Remove use of tr1 entirely from gfpmath.

Remove a handful of tests which were based on testing the sharing
aspects, which are gone now; everything is based on value copies.

All tests pass on x86-64 with GCC. Valgrind output looks clean too.

8 files changed, 298 insertions, 911 deletions

diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.cpp
index 9a3ffd482..cf687b6ab 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 * Elliptic curves over GF(p)
 *
 * (C) 2007 Martin Doering, Christoph Ludwig, Falko Strenzke
-*     2008 Jack Lloyd
+*     2008-2010 Jack Lloyd
 *
 * Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
 */
@@ -14,147 +14,40 @@
 
 namespace Botan {
 
-void CurveGFp::set_shrd_mod(const std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> mod)
-   {
-   mp_mod = mod;
-   mA.turn_off_sp_red_mul();// m.m. is not needed, must be trf. back
-   mB.turn_off_sp_red_mul();// m.m. is not needed, must be trf. back
-   //ok, above we destroy any evantually computated montg. mult. values,
-   // but that won't influence performance in usual applications
-   mA.set_shrd_mod(mod);
-   mB.set_shrd_mod(mod);
-   }
-
 CurveGFp::CurveGFp(const GFpElement& a, const GFpElement& b,
-                   const BigInt& p)
-   : 	mA(a),
-        mB(b)
+                   const BigInt& p) :
+   modulus(p), mA(a), mB(b),
+   mres_a(mA), mres_b(mB), mres_one(p, 1)
    {
-   if(!((p == mA.get_p()) && (p == mB.get_p())))
-      {
+   if(p != mA.get_p() || p != mB.get_p())
       throw Invalid_Argument("could not construct curve: moduli of arguments differ");
-      }
-   std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> p_mod = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus>(new GFpModulus(p));
-   // the above is the creation of the GFpModuls object which will be shared point-wide
-   // (in the context of a point of course)
-   set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   }
-// copy constructor
-CurveGFp::CurveGFp(const CurveGFp& other)
-   :	mA(other.get_a()),
-        mB(other.get_b())
-   {
-   mp_mod = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus>(new GFpModulus(*other.mp_mod));
-   assert(mp_mod->p_equal_to(mA.get_p()));
-   assert(mp_mod->p_equal_to(mB.get_p()));
-   set_shrd_mod(mp_mod);
-   if(other.mp_mres_a.get())
-      {
-      mp_mres_a = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(*other.mp_mres_a));
-      }
-   if(other.mp_mres_b.get())
-      {
-      mp_mres_b = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(*other.mp_mres_b));
-      }
-   if(other.mp_mres_one.get())
-      {
-      mp_mres_one = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(*other.mp_mres_one));
-      }
-
-   }
 
-// assignment operator
-const CurveGFp& CurveGFp::operator=(const CurveGFp& other)
-   {
-   // for exception safety...
-   GFpElement a_tmp = other.mA;
-   GFpElement b_tmp = other.mB;
-   mA.swap(a_tmp);
-   mB.swap(b_tmp);
-
-   std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> p_mod = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus>(new GFpModulus(*other.mp_mod));
-   set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-
-   // exception safety note: no problem if we have a throw from here on...
-   if(other.mp_mres_a.get())
-      {
-      mp_mres_a = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(*other.mp_mres_a));
-      }
-   if(other.mp_mres_b.get())
-      {
-      mp_mres_b = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(*other.mp_mres_b));
-      }
-   if(other.mp_mres_one.get())
-      {
-      mp_mres_one = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(*other.mp_mres_one));
-      }
-   return *this;
-   }
-
-// getters
-const GFpElement& CurveGFp::get_a() const
-   {
-   return mA;
-   }
+   mres_a.turn_on_sp_red_mul();
+   mres_a.get_mres();
 
-const GFpElement& CurveGFp::get_b() const
-   {
-   return mB;
-   }
+   mres_b.turn_on_sp_red_mul();
+   mres_b.get_mres();
 
-const BigInt CurveGFp::get_p() const
-   {
-   assert(mp_mod.get() != 0);
-   return mp_mod->get_p();
+   mres_one.turn_on_sp_red_mul();
+   mres_one.get_mres();
    }
 
 // swaps the states of *this and other, does not throw
 void CurveGFp::swap(CurveGFp& other)
    {
-   mA.swap(other.mA);
-   mB.swap(other.mB);
-   mp_mod.swap(other.mp_mod);
-   std::swap(mp_mres_a, other.mp_mres_a);
-   std::swap(mp_mres_b, other.mp_mres_b);
-   std::swap(mp_mres_one, other.mp_mres_one);
-   }
-
-GFpElement const CurveGFp::get_mres_a() const
-   {
-   if(mp_mres_a.get() == 0)
-      {
-      mp_mres_a = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(mA));
-      mp_mres_a->turn_on_sp_red_mul();
-      mp_mres_a->get_mres();
-      }
-   return GFpElement(*mp_mres_a);
-   }
-
-GFpElement const CurveGFp::get_mres_b() const
-   {
-   if(mp_mres_b.get() == 0)
-      {
-      mp_mres_b = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(mB));
-      mp_mres_b->turn_on_sp_red_mul();
-      mp_mres_b->get_mres();
-      }
-   return GFpElement(*mp_mres_b);
-   }
-
-std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement const> const CurveGFp::get_mres_one() const
-   {
-   if(mp_mres_one.get() == 0)
-      {
-      mp_mres_one = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement>(new GFpElement(mp_mod->get_p(), 1));
-      mp_mres_one->turn_on_sp_red_mul();
-      mp_mres_one->get_mres();
-      }
-   return mp_mres_one;
+   std::swap(mA, other.mA);
+   std::swap(mB, other.mB);
+   std::swap(modulus, other.modulus);
+   std::swap(mres_a, other.mres_a);
+   std::swap(mres_b, other.mres_b);
+   std::swap(mres_one, other.mres_one);
    }
 
 bool operator==(const CurveGFp& lhs, const CurveGFp& rhs)
    {
-   return (lhs.get_p() == rhs.get_p() && lhs.get_a() == rhs.get_a() && lhs.get_b() == rhs.get_b());
+   return (lhs.get_p() == rhs.get_p() &&
+           lhs.get_a() == rhs.get_a() &&
+           lhs.get_b() == rhs.get_b());
    }
 
 std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output, const CurveGFp& elem)
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.h b/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.h
index 53bbc1f3c..5641e80d1 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.h
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/curve_gfp.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 * Elliptic curves over GF(p)
 *
 * (C) 2007 Martin Doering, Christoph Ludwig, Falko Strenzke
+*     2010 Jack Lloyd
 *
 * Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
 */
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
 #ifndef BOTAN_GFP_CURVE_H__
 #define BOTAN_GFP_CURVE_H__
 
-#include <botan/bigint.h>
 #include <botan/gfp_element.h>
 #include <iosfwd>
 
@@ -31,28 +31,8 @@ class BOTAN_DLL CurveGFp
       CurveGFp(const GFpElement& a, const GFpElement& b,
                const BigInt& p);
 
-      /**
-      * Copy constructor
-      * @param other The curve to clone
-      */
-      CurveGFp(const CurveGFp& other);
-
-      /**
-      * Assignment operator
-      * @param other The curve to use as source for the assignment
-      */
-      const CurveGFp& operator=(const CurveGFp& other);
-
-      /**
-      * Set the shared GFpModulus object.
-      * Warning: do not use this function unless you know in detail how
-      * the sharing of values
-      * in the various EC related objects works.
-      * Do NOT spread pointers to a GFpModulus over different threads!
-      * @param mod a shared pointer to a GFpModulus object suitable for
-      * *this.
-      */
-      void set_shrd_mod(const std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> mod);
+      // CurveGFp(const CurveGFp& other) = default;
+      // CurveGFp& operator=(const CurveGFp& other) = default;
 
       // getters
 
@@ -60,13 +40,13 @@ class BOTAN_DLL CurveGFp
       * Get coefficient a
       * @result coefficient a
       */
-      const GFpElement& get_a() const;
+      const GFpElement& get_a() const { return mA; }
 
       /**
       * Get coefficient b
       * @result coefficient b
       */
-      const GFpElement& get_b() const;
+      const GFpElement& get_b() const { return mB; }
 
       /**
       * Get the GFpElement coefficient a  transformed
@@ -75,7 +55,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL CurveGFp
       * function.
       * @result the coefficient a, transformed to its m-residue
       */
-      GFpElement const get_mres_a() const;
+      const GFpElement& get_mres_a() const { return mres_a; }
 
