give EC_GROUP_new_by_nid a more meanigful name:

[openssl.git] / crypto / ec / ec.h

diff --git a/crypto/ec/ec.h b/crypto/ec/ec.h
index 6b90e7a8fd21cff62409d9f6a11be039fc557230..cc608c74c8a208bbcd7ae0a2e2c6d02ee7d64213 100644 (file)
--- a/crypto/ec/ec.h
+++ b/crypto/ec/ec.h
@@ -178,8 +178,9 @@ int EC_GROUP_cmp(const EC_GROUP *, const EC_GROUP *, BN_CTX *);
 EC_GROUP *EC_GROUP_new_curve_GFp(const BIGNUM *p, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *);
 EC_GROUP *EC_GROUP_new_curve_GF2m(const BIGNUM *p, const BIGNUM *a, const BIGNUM *b, BN_CTX *);
 
-/* EC_GROUP_new_by_nid() creates a EC_GROUP structure specified by a NID */
-EC_GROUP *EC_GROUP_new_by_nid(int nid);
+/* EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name() creates a EC_GROUP structure
+ * specified by a curve name (in form of a NID) */
+EC_GROUP *EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name(int nid);
 /* handling of internal curves */
 typedef struct { 
        int nid;
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ void ERR_load_EC_strings(void);
 #define EC_F_EC_GROUP_GET_TRINOMIAL_BASIS               194
 #define EC_F_EC_GROUP_GROUP2NID                                 147
 #define EC_F_EC_GROUP_NEW                               108
-#define EC_F_EC_GROUP_NEW_BY_NID                        174
+#define EC_F_EC_GROUP_NEW_BY_CURVE_NAME                         174
 #define EC_F_EC_GROUP_NEW_FROM_DATA                     175
 #define EC_F_EC_GROUP_PRECOMPUTE_MULT                   142
 #define EC_F_EC_GROUP_SET_CURVE_GF2M                    176