### 14.2 Context management

Some function make use of a context object. As of now there are only a few math functions. However, future versions of Libgcrypt may make more use of this context object.

Data type: gcry_ctx_t ¶

  This type is used to refer to the general purpose context object.

Function: void gcry_ctx_release (gcry_ctx_t ctx) ¶

  Release the context object ctx and all associated resources. A `NULL` passed as ctx is ignored.