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+.Dd $Mdocdate: December 9 2021 $
.Dt ASN1_OBJECT_NEW 3
.Os
.Sh NAME
Object Identifier tree as specified in ITU-T recommendation X.660.
The new object is marked as dynamically allocated.
.Pp
+The ASN.1 object identifier type is also represented by the
+.Dv V_ASN1_OBJECT
+type identifier constant.
+.Pp
.Fn ASN1_OBJECT_create
allocates a new
.Vt ASN1_OBJECT