       /**
       * Get the GFpElement coefficient b transformed
@@ -84,8 +64,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL CurveGFp
       * function.
       * @result the coefficient b, transformed to its m-residue
       */
-      GFpElement const get_mres_b() const;
-
+      const GFpElement& get_mres_b() const { return mres_b; }
 
       /**
       * Get the GFpElement 1  transformed
@@ -94,31 +73,13 @@ class BOTAN_DLL CurveGFp
       * function.
       * @result the GFpElement 1, transformed to its m-residue
       */
-      std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement const> const get_mres_one() const;
+      const GFpElement& get_mres_one() { return mres_one; }
 
       /**
       * Get prime modulus of the field of the curve
       * @result prime modulus of the field of the curve
       */
-      BigInt const get_p() const;
-      /*inline std::tr1::shared_ptr<BigInt> const get_ptr_p() const
-      {
-      return mp_p;
-      }*/
-
-      /**
-      * Retrieve a shared pointer to the curves GFpModulus object for
-      * efficient storage and computation of montgomery multiplication
-      * related data members and functions.  Warning: do not use this
-      * function unless you know in detail how the sharing of values
-      * in the various EC related objects works.  Do NOT spread
-      * pointers to a GFpModulus over different threads!
-      * @result a shared pointer to a GFpModulus object
-      */
-      inline std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> const get_ptr_mod() const
-         {
-         return mp_mod;
-         }
+      const BigInt& get_p() const { return modulus.get_p(); }
 
       /**
       * swaps the states of *this and other, does not throw
@@ -127,12 +88,10 @@ class BOTAN_DLL CurveGFp
       void swap(CurveGFp& other);
 
    private:
-      std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> mp_mod;
+      GFpModulus modulus;
       GFpElement mA;
       GFpElement mB;
-      mutable std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement> mp_mres_a;
-      mutable std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement> mp_mres_b;
-      mutable std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpElement> mp_mres_one;
+      GFpElement mres_a, mres_b, mres_one;
    };
 
 // relational operators
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp
index c76a4d020..7e660213e 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.cpp
@@ -166,39 +166,12 @@ BigInt montg_trf_to_ordres(const BigInt& m_res, const BigInt& m, const BigInt& r
 }
 
 GFpElement::GFpElement(const BigInt& p, const BigInt& value, bool use_montgm)
-   : mp_mod(),
-     m_value(value %p),
-     m_use_montgm(use_montgm),
-     m_is_trf(false)
-   {
-   assert(mp_mod.get() == 0);
-   mp_mod = std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus>(new GFpModulus(p));
-   assert(mp_mod->get_p_dash() == 0);
+   : modulus(p), m_value(value %p), m_use_montgm(use_montgm), m_is_trf(false)
+   {
    if(m_use_montgm)
       ensure_montgm_precomp();
    }
 
-GFpElement::GFpElement(std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> const mod, const BigInt& value, bool use_montgm)
-   : mp_mod(),
-     m_value(value % mod->get_p()),
-     m_use_montgm(use_montgm),
-     m_is_trf(false)
-   {
-   assert(mp_mod.get() == 0);
-   mp_mod = mod;
-   }
-
-GFpElement::GFpElement(const GFpElement& other)
-   : m_value(other.m_value),
-     m_use_montgm(other.m_use_montgm),
-     m_is_trf(other.m_is_trf)
-
-   {
-   //creates an independent copy
-   assert((other.m_is_trf && other.m_use_montgm) || !other.m_is_trf);
-   mp_mod.reset(new GFpModulus(*other.mp_mod)); // copy-ctor of GFpModulus
-   }
-
 void GFpElement::turn_on_sp_red_mul() const
    {
    ensure_montgm_precomp();
@@ -218,28 +191,23 @@ void GFpElement::turn_off_sp_red_mul() const
 
 void GFpElement::ensure_montgm_precomp() const
    {
-   if((!mp_mod->get_r().is_zero()) && (!mp_mod->get_r_inv().is_zero()) && (!mp_mod->get_p_dash().is_zero()))
+   if((!modulus.get_r().is_zero()) && (!modulus.get_r_inv().is_zero()) && (!modulus.get_p_dash().is_zero()))
       {
       // values are already set, nothing more to do
       }
    else
       {
-      BigInt tmp_r(montgm_calc_r_oddmod(mp_mod->get_p()));
+      BigInt tmp_r(montgm_calc_r_oddmod(modulus.get_p()));
 
-      BigInt tmp_r_inv(inverse_mod(tmp_r, mp_mod->get_p()));
+      BigInt tmp_r_inv(inverse_mod(tmp_r, modulus.get_p()));
 
-      BigInt tmp_p_dash(montgm_calc_m_dash(tmp_r, mp_mod->get_p(), tmp_r_inv));
+      BigInt tmp_p_dash(montgm_calc_m_dash(tmp_r, modulus.get_p(), tmp_r_inv));
 
-      mp_mod->reset_values(tmp_p_dash, tmp_r, tmp_r_inv);
+      modulus.reset_values(tmp_p_dash, tmp_r, tmp_r_inv);
       }
 
    }
 
-void GFpElement::set_shrd_mod(std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> const p_mod)
-   {
-   mp_mod = p_mod;
-   }
-
 void GFpElement::trf_to_mres() const
    {
    if(!m_use_montgm)
@@ -247,27 +215,27 @@ void GFpElement::trf_to_mres() const
       throw Illegal_Transformation("GFpElement is not allowed to be transformed to m-residue");
       }
    assert(m_is_trf == false);
-   assert(!mp_mod->get_r_inv().is_zero());
-   assert(!mp_mod->get_p_dash().is_zero());
-   m_value = montg_trf_to_mres(m_value, mp_mod->get_r(), mp_mod->get_p());
+   assert(!modulus.get_r_inv().is_zero());
+   assert(!modulus.get_p_dash().is_zero());
+   m_value = montg_trf_to_mres(m_value, modulus.get_r(), modulus.get_p());
    m_is_trf = true;
    }
 
 void GFpElement::trf_to_ordres() const
    {
    assert(m_is_trf == true);
-   m_value = montg_trf_to_ordres(m_value, mp_mod->get_p(), mp_mod->get_r_inv());
+   m_value = montg_trf_to_ordres(m_value, modulus.get_p(), modulus.get_r_inv());
    m_is_trf = false;
    }
 
 bool GFpElement::align_operands_res(const GFpElement& lhs, const GFpElement& rhs) //static
    {
-   assert(lhs.mp_mod->get_p() == rhs.mp_mod->get_p());
+   assert(lhs.modulus.get_p() == rhs.modulus.get_p());
    if(lhs.m_use_montgm && rhs.m_use_montgm)
       {
-      assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_p_dash() == lhs.mp_mod->get_p_dash());
-      assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_r() == lhs.mp_mod->get_r());
-      assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_r_inv() == lhs.mp_mod->get_r_inv());
+      assert(rhs.modulus.get_p_dash() == lhs.modulus.get_p_dash());
+      assert(rhs.modulus.get_r() == lhs.modulus.get_r());
+      assert(rhs.modulus.get_r_inv() == lhs.modulus.get_r_inv());
       if(!lhs.m_is_trf && !rhs.m_is_trf)
          {
          return false;
@@ -317,7 +285,7 @@ bool GFpElement::is_trf_to_mres() const
 
 const BigInt& GFpElement::get_p() const
    {
-   return (mp_mod->get_p());
+   return (modulus.get_p());
    }
 
 const BigInt& GFpElement::get_value() const
@@ -347,105 +315,17 @@ const BigInt& GFpElement::get_mres() const
    return m_value;
    }
 
