ASN1_BIT_STRING_NEW(3)

NAME
ASN1_BIT_STRING_new, ASN1_BIT_STRING_free - ASN1_BIT_STRING allocation functions

SYNOPSIS
 #include <openssl/asn1.h>

 ASN1_BIT_STRING *ASN1_BIT_STRING_new(void);
 void ASN1_BIT_STRING_free(ASN1_BIT_STRING *a);

DESCRIPTION
ASN1_BIT_STRING_new() returns an allocated ASN1_BIT_STRING structure.

ASN1_BIT_STRING_free() frees up a single ASN1_BIT_STRING object. If the argument is NULL, nothing is done.

ASN1_BIT_STRING structure representing the ASN.1 BIT_STRING type.

RETURN VALUES
ASN1_BIT_STRING_new() return a valid ASN1_BIT_STRING structure or NULL if an error occurred.

ASN1_BIT_STRING_free() does not return a value.

SEE ALSO
ERR_get_error(3)

COPYRIGHT
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