From 16ece03a2e46850dd5089ff1c820d125f82a53b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: =?utf8?q?Bodo=20M=C3=B6ller?= Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 20:35:45 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add an early reference to BN_CTX_new so that the usage of BN_CTX_start is easier to grasp. --- doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) 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 -- 2.25.1