
       const char *comment;
       } EC_builtin_curve;</code></pre>

<p>Each EC_builtin_curve item has a unique integer id (<i>nid</i>), and a human readable comment string describing the curve.</p>

<p>In order to construct a built-in curve use the function EC_GROUP_new_by_curve_name_ex() and provide the <i>nid</i> of the curve to be constructed, the associated library context to be used in <i>ctx</i> (see <a href="../man3/OSSL_LIB_CTX.html">OSSL_LIB_CTX(3)</a>) and any property query string in <i>propq</