ry context to be used <i>ctx</i> (see <a href="../man3/OSSL_LIB_CTX.html">OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)</a>) and any property query string <i>propq</i>. The <i>ctx</i> parameter may be NULL in which case the default library context is used. The <i>propq</i> value may also be NULL. See <a href="../man3/EC_GROUP_new.html">EC_GROUP_new(3)</a> for a description of curve names. This function simply wraps calls to EC_KEY_new_ex() and EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name_ex().</p>

<p>EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name() is the same as EC_KEY_new_