| Subject: | Provide access to raw binary data from ASN.1 parse |
It is often helpful to create a hex representation of a number from an
ASN.1 structure.
Currently the only way to do this is to load Math::BigInt; this is
overkill, though, if I don’t care about the number *as* a number per se
(e.g., an RSA modulus) and just want to create its hex representation.
It would be great to be able to retrieve numbers, strings, etc. as raw
binary data. Doing this with scalar refs would make the memory footprint
minimal since it wouldn’t create any new copies.
I’ve discussed this with the maintainer via email, but we both “lost”
the conversation; I’m creating this RT to foster discussion and perhaps
action.