Directly saving/loading public/private keys from files

[fbenhamo]

Hi,

In https://www.cryptopp.com/wiki/Keys_and_Formats#Saving_Keys, if I understand correctly, the key is first saved into a ByteQueue before being saved in a file. 

Is there any reason (except mimicking validate2.cpp) not to directly save the key to a file, as follows?

void SavePublicKey(const string& filename, const PublicKey& key)
{
    FileSink file(filename.c_str());
    key.Save(file);
    file.MessageEnd();
}

Thanks,

Best,

Fabrice

[Jeffrey Walton]

Is there any reason (except mimicking validate2.cpp) not to directly save the key to a file, as follows?

void SavePublicKey(const string& filename, const PublicKey& key)
{
    FileSink file(filename.c_str());
    key.Save(file);
    file.MessageEnd();
}

That should work as well.

Jeff