From: Bodo Möller Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:35:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add an early reference to BN_CTX_new so that the usage of BN_CTX_start X-Git-Tag: OpenSSL-engine-0_9_6-beta1~17^2~33 X-Git-Url: https://git.librecmc.org/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=16ece03a2e46850dd5089ff1c820d125f82a53b0;p=oweals%2Fopenssl.git Add an early reference to BN_CTX_new so that the usage of BN_CTX_start is easier to grasp. --- diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod index c30552b122..dfcefe1a88 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod @@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ BN_CTX_start, BN_CTX_get, BN_CTX_end - use temporary BIGNUM variables =head1 DESCRIPTION These functions are used to obtain temporary B variables from -a B in order to save the overhead of repeatedly creating and +a B (which can been created by using L) +in order to save the overhead of repeatedly creating and freeing Bs in functions that are called from inside a loop. A function must call BN_CTX_start() first. Then, BN_CTX_get() may be