RE: [EXTERNAL] ASN1_STRING type is now opaque

"'Sands, Daniel N.' via openssl-users" <[email protected]> Tue, 14 Apr 2026 19:41:30 +0000
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How will EMBED work with this?  I can no longer add an ASN1_STRING structur=
e to my temp-to-send data structure since the contents are unknown to the c=
ompiler now.  Is there a pseudo-native type that can be used in its place, =
similar to INT32 and INT64 for integers?

>=20
> The ASN1_STRING structure can [no longer be accessed
> directly](https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=3Dhttps%3A%=
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> &data=3D05%7C02%7Cdnsands%40sandia.gov%7Cd1c64df0760e47e2274e08de99
> c13d49%7C7ccb5a20a303498cb0c129007381b574%7C1%7C0%7C63911725240
> 0348398%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIw
> LjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C
> %7C%7C&sdata=3DBnnWtQOjyDFAzL9YmI03Hhs7E5QhOzgr0g1JJmbzuD4%3D&rese
> rved=3D0
> asn1_string-type-is-now-opaque). Instead, accessor functions must be used=
.
>=20

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