[issue42952] Incorrect handling of EC_KEY_new_by_curve_name() in the _ssl module

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpython at gmail.com> added the comment:

Okay. And I have doubts that someone would backport this change to 3.6.

I do not see harm in merging PR 24237, although there is no use of it too. In any case thank you for finding this suspicious code Zackery.

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