X-Git-Url: https://git.openssl.org/gitweb/?p=openssl.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fcrypto%2FBN_CTX_start.pod;h=dfcefe1a88767fcb40868e6025eeb311a2ad0822;hp=c30552b1220b13c3386253767bd4c3a6b3f930f8;hb=16ece03a2e46850dd5089ff1c820d125f82a53b0;hpb=37e48b88adda9334fedf83e18f1bff72b4b9c8cf diff --git a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod index c30552b122..dfcefe1a88 100644 --- a/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod +++ b/doc/crypto/BN_CTX_start.pod @@ -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 variables from -a B in order to save the overhead of repeatedly creating and +a B (which can been created by using L) +in order to save the overhead of repeatedly creating and freeing Bs in functions that are called from inside a loop. A function must call BN_CTX_start() first. Then, BN_CTX_get() may be