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= ENGINE&lowbar;new
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Allocate a new empty ENGINE with a structural reference count of one&period;

== Synopsis

Declared in `&lt;openssl&sol;engine&period;h&gt;`

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ENGINE&lowbar;new();
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[WARNING]
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https://en.cppreference.com/cpp/language/attributes/deprecated[Deprecated^]. Use of this entity is allowed but discouraged.
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== Description

Does not initialise the ENGINE for functional use&semi; call ENGINE&lowbar;init() after populating methods, or ENGINE&lowbar;add() to insert it into the global list&period;

== Return Value

New ENGINE ready to configure with ENGINE&lowbar;set&lowbar;&ast;(), or NULL on allocation failure&period;


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