t of the external representation of the public key written by i2d_ECPrivateKey() (such as whether it is stored in a compressed form or not) is described by the point_conversion_form. See <a href="../man3/EC_GROUP_copy.html">EC_GROUP_copy(3)</a> for a description of point_conversion_form.</p>

<p>When reading a private key encoded without an associated public key (e.g. if EC_PKEY_NO_PUBKEY has been used - see below), then d2i_ECPrivateKey() generates the missing public key automatically. Private keys encoded