-const GFpElement& GFpElement::operator=(const GFpElement& other)
-   {
-   m_value.grow_reg(other.m_value.size()); // grow first for exception safety
-
-   //m_value = other.m_value;
-
-   //              m_use_montgm = other.m_use_montgm;
-   //              m_is_trf = other.m_is_trf;
-   // we want to keep the member pointers, which might be part of a "sharing group"
-   // but we may not simply overwrite the BigInt values with those of the argument!!
-   // if ours already contains precomputations, it would be hazardous to
-   // set them back to zero.
-   // thus we first check for equality of the moduli,
-   // then whether either of the two objects already contains
-   // precomputed values.
-
-   // we also deal with the case were the pointers themsevles are equal:
-   if(mp_mod.get() == other.mp_mod.get())
-      {
-      // everything ok, we are in the same sharing group anyway, nothing to do
-      m_value = other.m_value; // cannot throw
-      m_use_montgm = other.m_use_montgm;
-      m_is_trf = other.m_is_trf;
-      return *this;
-      }
-   if(mp_mod->get_p() != other.mp_mod->get_p())
-      {
-      // the moduli are different, this is a special case
-      // which will not occur in usual applications,
-      // so we don´t hesitate to simply create new objects
-      // (we do want to create an independent copy)
-      mp_mod.reset(new GFpModulus(*other.mp_mod)); // this could throw,
-      // and because of this
-      // we haven't modified
-      // anything so far
-      m_value = other.m_value; // can't throw
-      m_use_montgm = other.m_use_montgm;
-      m_is_trf = other.m_is_trf;
-      return *this;
-      }
-   // exception safety note: from now on we are on the safe
-   // side with respect to the modulus,
-   // so we can assign the value now:
-   m_value = other.m_value;
-   m_use_montgm = other.m_use_montgm;
-   m_is_trf = other.m_is_trf;
-   // the moduli are equal, but we deal with different sharing groups.
-   // we will NOT fuse the sharing goups
-   // and we will NOT reset already precomputed values
-   if(mp_mod->has_precomputations())
-      {
-      // our own sharing group already has precomputed values,
-      // so nothing to do.
-      return *this;
-      }
-   else
-      {
-      // let´s see whether the argument has something for us...
-      if(other.mp_mod->has_precomputations())
-         {
-         // fetch them for our sharing group
-         // exc. safety note: grow first
-
-         mp_mod->reset_values(other.mp_mod->get_p_dash(),
-                              other.mp_mod->get_r(),
-                              other.mp_mod->get_r_inv());
-
-         return *this;
-         }
-      }
-   // our precomputations aren´t set, the arguments neither,
-   // so we let them alone
-   return *this;
-   }
-
-void GFpElement::share_assign(const GFpElement& other)
-   {
-   assert((other.m_is_trf && other.m_use_montgm) || !other.m_is_trf);
-
-   // use grow_to to make it exc safe
-   m_value.grow_reg(other.m_value.size());
-   m_value = other.m_value;
-
-   m_use_montgm = other.m_use_montgm;
-   m_is_trf = other.m_is_trf;
-   mp_mod = other.mp_mod; // cannot throw
-   }
-
 GFpElement& GFpElement::operator+=(const GFpElement& rhs)
    {
    GFpElement::align_operands_res(*this, rhs);
 
-   workspace = m_value;
+   BigInt workspace = m_value;
    workspace += rhs.m_value;
-   if(workspace >= mp_mod->get_p())
-      workspace -= mp_mod->get_p();
+   if(workspace >= modulus.get_p())
+      workspace -= modulus.get_p();
 
    m_value = workspace;
-   assert(m_value < mp_mod->get_p());
+   assert(m_value < modulus.get_p());
    assert(m_value >= 0);
 
    return *this;
@@ -455,39 +335,39 @@ GFpElement& GFpElement::operator-=(const GFpElement& rhs)
    {
    GFpElement::align_operands_res(*this, rhs);
 
-   workspace = m_value;
+   BigInt workspace = m_value;
 
    workspace -= rhs.m_value;
 
    if(workspace.is_negative())
-      workspace += mp_mod->get_p();
+      workspace += modulus.get_p();
 
    m_value = workspace;
-   assert(m_value < mp_mod->get_p());
+   assert(m_value < modulus.get_p());
    assert(m_value >= 0);
    return *this;
    }
 
 GFpElement& GFpElement::operator*= (u32bit rhs)
    {
-   workspace = m_value;
+   BigInt workspace = m_value;
    workspace *= rhs;
-   workspace %= mp_mod->get_p();
+   workspace %= modulus.get_p();
    m_value = workspace;
    return *this;
    }
 
 GFpElement& GFpElement::operator*=(const GFpElement& rhs)
    {
-   assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_p() == mp_mod->get_p());
+   assert(rhs.modulus.get_p() == modulus.get_p());
    // here, we do not use align_operands_res() for one simple reason:
    // we want to enforce the transformation to an m-residue, otherwise it would
   // never happen
    if(m_use_montgm && rhs.m_use_montgm)
       {
-      assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_p() == mp_mod->get_p()); // is montgm. mult is on, then precomps must be there
-      assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_p_dash() == mp_mod->get_p_dash());
-      assert(rhs.mp_mod->get_r() == mp_mod->get_r());
+      assert(rhs.modulus.get_p() == modulus.get_p()); // is montgm. mult is on, then precomps must be there
+      assert(rhs.modulus.get_p_dash() == modulus.get_p_dash());
+      assert(rhs.modulus.get_r() == modulus.get_r());
       if(!m_is_trf)
          {
          trf_to_mres();
@@ -496,8 +376,8 @@ GFpElement& GFpElement::operator*=(const GFpElement& rhs)
          {
          rhs.trf_to_mres();
          }
-      workspace = m_value;
-      montg_mult(m_value, workspace, rhs.m_value, mp_mod->get_p(), mp_mod->get_p_dash(), mp_mod->get_r());
+      BigInt workspace = m_value;
+      montg_mult(m_value, workspace, rhs.m_value, modulus.get_p(), modulus.get_p_dash(), modulus.get_r());
       }
    else // ordinary multiplication
       {
@@ -512,9 +392,9 @@ GFpElement& GFpElement::operator*=(const GFpElement& rhs)
          rhs.trf_to_ordres();
          }
 
-      workspace = m_value;
+      BigInt workspace = m_value;
       workspace *= rhs.m_value;
-      workspace %= mp_mod->get_p();
+      workspace %= modulus.get_p();
       m_value = workspace;
       }
    return *this;
@@ -524,18 +404,17 @@ GFpElement& GFpElement::operator/=(const GFpElement& rhs)
    {
    bool use_mres = GFpElement::align_operands_res(*this, rhs);
    assert((this->m_is_trf && rhs.m_is_trf) || !(this->m_is_trf && rhs.m_is_trf));
-   // (internal note: see C86)
+
    if(use_mres)
       {
       assert(m_use_montgm && rhs.m_use_montgm);
       GFpElement rhs_ordres(rhs);
       rhs_ordres.trf_to_ordres();
       rhs_ordres.inverse_in_place();
-      workspace = m_value;
-      workspace *=  rhs_ordres.get_value();
-      workspace %= mp_mod->get_p();
+      BigInt workspace = m_value;
+      workspace *= rhs_ordres.get_value();
+      workspace %= modulus.get_p();
       m_value = workspace;
-
       }
    else
       {
@@ -554,30 +433,31 @@ bool GFpElement::is_zero()
 
 GFpElement& GFpElement::inverse_in_place()
    {
-   m_value = inverse_mod(m_value, mp_mod->get_p());
+   m_value = inverse_mod(m_value, modulus.get_p());
+
    if(m_is_trf)
       {
       assert(m_use_montgm);
 
-      m_value *= mp_mod->get_r();
-      m_value *= mp_mod->get_r();
-      m_value %= mp_mod->get_p();
+      m_value *= modulus.get_r();
+      m_value *= modulus.get_r();
+      m_value %= modulus.get_p();
       }
-   assert(m_value <= mp_mod->get_p());
+   assert(m_value <= modulus.get_p());
    return *this;
    }
 
 GFpElement& GFpElement::negate()
    {
-   m_value = mp_mod->get_p() - m_value;
-   assert(m_value <= mp_mod->get_p());
+   m_value = modulus.get_p() - m_value;
+   assert(m_value <= modulus.get_p());
    return *this;
    }
 
 void GFpElement::swap(GFpElement& other)
    {
-   m_value.swap(other.m_value);
-   mp_mod.swap(other.mp_mod);
+   std::swap(m_value, other.m_value);
+   std::swap(modulus, other.modulus);
    std::swap<bool>(m_use_montgm,other.m_use_montgm);
    std::swap<bool>(m_is_trf,other.m_is_trf);
    }
@@ -589,15 +469,9 @@ std::ostream& operator<<(std::ostream& output, const GFpElement& elem)
 
 bool operator==(const GFpElement& lhs, const GFpElement& rhs)
    {
-   // for effeciency reasons we firstly check whether
-   //the modulus pointers are different in the first place:
-   if(lhs.get_ptr_mod() != rhs.get_ptr_mod())
-      {
-      if(lhs.get_p() != rhs.get_p())
-         {
-         return false;
-         }
-      }
+   if(lhs.get_p() != rhs.get_p())
+      return false;
+
    // so the modulus is equal, now check the values
    bool use_mres = GFpElement::align_operands_res(lhs, rhs);
 
