Commit 16ece03a authored by Bodo Möller's avatar Bodo Möller
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Add an early reference to BN_CTX_new so that the usage of BN_CTX_start

is easier to grasp.
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@@ -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<BIGNUM> variables from
a B<BN_CTX> in order to save the overhead of repeatedly creating and
a B<BN_CTX> (which can been created by using L<BN_CTX_new(3)|BN_CTX_new(3)>)
in order to save the overhead of repeatedly creating and
freeing B<BIGNUM>s in functions that are called from inside a loop.

A function must call BN_CTX_start() first. Then, BN_CTX_get() may be