From 8e3e4f15799774fb97827008bb37b89509aa769c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Pedro Barbosa <1180592@isep.ipp.pt>
Date: Tue, 9 Jan 2024 21:55:23 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Modified SecretBox to allow external call to the "new" method

---
 umbral-pre/src/secret_box.rs | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/umbral-pre/src/secret_box.rs b/umbral-pre/src/secret_box.rs
index bc9fe58..38604a4 100644
--- a/umbral-pre/src/secret_box.rs
+++ b/umbral-pre/src/secret_box.rs
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ impl<T> SecretBox<T>
 where
     T: Zeroize + Clone,
 {
-    pub(crate) fn new(val: T) -> Self {
+    /// Creates an new instance of an immutable reference to the secret data.
+    pub fn new(val: T) -> Self {
         Self(Box::new(val))
     }