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h
index 84009ef12..fd76516b5 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_element.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 * Arithmetic for prime fields GF(p)
 *
 * (C) 2007 Martin Doering, Christoph Ludwig, Falko Strenzke
+*     2009-2010 Jack Lloyd
 *
 * Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
 */
@@ -13,14 +14,6 @@
 #include <botan/gfp_modulus.h>
 #include <iosfwd>
 
-#if defined(BOTAN_USE_STD_TR1)
-  #include <tr1/memory>
-#elif defined(BOTAN_USE_BOOST_TR1)
-  #include <boost/tr1/memory.hpp>
-#else
-  #error "Please choose a TR1 implementation in build.h"
-#endif
-
 namespace Botan {
 
 struct BOTAN_DLL Illegal_Transformation : public Exception
@@ -45,47 +38,11 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpElement
       * @param value the element value
       * @param use_montgm whether this object will use Montgomery multiplication
       */
-      explicit GFpElement (const BigInt& p, const BigInt& value, bool use_montgm = false);
-
-
-      /** construct an element of GF(p) with the given value (defaults
-      * to 0).  use_montg defaults to false and determines wether
-      * montgomery multiplications will be use when applying operators
-      * '*' , '*='.  Use this constructor for efficient use of
-      * Montgomery multiplication in a context with a fixed a modulus.
-      * Warning: do not use this function unless you know in detail
-      * about the implications of using the shared GFpModulus objects!
-      * @param mod shared pointer to the GFpModulus to be shared
-      * @param value the element value
-      * @param use_montgm whether this object will use Montgomery multiplication
-      */
-      explicit GFpElement(std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> const mod,
-                          const BigInt& value, bool use_mongm = false);
-
-      /**
-      * Copy constructor
-      * @param other The element to clone
-      */
-      GFpElement(const GFpElement& other);
-
-      /**
-      * Assignment operator.
-      * makes *this a totally independent object
-      * (gives *this independent modulus specific values).
+      GFpElement(const BigInt& p, const BigInt& value, bool use_montgm = false);
 
-      * @param other The element to assign to our object
-      */
-      const GFpElement& operator=(const GFpElement& other);
+      // GFpElement(const GFpElement& other) = default;
 
-      /**
-      * Works like the assignment operator, but lets
-      * *this share the modulus dependend value with other.
-      * Warning: do not use this function unless you know in detail about
-      * the implications of using
-      * the shared GFpModulus objects!
-      * @param other The element to assign to our object
-      */
-      void share_assign(const GFpElement& other);
+      // const GFpElement& operator=(const GFpElement& other) = default;
 
       /**
       * Switch Montgomery multiplcation optimizations ON
@@ -129,7 +86,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpElement
       * @param rhs the value to multiply with the local value
       * @result *this
       */
-      GFpElement& operator*= (u32bit rhs);
+      GFpElement& operator*=(u32bit rhs);
 
       /**
       * Negate internal value(*this *= -1 )
@@ -164,28 +121,6 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpElement
       const BigInt& get_value() const;
 
       /**
-      * Returns the shared pointer to the GFpModulus of *this.
-      * Warning: do not use this function unless you know in detail about
-      * the implications of using
-      * the shared GFpModulus objects!
-      * @result the shared pointer to the GFpModulus of *this
-      */
-      inline std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> const get_ptr_mod() const
-         {
-         return mp_mod;
-         }
-
-
-      /**
-      * Sets the shared pointer to the GFpModulus of *this.
-      * Warning: do not use this function unless you know in detail about
-      * the implications of using
-      * the shared GFpModulus objects!
-      * @param mod a shared pointer to a GFpModulus that will be held in *this
-      */
-      void set_shrd_mod(std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> const mod);
-
-      /**
       * Tells whether this GFpElement is currently transformed to it´ m-residue,
       * i.e. in the form x_bar = x * r mod m.
       * @result true if it is currently transformed to it´s m-residue.
@@ -233,16 +168,12 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpElement
       void trf_to_mres() const;
       void trf_to_ordres() const;
 
-      std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> mp_mod;
+      mutable GFpModulus modulus;
       mutable BigInt m_value; // ordinary residue or m-residue respectively
-      mutable BigInt workspace;
 
       // data members for montgomery multiplication
       mutable bool m_use_montgm;
-      //mutable BigInt m_mres;
-      // this bool tells use whether the m_mres carries
-      // the actual value (in this case mValue doesn´t)
-      mutable bool m_is_trf;
+      mutable bool m_is_trf; // if m_value is montgomery
    };
 
 // relational operators
@@ -259,8 +190,8 @@ GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator-(const GFpElement& lhs);
 
 GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator*(const GFpElement& lhs, const GFpElement& rhs);
 GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator/(const GFpElement& lhs, const GFpElement& rhs);
-GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator* (const GFpElement& lhs, u32bit rhs);
-GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator* (u32bit rhs, const GFpElement& lhs);
+GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator*(const GFpElement& lhs, u32bit rhs);
+GFpElement BOTAN_DLL operator*(u32bit rhs, const GFpElement& lhs);
 
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_modulus.h b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_modulus.h
index ace42b27d..fcdd13ee1 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_modulus.h
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/gfp_modulus.h
@@ -22,22 +22,26 @@ class GFpElement;
 class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
    {
    public:
+
       /**
       * Construct a GF(P)-Modulus from a BigInt
       */
-      GFpModulus(BigInt p)
+      GFpModulus(const BigInt& p)
          : m_p(p),
            m_p_dash(),
            m_r(),
            m_r_inv()
          {}
 
+      // GFpModulus(const GFpModulus& other) = default;
+      // GFpModulus& operator=(const GFpModulus& other) = default;
+
       /**
       * Tells whether the precomputations necessary for the use of the
       * montgomery multiplication have yet been established.
       * @result true if the precomputated value are already available.
       */
-      inline bool has_precomputations() const
+      bool has_precomputations() const
          {
          return(!m_p_dash.is_zero() && !m_r.is_zero() && !m_r_inv.is_zero());
          }
@@ -46,12 +50,12 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
       * Swaps this with another GFpModulus, does not throw.
       * @param other the GFpModulus to swap *this with.
       */
-      inline void swap(GFpModulus& other)
+      void swap(GFpModulus& other)
          {
-         m_p.swap(other.m_p);
-         m_p_dash.swap(other.m_p_dash);
-         m_r.swap(other.m_r);
-         m_r_inv.swap(other.m_r_inv);
+         std::swap(m_p, other.m_p);
+         std::swap(m_p_dash, other.m_p_dash);
+         std::swap(m_r, other.m_r);
+         std::swap(m_r_inv, other.m_r_inv);
          }
 
       /**
@@ -59,7 +63,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
       * @param mod the modulus to compare this with
       * @result true if the modulus of *this and the argument are equal.
       */
-      inline bool p_equal_to(const BigInt& mod) const
+      bool p_equal_to(const BigInt& mod) const
          {
          return (m_p == mod);
          }
@@ -68,7 +72,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
       * Return the modulus of this GFpModulus.
       * @result the modulus of *this.
       */
-      inline const BigInt& get_p() const
+      const BigInt& get_p() const
          {
          return m_p;
          }
@@ -79,7 +83,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
       * performed!
       * @result r
       */
-      inline const BigInt& get_r() const
+      const BigInt& get_r() const
          {
          return m_r;
          }
@@ -90,7 +94,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
       * performed!
       * @result r^{-1}
       */
-      inline const BigInt& get_r_inv() const
+      const BigInt& get_r_inv() const
          {
          return m_r_inv;
          }
@@ -101,11 +105,10 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
       * performed!
       * @result p'
       */
-      inline const BigInt& get_p_dash() const
+      const BigInt& get_p_dash() const
          {
          return m_p_dash;
          }
-      // default cp-ctor, op= are fine
 
       void reset_values(const BigInt& new_p_dash,
                         const BigInt& new_r,
@@ -118,9 +121,9 @@ class BOTAN_DLL GFpModulus
 
    private:
       BigInt m_p; // the modulus itself
-      mutable BigInt m_p_dash;
-      mutable BigInt m_r;
-      mutable BigInt m_r_inv;
+      BigInt m_p_dash;
+      BigInt m_r;
+      BigInt m_r_inv;
    };
 
