[openssl-dev] [openssl.org #4590] accessors without const return arguments

[Richard Levitte via RT]

On Fri Jul 22 14:09:12 2016, steve wrote:
> On Sat Jun 25 22:09:59 2016, openssl at roumenpetrov.info wrote:
> >
> > Above is reason the request to remove const from return argument of
> > get0
> > methods.
> >
>
> We had a discussion about this and the preference was to have get
> methods
> retain const for various reasons.
>
> Instead the DSA_SIG/ECDSA_SIG structures now no longer pre-allocate
> r/s so they
> aren't immediately freed when you set them.
>
> > The issue is not only for ECDSA but also for DSA_SIG and RSA, DSA, DH
> > keys where situation is similar.
> >
>
> Do you have some examples of how this affects other structures? For
> RSA/DSA/DH
> keys the fields are NULL initially unless I've missed something.

Can this ticket be closed?

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Richard Levitte
levitte at openssl.org

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