fix: removing unmaintained "paste" dep and using the "pastey" replacement

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 ## Pending
 
+- Replaced unmaintained `paste` dependency with `pastey`.
 - (`ark-starkcurve`) Add 252 bit [Stark curve](https://docs.starknet.io/architecture/cryptography/#the_stark_curve).
 - [\#971](https://github.com/arkworks-rs/algebra/pull/971) (`ark-ff`) Make serial_batch_inversion_and_mul public.
 - Consolidated logic into `bitreverse_permutation_in_place` and made it public.

Cargo.toml

@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ hashbrown = { version = "0.16", default-features = false, features = [ "inline-m
 hex = "0.4"
 itertools = { version = "0.14", default-features = false }
 libtest-mimic = "0.8.1"
-paste = "1.0"
+pastey = "0.1.0"
 rayon = "1"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_derive = "1.0"

bench-templates/Cargo.toml

@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ark-std.workspace = true
 ark-ec.workspace = true
 ark-ff.workspace = true
 ark-serialize.workspace = true
-paste.workspace = true
+pastey.workspace = true
 
 [features]
 asm = ["ark-ff/asm"]

bench-templates/src/lib.rs

@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ use macros::*;
 pub extern crate criterion;
 pub use criterion::*;
 
-pub use paste::paste;
+pub use pastey::paste;