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=head1 NAME

ASN1_STRING_new, ASN1_STRING_type_new, ASN1_STRING_free -
ASN1_STRING allocation functions

=head1 SYNOPSIS

 #include <openssl/asn1.h>

 ASN1_STRING *ASN1_STRING_new(void);
 ASN1_STRING *ASN1_STRING_type_new(int type);
 void ASN1_STRING_free(ASN1_STRING *a);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

ASN1_STRING_new() returns an allocated B<ASN1_STRING> structure. Its type
is undefined.

ASN1_STRING_type_new() returns an allocated B<ASN1_STRING> structure of
type I<type>.

ASN1_STRING_free() frees up I<a>.
If I<a> is NULL nothing is done.

=head1 NOTES

Other string types call the B<ASN1_STRING> functions. For example
ASN1_OCTET_STRING_new() calls ASN1_STRING_type_new(V_ASN1_OCTET_STRING).

=head1 RETURN VALUES

ASN1_STRING_new() and ASN1_STRING_type_new() return a valid
B<ASN1_STRING> structure or NULL if an error occurred.

ASN1_STRING_free() does not return a value.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ERR_get_error(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2002-2023 The OpenSSL Project Authors. All Rights Reserved.

Licensed under the Apache License 2.0 (the "License").  You may not use
this file except in compliance with the License.  You can obtain a copy
in the file LICENSE in the source distribution or at
L<https://www.openssl.org/source/license.html>.

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