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=head1 NAME

ASN1_BIT_STRING_new, ASN1_BIT_STRING_free - ASN1_BIT_STRING allocation functions

=head1 SYNOPSIS

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 #include <openssl/asn1.h>

 ASN1_BIT_STRING *ASN1_BIT_STRING_new(void);
 void ASN1_BIT_STRING_free(ASN1_BIT_STRING *a);

=head1 DESCRIPTION

ASN1_BIT_STRING_new() returns an allocated B<ASN1_BIT_STRING> structure.

ASN1_BIT_STRING_free() frees up a single B<ASN1_BIT_STRING> object.
If the argument is NULL, nothing is done.

B<ASN1_BIT_STRING> structure representing the ASN.1 BIT_STRING type.

=head1 RETURN VALUES

ASN1_BIT_STRING_new() return a valid B<ASN1_BIT_STRING> structure or NULL
if an error occurred.

ASN1_BIT_STRING_free() does not return a value.

=head1 SEE ALSO

L<ERR_get_error(3)>

=head1 COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2026 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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