Return the point‐conversion form used when encoding an EC_KEY public point (deprecated).

Synopsis

Declared in <openssl/ec.h>

[[deprecated]]
point_conversion_form_t
EC_KEY_get_conv_form(EC_KEY const* key);
Warning

Deprecated. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.

Return Value

Form such as POINT_CONVERSION_UNCOMPRESSED or POINT_CONVERSION_COMPRESSED.

Parameters

Name

Description

key

EC key whose conversion form is queried.

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