 }
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/info.txt b/src/math/gfpmath/info.txt
index a02dbc044..b7b430805 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/info.txt
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/info.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 define BIGINT_GFP
 
-uses_tr1 yes
-
 <header:public>
 curve_gfp.h
 gfp_element.h
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
index 4203a3db3..c57ceebba 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.cpp
@@ -13,87 +13,50 @@
 namespace Botan {
 
 // construct the point at infinity or a random point
-PointGFp::PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve)
-   :	mC(curve),
-        mX(curve.get_p(), 0),
-        mY(curve.get_p(), 1),
-        mZ(curve.get_p(), 0),
-        mZpow2(curve.get_p(),0),
-        mZpow3(curve.get_p(),0),
-        mAZpow4(curve.get_p(),0),
-        mZpow2_set(false),
-        mZpow3_set(false),
-        mAZpow4_set(false)
+PointGFp::PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve) :
+   mC(curve),
+   mX(curve.get_p(), 0),
+   mY(curve.get_p(), 1),
+   mZ(curve.get_p(), 0),
+   mZpow2(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mZpow3(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mAZpow4(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mZpow2_set(false),
+   mZpow3_set(false),
+   mAZpow4_set(false)
    {
-   // first set the point wide pointer
-
-   set_shrd_mod(mC.get_ptr_mod());
-
    }
 
 // construct a point given its jacobian projective coordinates
 PointGFp::PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve, const GFpElement& x,
-                   const GFpElement& y, const GFpElement& z)
-   :	mC(curve),
-        mX(x),
-        mY(y),
-        mZ(z),
-        mZpow2(curve.get_p(),0),
-        mZpow3(curve.get_p(),0),
-        mAZpow4(curve.get_p(),0),
-        mZpow2_set(false),
-        mZpow3_set(false),
-        mAZpow4_set(false)
-   {
-   set_shrd_mod(mC.get_ptr_mod());
-   }
-PointGFp::PointGFp ( const CurveGFp& curve, const GFpElement& x,
-                     const GFpElement& y )
-   :mC(curve),
-    mX(x),
-    mY(y),
-    mZ(curve.get_p(),1),
-    mZpow2(curve.get_p(),0),
-    mZpow3(curve.get_p(),0),
-    mAZpow4(curve.get_p(),0),
-    mZpow2_set(false),
-    mZpow3_set(false),
-    mAZpow4_set(false)
-   {
-   set_shrd_mod(mC.get_ptr_mod());
-   }
-
-// copy constructor
-PointGFp::PointGFp(const PointGFp& other)
-   :	mC(other.mC),
-        mX(other.mX),
-        mY(other.mY),
-        mZ(other.mZ),
-        mZpow2(other.mZpow2),
-        mZpow3(other.mZpow3),
-        mAZpow4(other.mAZpow4),
-        mZpow2_set(other.mZpow2_set),
-        mZpow3_set(other.mZpow3_set),
-        mAZpow4_set(other.mAZpow4_set)
+                   const GFpElement& y, const GFpElement& z) :
+   mC(curve),
+   mX(x),
+   mY(y),
+   mZ(z),
+   mZpow2(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mZpow3(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mAZpow4(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mZpow2_set(false),
+   mZpow3_set(false),
+   mAZpow4_set(false)
+   {
+   }
+
+PointGFp::PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve,
+                   const GFpElement& x,
+                   const GFpElement& y) :
+   mC(curve),
+   mX(x),
+   mY(y),
+   mZ(curve.get_p(),1),
+   mZpow2(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mZpow3(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mAZpow4(curve.get_p(),0),
+   mZpow2_set(false),
+   mZpow3_set(false),
+   mAZpow4_set(false)
    {
-   set_shrd_mod(mC.get_ptr_mod());
-   }
-
-// assignment operator
-const PointGFp& PointGFp::operator=(PointGFp const& other)
-   {
-   mC = other.get_curve();
-   mX = other.get_jac_proj_x();
-   mY = other.get_jac_proj_y();
-   mZ = other.get_jac_proj_z();
-   mZpow2 = GFpElement(other.mZpow2);
-   mZpow3 = GFpElement(other.mZpow3);
-   mAZpow4 = GFpElement(other.mAZpow4);
-   mZpow2_set = other.mZpow2_set;
-   mZpow3_set = other.mZpow3_set;
-   mAZpow4_set = other.mAZpow4_set;
-   set_shrd_mod(mC.get_ptr_mod());
-   return *this;
    }
 
 const PointGFp& PointGFp::assign_within_same_curve(PointGFp const& other)
@@ -108,64 +71,25 @@ const PointGFp& PointGFp::assign_within_same_curve(PointGFp const& other)
    return *this;
    }
 
-void PointGFp::set_shrd_mod(std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> p_mod)
-   {
-   mX.set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   mY.set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   mZ.set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   mZpow2.set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   mZpow3.set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   mAZpow4.set_shrd_mod(p_mod);
-   }
-
-void PointGFp::ensure_worksp() const
-   {
-   if (mp_worksp_gfp_el.get() != 0)
-      {
-      if ((*mp_worksp_gfp_el).size() == GFPEL_WKSP_SIZE)
-         {
-         return;
-         }
-      else
-         {
-         throw Invalid_State("encountered incorrect size for PointGFp´s GFpElement workspace");
-         }
-      }
-
-   mp_worksp_gfp_el = std::tr1::shared_ptr<std::vector<GFpElement> >(new std::vector<GFpElement>);
-   mp_worksp_gfp_el->reserve(9);
-   for (u32bit i=0; i<GFPEL_WKSP_SIZE; i++)
-      {
-      mp_worksp_gfp_el->push_back(GFpElement(1,0));
-
-      }
-   }
-
 // arithmetic operators
 PointGFp& PointGFp::operator+=(const PointGFp& rhs)
    {
-   if (is_zero())
+   if(is_zero())
       {
       *this = rhs;
       return *this;
       }
-   if (rhs.is_zero())
+   if(rhs.is_zero())
       {
       return *this;
       }
-   ensure_worksp();
 
-   if (rhs.mZ == *(mC.get_mres_one()))
-      {
-      //U1 = mX;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign(mX);
+   GFpElement U1 = mX;
+   GFpElement S1 = mY;
 
-      //S1 = mY;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2].share_assign(mY);
-      }
-   else
+   if(rhs.mZ != mC.get_mres_one())
       {
-      if ((!rhs.mZpow2_set) || (!rhs.mZpow3_set))
+      if((!rhs.mZpow2_set) || (!rhs.mZpow3_set))
          {
          rhs.mZpow2 = rhs.mZ;
          rhs.mZpow2 *= rhs.mZ;
@@ -175,26 +99,17 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::operator+=(const PointGFp& rhs)
          rhs.mZpow2_set = true;
          rhs.mZpow3_set = true;
          }
-      //U1 = mX * rhs.mZpow2;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign(mX);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0] *= rhs.mZpow2;
-
-      //S1 = mY * rhs.mZpow3;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2].share_assign(mY);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2] *= rhs.mZpow3;
 
+      U1 *= rhs.mZpow2;
+      S1 *= rhs.mZpow3;
       }
-   if (mZ == *(mC.get_mres_one()))
-      {
-      //U2 = rhs.mX;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1].share_assign(rhs.mX);
 
-      //S2 = rhs.mY;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3].share_assign(rhs.mY);
-      }
-   else
+   GFpElement U2 = rhs.mX;
+   GFpElement S2 = rhs.mY;
+
+   if(mZ != mC.get_mres_one())
       {
-      if ((!mZpow2_set) || (!mZpow3_set))
+      if((!mZpow2_set) || (!mZpow3_set))
          {
          // precomputation can´t be used, because *this changes anyway
          mZpow2 = mZ;
@@ -203,105 +118,60 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::operator+=(const PointGFp& rhs)
          mZpow3 = mZpow2;
          mZpow3 *= mZ;
          }
-      //U2 = rhs.mX * mZpow2;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1].share_assign(rhs.mX);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1] *= mZpow2;
-
-      //S2 = rhs.mY * mZpow3;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3].share_assign(rhs.mY);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] *= mZpow3;
 
+      U2 *= mZpow2;
+      S2 *= mZpow3;
       }
-   //GFpElement H(U2 - U1);
-
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0];
 
-   //GFpElement r(S2 - S1);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2];
-
-   //if(H.is_zero())
-   if ((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4].is_zero())
+   GFpElement H(U2 - U1);
+   GFpElement r(S2 - S1);
 
