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Diffstat (limited to 'openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod | 10 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod b/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod index ad8d07db8..bbedbb177 100644 --- a/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod +++ b/openssl/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_new.pod @@ -10,9 +10,12 @@ BN_CTX_new, BN_CTX_init, BN_CTX_free - allocate and free BN_CTX structures BN_CTX *BN_CTX_new(void); + void BN_CTX_free(BN_CTX *c); + +Deprecated: + void BN_CTX_init(BN_CTX *c); - void BN_CTX_free(BN_CTX *c); =head1 DESCRIPTION @@ -22,8 +25,7 @@ is rather expensive when used in conjunction with repeated subroutine calls, the B<BN_CTX> structure is used. BN_CTX_new() allocates and initializes a B<BN_CTX> -structure. BN_CTX_init() initializes an existing uninitialized -B<BN_CTX>. +structure. BN_CTX_free() frees the components of the B<BN_CTX>, and if it was created by BN_CTX_new(), also the structure itself. @@ -31,6 +33,8 @@ If L<BN_CTX_start(3)|BN_CTX_start(3)> has been used on the B<BN_CTX>, L<BN_CTX_end(3)|BN_CTX_end(3)> must be called before the B<BN_CTX> may be freed by BN_CTX_free(). +BN_CTX_init() (deprecated) initializes an existing uninitialized B<BN_CTX>. +This should not be used for new programs. Use BN_CTX_new() instead. =head1 RETURN VALUES |