ASN1_INTEGER_NEW(3SSL)

πŸ’– ASN1_INTEGER_NEW πŸ’–

okay bestie, welcome to the OpenSSL corner of the manual-verse, this is ASN1_INTEGER_NEW(3SSL) and it's literally just the alloc-and-free duo for ASN1_INTEGER objects πŸŽ€


✨ NAME ✨

ASN1_INTEGER_new, ASN1_INTEGER_free β€” the ASN1_INTEGER allocation functions, aka the "make one" and "yeet one" girlies 🫢


🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

#include <openssl/asn1.h>

ASN1_INTEGER *ASN1_INTEGER_new(void);
void ASN1_INTEGER_free(ASN1_INTEGER *a);

πŸ¦‹ DESCRIPTION πŸ¦‹

So like. ASN1_INTEGER_new() gives you back an allocated ASN1_INTEGER structure. That's it, that's the whole job. She's brand new, she's fresh out the box, main character energy πŸ’…

ASN1_INTEGER_free() frees up a single ASN1_INTEGER object. Just the one, babe. And here's the cute part β€” if the argument is NULL, nothing is done. No crash, no drama, no vibes ruined. She simply shrugs and moves on 😌

And for the lore: an ASN1_INTEGER structure is the thing representing the ASN.1 INTEGER type. iykyk ✨


🌈 RETURN VALUES 🌈

  • ASN1_INTEGER_new() β€” returns a valid ASN1_INTEGER structure, or NULL if an error occurred. So fr fr, always vibe check that pointer before you use it, bestie πŸ’€
  • ASN1_INTEGER_free() β€” does not return a value. Nothing. Void. Silencio. She gives you nothing back and that's correct πŸ™ˆ

πŸ‘‘ SEE ALSO πŸ‘‘

  • ERR_get_error(3) β€” for when you need to know why things went sideways, go ask her

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real talk though: every allocation needs a matching free. not me letting a memory leak run around unsupervised, that's giving chaos 🚩

and that's the whole page, bestie, periodt πŸ’– this was OpenSSL 4.0.3, dated 2026-09-29, for ASN1_INTEGER_NEW(3SSL) β€” mwah, slay, go forth and allocate responsibly πŸŽ€πŸ¦‹βœ¨

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