+   if(H.is_zero())
       {
-      if ((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5].is_zero())
-
+      if(r.is_zero())
          {
          mult2_in_place();
          return *this;
          }
+
       *this = PointGFp(mC); // setting myself to zero
       return *this;
       }
 
-   //U2 = H * H;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
+   U2 = H * H;
 
-   //S2 = U2 * H;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
+   S2 = U2 * H;
 
-   //U2 *= U1;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0];
+   U2 *= U1;
 
-   //GFpElement x(r*r - S2 - (U2+U2));
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1];
+   GFpElement x(r*r - S2 - (U2+U2));
 
-   //GFpElement z(S1 * S2);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3];
+   GFpElement z(S1 * S2);
 
-   //GFpElement y(r * (U2-x) - z);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[7].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[7] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[7] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[7] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8];
+   GFpElement y(r * (U2-x) - z);
 
-   if (mZ == *(mC.get_mres_one()))
+   if(mZ == mC.get_mres_one())
       {
-      if (rhs.mZ != *(mC.get_mres_one()))
-         {
-         //z = rhs.mZ * H;
-         (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8].share_assign(rhs.mZ);
-         (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
-         }
+      if(rhs.mZ != mC.get_mres_one())
+         z = rhs.mZ * H;
       else
-         {
-         //z = H;
-         (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4]);
-         }
+         z = H;
       }
-   else if (rhs.mZ != *(mC.get_mres_one()))
+   else if(rhs.mZ != mC.get_mres_one())
       {
-      //U1 = mZ * rhs.mZ;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign(mZ);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0] *= rhs.mZ;
-
-      //z = U1 * H;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0]);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
-
+      U1 = mZ * rhs.mZ;
+      z = U1 * H;
       }
    else
-      {
-      //z = mZ * H;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8].share_assign(mZ);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
+      z = mZ * H;
 
-      }
    mZpow2_set = false;
    mZpow3_set = false;
    mAZpow4_set = false;
 
-   mX = (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6];
-   mY = (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[7];
-   mZ = (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[8];
+   mX = x;
+   mY = y;
+   mZ = z;
 
    return *this;
 
@@ -310,7 +180,7 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::operator-=(const PointGFp& rhs)
    {
    PointGFp minus_rhs = PointGFp(rhs).negate();
 
-   if (is_zero())
+   if(is_zero())
       {
       *this = minus_rhs;
       }
@@ -336,23 +206,22 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::mult_this_secure(const BigInt& scalar,
    // use montgomery mult. in this operation
    this->turn_on_sp_red_mul();
 
-   std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> H(new PointGFp(this->mC));
-   std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> tmp; // used for AADA
+   PointGFp H(mC);
 
    PointGFp P(*this);
    BigInt m(scalar);
 
-   if (m < BigInt(0))
+   if(m < BigInt(0))
       {
       m = -m;
       P.negate();
       }
-   if (P.is_zero() || (m == BigInt(0)))
+   if(P.is_zero() || (m == BigInt(0)))
       {
-      *this = *H;
+      *this = H;
       return *this;
       }
-   if (m == BigInt(1))
+   if(m == BigInt(1))
       {
       return *this;
       }
@@ -378,7 +247,7 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::mult_this_secure(const BigInt& scalar,
    // use randomized exponent
 #ifdef TA_COLL_T
    static BigInt r_randexp;
-   if (new_rand)
+   if(new_rand)
       {
       r_randexp = random_integer(rand_r_bit_len);
       }
@@ -405,23 +274,24 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::mult_this_secure(const BigInt& scalar,
 #endif // CM_RAND_EXP
 
    // determine mul_bits...
-#if (CM_AADA == 1 && CM_RAND_EXP != 1)
+#if(CM_AADA == 1 && CM_RAND_EXP != 1)
 
    mul_bits = max_secr_bits;
 #endif // CM_AADA without CM_RAND_EXP
 
    //assert(mul_bits != 0);
 
+   mult_loop(mul_bits-1, m, H, P);
 
-   H = mult_loop(mul_bits-1, m, H, tmp, P);
-
-   if (!H->is_zero()) // cannot convert if H == O
+   if(!H.is_zero()) // cannot convert if H == O
       {
-      *this = H->get_z_to_one();
-      }else
+      *this = H.get_z_to_one();
+      }
+   else
       {
-      *this = *H;
+      *this = H;
       }
+
    mX.turn_off_sp_red_mul();
    mY.turn_off_sp_red_mul();
    mZ.turn_off_sp_red_mul();
@@ -439,34 +309,34 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::operator*=(const BigInt& scalar)
    PointGFp P(*this);
    P.turn_on_sp_red_mul();
    BigInt m(scalar);
-   if (m < BigInt(0))
+   if(m < BigInt(0))
       {
       m = -m;
       P.negate();
       }
-   if (P.is_zero() || (m == BigInt(0)))
+   if(P.is_zero() || (m == BigInt(0)))
       {
       *this = H;
       return *this;
       }
-   if (m == BigInt(1))
+   if(m == BigInt(1))
       {
       //*this == P already
       return *this;
       }
 
    const int l = m.bits() - 1;
-   for (int i=l; i >=0; i--)
+   for(int i=l; i >=0; i--)
       {
 
       H.mult2_in_place();
-      if (m.get_bit(i))
+      if(m.get_bit(i))
          {
          H += P;
          }
       }
 
-   if (!H.is_zero()) // cannot convert if H == O
+   if(!H.is_zero()) // cannot convert if H == O
       {
       *this = H.get_z_to_one();
       }else
@@ -476,60 +346,23 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::operator*=(const BigInt& scalar)
    return *this;
    }
 
-inline std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> PointGFp::mult_loop(int l,
-                                                          const BigInt& m,
-                                                          std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> H,
-                                                          std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> tmp,
-                                                          const PointGFp& P)
+void PointGFp::mult_loop(int l,
+                         const BigInt& m,
+                         PointGFp& H,
+                         const PointGFp& P)
    {
-   //assert(l >= (int)m.bits()- 1);
-   tmp = H;
-   std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> to_add(new PointGFp(P)); // we just need some point
-   // so that we can use op=
-   // inside the loop
-   for (int i=l; i >=0; i--)
+   for(int i=l; i >=0; i--)
       {
-      H->mult2_in_place();
-
-#ifndef CM_AADA
-
-      if (m.get_bit(i))
-         {
-         *H += P;
-         }
-#else // (CM_AADA is in)
-
-      if (H.get() == to_add.get())
-         {
-         to_add = tmp; // otherwise all pointers might point to the same object
-         // and we always need two objects to be able to switch around
-         }
-      to_add->assign_within_same_curve(*H);
-      tmp = H;
-      *tmp += P; // tmp already points to H
-
-      if (m.get_bit(i))
-         {
-         H = tmp; // NOTE: assign the pointer, not the value!
-         // (so that the operation is fast and thus as difficult
-         // to detect as possible)
-         }
-      else
-         {
-         H = to_add; // NOTE: this is necessary, because the assignment
-         // "*tmp = ..." already changed what H pointed to
-
-
-         }
-#endif // CM_AADA
+      H.mult2_in_place();
 
+      if(m.get_bit(i))
+         H += P;
       }
-   return H;
    }
 
 PointGFp& PointGFp::negate()
    {
-   if (!is_zero())
+   if(!is_zero())
       {
       mY.negate();
       }
@@ -539,122 +372,71 @@ PointGFp& PointGFp::negate()
 // *this *= 2
 PointGFp& PointGFp::mult2_in_place()
    {
-   if (is_zero())
-      {
+   if(is_zero())
       return *this;
-      }
-   if (mY.is_zero())
+   else if(mY.is_zero())
       {
-
       *this = PointGFp(mC); // setting myself to zero
       return *this;
       }
-   ensure_worksp();
 
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign(mY);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0] *= mY;
+   GFpElement Y_squared = mY*mY;
 
-   //GFpElement S(mX * z);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1].share_assign(mX);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0];
+   GFpElement S = mX * Y_squared;
 
-   //GFpElement x(S + S);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1];
+   GFpElement x = S + S;
 
-   //S = x + x;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2];
+   S = x + x;
 
