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Clarifying behavior for Crypto.PublicKey.RSA.export_key in docs #798

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Clarifying behavior for Crypto.PublicKey.RSA.export_key in docs #798

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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion lib/Crypto/PublicKey/RSA.py
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Expand Up @@ -271,7 +271,8 @@ def export_key(self, format='PEM', passphrase=None, pkcs=1,
- ``'PEM'``. (default) Text output, according to `RFC1421`_/`RFC1423`_.
- ``'DER'``. Binary output.
- ``'OpenSSH'``. