Use a better approach for modular subtraction #4479
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For pcurves this improves overall ECDH/ECDSA performance from anywhere from 5% to up to 15% (!) depending on the curve.
Remove the templatized length variant of bigint_mod_sub; this only existed as a performance hack for EC_Point and is much less relevant with pcurves in use.
#4027