-   if (!mAZpow4_set)
+   if(!mAZpow4_set)
       {
-      if (mZ == *(mC.get_mres_one()))
+      if(mZ == mC.get_mres_one())
          {
          mAZpow4 = mC.get_mres_a();
          mAZpow4_set = true;
          }
       else
          {
-         if (!mZpow2_set)
+         if(!mZpow2_set)
             {
             mZpow2 = mZ;
             mZpow2 *= mZ;
 
             mZpow2_set = true;
             }
-         //x = mZpow2 * mZpow2;
-         (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2].share_assign(mZpow2);
-         (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2] *= mZpow2;
 
-         //mAZpow4 = mC.get_mres_a() * x;
-         mAZpow4 = mC.get_mres_a();
-         mAZpow4 *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2];
+         x = mZpow2 * mZpow2;
 
+         mAZpow4 = mC.get_mres_a() * x;
          }
-
       }
 
-   //GFpElement y(mX * mX);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3].share_assign(mX);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] *= mX;
-
-   //GFpElement M(y + y + y + mAZpow4);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4] += mAZpow4;
-
-   //x = M * M - (S+S);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1];
-
-   //y = z * z;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0];
-
-   //GFpElement U(y + y);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3];
-
-   //z = U + U;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5];
-
-   //U = z + z;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0];
-
-   //y = M * (S - x) - U;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[1]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] *= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[4];
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3] -= (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[5];
-
-   if (mZ != *(mC.get_mres_one()))
-      {
-      //z = mY * mZ;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign(mY);
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0] *= mZ;
+   GFpElement y(mX * mX);
 
-      }
+   GFpElement M(y + y + y + mAZpow4);
+
+   x = M * M - (S+S);
+
+   y = Y_squared * Y_squared;
+
+   GFpElement U(y + y);
+
+   GFpElement z = U + U;
+
+   U = z + z;
+
+   y = M * (S - x) - U;
+
+   if(mZ != mC.get_mres_one())
+      z = mY * mZ;
    else
-      {
-      //z = mY;
-      (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0].share_assign(mY);
+      z = mY;
 
-      }
-   //z = z + z;
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6].share_assign((*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0]);
-   (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0] += (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[6];
+   z = z + z;
 
-   //mX = x;
-   //mY = y;
-   //mZ = z;
-   mX = (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[2];
-   mY = (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[3];
-   mZ = (*mp_worksp_gfp_el)[0];
+   mX = x;
+   mY = y;
+   mZ = z;
 
    mZpow2_set = false;
    mZpow3_set = false;
@@ -688,7 +470,7 @@ void PointGFp::turn_on_sp_red_mul() const
 * Z has value one, i.e. x and y correspond to
 * their values in affine coordinates
 */
-PointGFp const PointGFp::get_z_to_one() const
+PointGFp PointGFp::get_z_to_one() const
    {
    return PointGFp(*this).set_z_to_one();
    }
@@ -701,7 +483,7 @@ PointGFp const PointGFp::get_z_to_one() const
 */
 const PointGFp& PointGFp::set_z_to_one() const
    {
-   if (!(mZ.get_value() == BigInt(1)) && !(mZ.get_value() == BigInt(0)))
+   if(!(mZ.get_value() == BigInt(1)) && !(mZ.get_value() == BigInt(0)))
       {
       GFpElement z = inverse(mZ);
       GFpElement z2 = z * z;
@@ -714,7 +496,7 @@ const PointGFp& PointGFp::set_z_to_one() const
       }
    else
       {
-      if (mZ.get_value() == BigInt(0))
+      if(mZ.get_value() == BigInt(0))
          {
          throw Illegal_Transformation("cannot convert Z to one");
          }
@@ -722,58 +504,39 @@ const PointGFp& PointGFp::set_z_to_one() const
    return *this; // mZ = 1 already
    }
 
-const CurveGFp PointGFp::get_curve() const
-   {
-   return mC;
-   }
-
-GFpElement const PointGFp::get_affine_x() const
+GFpElement PointGFp::get_affine_x() const
    {
-
-   if (is_zero())
-      {
+   if(is_zero())
       throw Illegal_Transformation("cannot convert to affine");
 
-      }
-   /*if(!mZpow2_set)
-   {*/
    mZpow2 = mZ * mZ;
    mZpow2_set = true;
-   //}
-   //assert(mZpow2 == mZ*mZ);
    GFpElement z2 = mZpow2;
    return mX * z2.inverse_in_place();
    }
 
-GFpElement const PointGFp::get_affine_y() const
+GFpElement PointGFp::get_affine_y() const
    {
-
-   if (is_zero())
-      {
+   if(is_zero())
       throw Illegal_Transformation("cannot convert to affine");
 
-      }
-   /*if(!mZpow3_set )
-   {*/
    mZpow3 = mZ * mZ * mZ;
    mZpow3_set = true;
-   //}
-   //assert(mZpow3 == mZ * mZ *mZ);
    GFpElement z3 = mZpow3;
    return mY * z3.inverse_in_place();
    }
 
-GFpElement const PointGFp::get_jac_proj_x() const
+GFpElement PointGFp::get_jac_proj_x() const
    {
    return GFpElement(mX);
    }
 
-GFpElement const PointGFp::get_jac_proj_y() const
+GFpElement PointGFp::get_jac_proj_y() const
    {
    return GFpElement(mY);
    }
 
-GFpElement const PointGFp::get_jac_proj_z() const
+GFpElement PointGFp::get_jac_proj_z() const
    {
    return GFpElement(mZ);
    }
@@ -794,14 +557,14 @@ bool PointGFp::is_zero() const
 
 void PointGFp::check_invariants() const
    {
-   if (is_zero())
+   if(is_zero())
       {
       return;
       }
    const GFpElement y2 = mY * mY;
    const GFpElement x3 = mX * mX * mX;
 
-   if (mZ.get_value() == BigInt(1))
+   if(mZ.get_value() == BigInt(1))
       {
       GFpElement ax = mC.get_a() * mX;
       if(y2 != (x3 + ax + mC.get_b()))
@@ -820,7 +583,7 @@ void PointGFp::check_invariants() const
    const GFpElement aXZ4 = mAZpow4 * mX;
    const GFpElement bZ6 = mC.get_b() * mZpow3 * mZpow3;
 
-   if (y2 != (x3 + aXZ4 + bZ6))
+   if(y2 != (x3 + aXZ4 + bZ6))
       throw Illegal_Point();
    }
 
@@ -846,11 +609,11 @@ PointGFp mult2(const PointGFp& point)
 
 bool operator==(const PointGFp& lhs, PointGFp const& rhs)
    {
-   if (lhs.is_zero() && rhs.is_zero())
+   if(lhs.is_zero() && rhs.is_zero())
       {
       return true;
       }
-   if ((lhs.is_zero() && !rhs.is_zero()) || (!lhs.is_zero() && rhs.is_zero()))
+   if((lhs.is_zero() && !rhs.is_zero()) || (!lhs.is_zero() && rhs.is_zero()))
       {
       return false;
       }
@@ -906,16 +669,16 @@ PointGFp mult_point_secure(const PointGFp& point, const BigInt& scalar,
 SecureVector<byte> EC2OSP(const PointGFp& point, byte format)
    {
    SecureVector<byte> result;
-   if (format == PointGFp::UNCOMPRESSED)
+   if(format == PointGFp::UNCOMPRESSED)
       {
       result = encode_uncompressed(point);
       }
-   else if (format == PointGFp::COMPRESSED)
+   else if(format == PointGFp::COMPRESSED)
       {
       result = encode_compressed(point);
 
       }
-   else if (format == PointGFp::HYBRID)
+   else if(format == PointGFp::HYBRID)
       {
       result = encode_hybrid(point);
       }
@@ -929,7 +692,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_compressed(const PointGFp& point)
    {
 
 
-   if (point.is_zero())
+   if(point.is_zero())
       {
       SecureVector<byte> result (1);
       result[0] = 0;
@@ -938,7 +701,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_compressed(const PointGFp& point)
       }
    u32bit l = point.get_curve().get_p().bits();
    int dummy = l & 7;
-   if (dummy != 0)
+   if(dummy != 0)
       {
       l += 8 - dummy;
       }
@@ -949,7 +712,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_compressed(const PointGFp& point)
    SecureVector<byte> bX = BigInt::encode_1363(x, l);
    result.copy(1, bX.begin(), bX.size());
    BigInt y = point.get_affine_y().get_value();
-   if (y.get_bit(0))
+   if(y.get_bit(0))
       {
       result[0] |= 1;
       }
@@ -959,7 +722,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_compressed(const PointGFp& point)
 
