Various RT doc fixes

[openssl.git] / doc / crypto / EC_POINT_new.pod

diff --git a/doc/crypto/EC_POINT_new.pod b/doc/crypto/EC_POINT_new.pod
index 69eb0d1a09fd6eeb517ead5c3eab73c77655741a..122dccb97547c75747b0c1577d640172b573d41b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/crypto/EC_POINT_new.pod
+++ b/doc/crypto/EC_POINT_new.pod
@@ -53,8 +53,10 @@ An EC_POINT represents a point on a curve. A new point is constructed by calling
 object that the point relates to.
 
 EC_POINT_free frees the memory associated with the EC_POINT.
+if B<point> is NULL nothing is done.
 
 EC_POINT_clear_free destroys any sensitive data held within the EC_POINT and then frees its memory.
+if B<point> is NULL nothing is done.
 
 EC_POINT_copy copies the point B<src> into B<dst>. Both B<src> and B<dst> must use the same EC_METHOD.
 
@@ -81,8 +83,13 @@ on the curve there will only ever be two possible values for y. Therefore a poin
 and EC_POINT_set_compressed_coordinates_GF2m functions where B<x> is the x co-ordinate and B<y_bit> is a value 0 or 1 to identify which of
 the two possible values for y should be used.
 
-In addition EC_POINTs can be converted to and from various external representations. Supported representations are octet strings, BIGNUMs and hexadecimal. The format of the external representation is described by the point_conversion_form. See L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)|EC_GROUP_copy(3)> for
-a description of point_conversion_form. Octet strings are stored in a buffer along with an associated buffer length. A point held in a BIGNUM is calculated by converting the point to an octet string and then converting that octet string into a BIGNUM integer. Points in hexadecimal format are stored in a NULL terminated character string where each character is one of the printable values 0-9 or A-F (or a-f).
+In addition EC_POINTs can be converted to and from various external
+representations. Supported representations are octet strings, BIGNUMs and
+hexadecimal. Octet strings are stored in a buffer along with an associated
+buffer length. A point held in a BIGNUM is calculated by converting the point to
+an octet string and then converting that octet string into a BIGNUM integer.
+Points in hexadecimal format are stored in a NULL terminated character string
+where each character is one of the printable values 0-9 or A-F (or a-f).
 
 The functions EC_POINT_point2oct, EC_POINT_oct2point, EC_POINT_point2bn, EC_POINT_bn2point, EC_POINT_point2hex and EC_POINT_hex2point convert
 from and to EC_POINTs for the formats: octet string, BIGNUM and hexadecimal respectively.
@@ -116,8 +123,8 @@ EC_POINT_hex2point returns the pointer to the EC_POINT supplied, or NULL on erro
 
 =head1 SEE ALSO
 
-L<crypto(3)|crypto(3)>, L<ec(3)|ec(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_new(3)|EC_GROUP_new(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)|EC_GROUP_copy(3)>,
-L<EC_POINT_add(3)|EC_POINT_add(3)>, L<EC_KEY_new(3)|EC_KEY_new(3)>,
-L<EC_GFp_simple_method(3)|EC_GFp_simple_method(3)>, L<d2i_ECPKParameters(3)|d2i_ECPKParameters(3)>
+L<crypto(3)>, L<ec(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_new(3)>, L<EC_GROUP_copy(3)>,
+L<EC_POINT_add(3)>, L<EC_KEY_new(3)>,
+L<EC_GFp_simple_method(3)>, L<d2i_ECPKParameters(3)>
 
 =cut