then NULL is returned.
On a successful return, if I<*a> is not NULL then it is assumed that I<*a>
-contains a valid B<I<TYPE>> structure and an attempt is made to reuse it. This
-"reuse" capability is present for historical compatibility but its use is
-B<strongly discouraged> (see BUGS below, and the discussion in the RETURN
-VALUES section).
+contains a valid B<I<TYPE>> structure and an attempt is made to reuse it.
+For B<I<TYPE>> structures where it matters it is possible to set up a library
+context on the decoded structure this way (see the B<EXAMPLES> section).
+However using the "reuse" capability for other purposes is B<strongly
+discouraged> (see B<BUGS> below, and the discussion in the B<RETURN VALUES>
+section).
B<d2i_I<TYPE>_bio>() is similar to B<d2i_I<TYPE>>() except it attempts
to parse data from BIO I<bp>.
if (d2i_X509(&x, &p, len) == NULL)
/* error */
+Setting up a library context and property query:
+
+ X509 *x;
+ unsigned char *buf;
+ const unsigned char *p;
+ int len;
+ OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx = ....;
+ const char *propq = ....;
+
+ /* Set up buf and len to point to the input buffer. */
+ p = buf;
+ x = X509_new_ex(libctx, propq);
+
+ if (d2i_X509(&x, &p, len) == NULL)
+ /* error, x was freed and NULL assigned to it (see RETURN VALUES) */
+
=head1 WARNINGS
Using a temporary variable is mandatory. A common