 SecureVector<byte> encode_uncompressed(const PointGFp& point)
    {
-   if (point.is_zero())
+   if(point.is_zero())
       {
       SecureVector<byte> result (1);
       result[0] = 0;
@@ -967,7 +730,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_uncompressed(const PointGFp& point)
       }
    u32bit l = point.get_curve().get_p().bits();
    int dummy = l & 7;
-   if (dummy != 0)
+   if(dummy != 0)
       {
       l += 8 - dummy;
       }
@@ -986,7 +749,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_uncompressed(const PointGFp& point)
 
 SecureVector<byte> encode_hybrid(const PointGFp& point)
    {
-   if (point.is_zero())
+   if(point.is_zero())
       {
       SecureVector<byte> result (1);
       result[0] = 0;
@@ -994,7 +757,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_hybrid(const PointGFp& point)
       }
    u32bit l = point.get_curve().get_p().bits();
    int dummy = l & 7;
-   if (dummy != 0)
+   if(dummy != 0)
       {
       l += 8 - dummy;
       }
@@ -1007,7 +770,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_hybrid(const PointGFp& point)
    SecureVector<byte> bY = BigInt::encode_1363(y, l);
    result.copy(1, bX.begin(), bX.size());
    result.copy(l+1, bY.begin(), bY.size());
-   if (y.get_bit(0))
+   if(y.get_bit(0))
       {
       result[0] |= 1;
       }
@@ -1016,7 +779,7 @@ SecureVector<byte> encode_hybrid(const PointGFp& point)
 
 PointGFp OS2ECP(MemoryRegion<byte> const& os, const CurveGFp& curve)
    {
-   if (os.size() == 1 && os[0] == 0)
+   if(os.size() == 1 && os[0] == 0)
       {
       return PointGFp(curve); // return zero
       }
@@ -1072,7 +835,7 @@ PointGFp OS2ECP(MemoryRegion<byte> const& os, const CurveGFp& curve)
          bX.copy(os.begin() + 1, l);
          bY.copy(os.begin()+1+l, l);
          yMod2 = (pc & 0x01) == 1;
-         if (!(PointGFp::decompress(yMod2, x, curve) == y))
+         if(!(PointGFp::decompress(yMod2, x, curve) == y))
             {
             throw Illegal_Point("error during decoding hybrid format");
             }
@@ -1107,7 +870,7 @@ GFpElement PointGFp::decompress(bool yMod2, const GFpElement& x,
       throw Illegal_Point("error during decompression");
 
    bool zMod2 = z.get_bit(0);
-   if ((zMod2 && ! yMod2) || (!zMod2 && yMod2))
+   if((zMod2 && ! yMod2) || (!zMod2 && yMod2))
       {
       z = curve.get_p() - z;
       }
diff --git a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.h b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.h
index 0c7bb8428..1e47fa783 100644
--- a/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.h
+++ b/src/math/gfpmath/point_gfp.h
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 * Arithmetic for point groups of elliptic curves over GF(p)
 *
 * (C) 2007 Martin Doering, Christoph Ludwig, Falko Strenzke
-*     2008 Jack Lloyd
+*     2008-2010 Jack Lloyd
 *
 * Distributed under the terms of the Botan license
 */
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 #define BOTAN_POINT_GFP_H__
 
 #include <botan/curve_gfp.h>
-#include <botan/gfp_element.h>
-#include <botan/bigint.h>
-#include <botan/exceptn.h>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace Botan {
@@ -24,7 +21,7 @@ struct BOTAN_DLL Illegal_Point : public Exception
    };
 
 /**
-* This class represents one point on a curve of GF(p).
+* This class represents one point on a curve of GF(p)
 */
 class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
    {
@@ -48,7 +45,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       * Construct the point O
       * @param curve The base curve
       */
-      explicit PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve);
+      PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve);
 
       /**
       * Construct a point given its affine coordinates
@@ -56,8 +53,9 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       * @param x affine x coordinate
       * @param y affine y coordinate
       */
-      explicit PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve, GFpElement const& x,
-                          GFpElement const& y);
+      PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve,
+               const GFpElement& x,
+               const GFpElement& y);
 
       /**
       * Construct a point given its jacobian projective coordinates
@@ -66,20 +64,13 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       * @param y jacobian projective y coordinate
       * @param z jacobian projective y coordinate
       */
-      explicit PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve, GFpElement const& x,
-                          GFpElement const& y, GFpElement const& z);
+      PointGFp(const CurveGFp& curve,
+               const GFpElement& x,
+               const GFpElement& y,
+               const GFpElement& z);
 
-      /**
-      * copy constructor
-      * @param other the value to clone
-      */
-      PointGFp(const PointGFp& other);
-
-      /**
-      * assignment operator
-      * @param other The point to use as source for the assignment
-      */
-      const PointGFp& operator=(const PointGFp& other);
+      //PointGFp(const PointGFp& other) = default;
+      //PointGFp& operator=(const PointGFp& other) = default;
 
       /**
       * assign another point which is on the same curve as *this
@@ -87,8 +78,6 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       */
       const PointGFp& assign_within_same_curve(const PointGFp& other);
 
-
-
       /**
       * += Operator
       * @param rhs the PointGFp to add to the local value
@@ -126,8 +115,7 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       */
       PointGFp& mult_this_secure(const BigInt& scalar,
                                  const BigInt& point_order,
-                                 const BigInt& max_secr
-        );
+                                 const BigInt& max_secr);
 
       /**
       * Negate internal value(*this *= -1 )
@@ -162,43 +150,43 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       * thus x and y have just the affine values.
       * @result *this
       */
-      PointGFp const get_z_to_one() const;
+      PointGFp get_z_to_one() const;
 
       /**
       * Return base curve of this point
       * @result the curve over GF(p) of this point
       */
-      CurveGFp const get_curve() const;
+      const CurveGFp& get_curve() const { return mC; }
 
       /**
       * get affine x coordinate
       * @result affine x coordinate
       */
-      GFpElement const get_affine_x() const;
+      GFpElement get_affine_x() const;
 
       /**
       * get affine y coordinate
       * @result affine y coordinate
       */
-      GFpElement const get_affine_y() const;
+      GFpElement get_affine_y() const;
 
       /**
       * get the jacobian projective x coordinate
       * @result jacobian projective x coordinate
       */
-      GFpElement const get_jac_proj_x() const;
+      GFpElement get_jac_proj_x() const;
 
       /**
       * get the jacobian projective y coordinate
       * @result jacobian projective y coordinate
       */
-      GFpElement const get_jac_proj_y() const;
+      GFpElement get_jac_proj_y() const;
 
       /**
       * get the jacobian projective z coordinate
       * @result jacobian projective z coordinate
       */
-      GFpElement const get_jac_proj_z() const;
+      GFpElement get_jac_proj_z() const;
 
       /**
       * Is this the point at infinity?
@@ -214,36 +202,16 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       */
       void check_invariants() const;
 
-
       /**
-      *  swaps the states of *this and other, does not throw!
+      * swaps the states of *this and other, does not throw!
       * @param other the object to swap values with
       */
       void swap(PointGFp& other);
 
-      /**
-      * Sets the shared pointer to the GFpModulus that will be
-      * held in *this, specifically the various members of *this.
-      * Warning: do not use this function unless you know in detail about
-      * the implications of using
-      * the shared GFpModulus objects!
-      * Do NOT spread a shared pointer to GFpModulus over different
-      * threads!
-      * @param mod a shared pointer to a GFpModulus that will
-      * be held in the members *this
-      */
-      void set_shrd_mod(std::tr1::shared_ptr<GFpModulus> p_mod);
-
       static GFpElement decompress(bool yMod2, GFpElement const& x, const CurveGFp& curve);
 
    private:
-      static const u32bit GFPEL_WKSP_SIZE = 9;
-      void ensure_worksp() const;
-
-      inline std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> mult_loop(int l, const BigInt& m,
-                                                      std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> H,
-                                                      std::tr1::shared_ptr<PointGFp> tmp,
-                                                      const PointGFp& P);
+      void mult_loop(int l, const BigInt& m, PointGFp& H, const PointGFp& P);
 
       CurveGFp mC;
       mutable GFpElement mX;  // NOTE: these values must be mutable (affine<->proj)
@@ -255,8 +223,6 @@ class BOTAN_DLL PointGFp
       mutable bool mZpow2_set;
       mutable bool mZpow3_set;
       mutable bool mAZpow4_set;
-      mutable std::tr1::shared_ptr<std::vector<GFpElement> > mp_worksp_gfp_el;
-
    };
 
 // relational operators