut composer = C::initialized();
+        match self.circuit(&mut composer) {
+            Ok(_) => composer.constraints(),
+            Err(_) => 0,
+        }
+    }
 }

src/composer/compiler.rs

@@ -35,9 +35,7 @@ impl Compiler {
     where
         C: Circuit,
     {
-        let max_size = Self::max_size(pp);
-        let mut builder = Builder::initialized(max_size);
-
+        let mut builder = Builder::initialized();
         C::default().circuit(&mut builder)?;
 
         Self::compile_with_builder(pp, label, &builder)
@@ -54,9 +52,7 @@ impl Compiler {
     where
         C: Circuit,
     {
-        let max_size = Self::max_size(pp);
-        let mut builder = Builder::initialized(max_size);
-
+        let mut builder = Builder::initialized();
         circuit.circuit(&mut builder)?;
 
         Self::compile_with_builder(pp, label, &builder)
@@ -65,14 +61,11 @@ impl Compiler {
     /// Return a bytes representation of a compressed circuit, capable of
     /// generating its prover and verifier instances.
     #[cfg(feature = "alloc")]
-    pub fn compress<C>(pp: &PublicParameters) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>
+    pub fn compress<C>() -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>
     where
         C: Circuit,
     {
-        compress::CompressedCircuit::from_circuit::<C>(
-            pp,
-            compress::Version::V2,
-        )
+        compress::CompressedCircuit::from_circuit::<C>(compress::Version::V2)
     }
 
     /// Generates a [Prover] and [Verifier] from a buffer created by
@@ -85,11 +78,6 @@ impl Compiler {
         compress::CompressedCircuit::from_bytes(pp, label, compressed)
     }
 
-    /// Returns the maximum constraints length for the parameters.
-    fn max_size(pp: &PublicParameters) -> usize {
-        (pp.commit_key.powers_of_g.len() - 1) >> 1
-    }
-
     /// Create a new arguments set from a given circuit instance
     ///
     /// Use the default implementation of the circuit

src/composer/compiler/compress.rs

@@ -89,19 +89,15 @@ pub struct CompressedCircuit {
     witnesses: usize,
     scalars: Vec<[u8; BlsScalar::SIZE]>,
     polynomials: Vec<CompressedPolynomial>,
-    circuit: Vec<CompressedConstraint>,
+    constraints: Vec<CompressedConstraint>,
 }
 
 impl CompressedCircuit {
-    pub fn from_circuit<C>(
-        pp: &PublicParameters,
-        version: Version,
-    ) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>
+    pub fn from_circuit<C>(version: Version) -> Result<Vec<u8>, Error>
     where
         C: Circuit,
     {
-        let max_size = Compiler::max_size(pp);
-        let mut builder = Builder::initialized(max_size);
+        let mut builder = Builder::initialized();
         C::default().circuit(&mut builder)?;
         Ok(Self::from_builder(version, builder))
     }
@@ -114,11 +110,11 @@ impl CompressedCircuit {
         let witnesses = builder.witnesses.len();
         let polynomials = builder.constraints;
 
-        let circuit = polynomials.into_iter();
+        let constraints = polynomials.into_iter();
         let mut scalars = version.into_scalars();
         let base_scalars_len = scalars.len();
         let mut polynomials = HashMap::new();
-        let circuit = circuit
+        let constraints = constraints
             .map(
                 |Polynomial {
                      q_m,
@@ -213,12 +209,12 @@ impl CompressedCircuit {
             witnesses,
             scalars,
             polynomials,
-            circuit,
+            constraints,
         };
         let mut buf = Vec::with_capacity(
             1 + compressed.scalars.len() * BlsScalar::SIZE
                 + compressed.polynomials.len() * 88
-                + compressed.circuit.len() * 40,
+                + compressed.constraints.len() * 40,
         );
         compressed.pack(&mut buf);
         miniz_oxide::deflate::compress_to_vec(&buf, 10)
@@ -239,7 +235,7 @@ impl CompressedCircuit {
                 witnesses,
                 scalars,
                 polynomials,
-                circuit,
+                constraints,
             },
         ) = Self::unpack(&compressed)
             .map_err(|_| Error::InvalidCompressedCircuit)?;
@@ -258,7 +254,7 @@ impl CompressedCircuit {
         #[allow(deprecated)]
         // we use `uninitialized` because the decompressor will also contain the
         // dummy constraints, if they were part of the prover when encoding.
-        let mut builder = Builder::uninitialized(circuit.len());
+        let mut builder = Builder::uninitialized();
 
         let mut pi = 0;
         (0..witnesses).for_each(|_| {
@@ -274,7 +270,7 @@ impl CompressedCircuit {
                 w_d,
                 w_o,
             },
-        ) in circuit.into_iter().enumerate()
+        ) in constraints.into_iter().enumerate()
         {
             let CompressedPolynomial {
                 q_m,

src/debugger.rs

@@ -181,6 +181,13 @@ impl Debugger {
         }
     }
 
+    pub(crate) fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            witnesses: Vec::new(),
+            constraints: Vec::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
     pub(crate) fn with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> Self {
         Self {
             witnesses: Vec::with_capacity(capacity),

src/runtime.rs

@@ -42,6 +42,15 @@ pub struct Runtime {
 }
 
 impl Runtime {
+    /// Create a new PLONK runtime
+    #[allow(unused_variables)]
+    pub fn new() -> Self {
+        Self {
+            #[cfg(feature = "debug")]
+            debugger: Debugger::new(),
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Create a new PLONK runtime with the provided capacity
     #[allow(unused_variables)]
     pub fn with_capacity(capacity: usize) -> Self {

tests/composer.rs

@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ fn circuit_with_all_gates() {
     let (prover, verifier) = Compiler::compile::<DummyCircuit>(&pp, label)
         .expect("failed to compile circuit");
 
-    let compressed = Compiler::compress::<DummyCircuit>(&pp)
+    let compressed = Compiler::compress::<DummyCircuit>()
         .expect("failed to compress circuit");
 
     let (decompressed_prover, decompressed_verifier) =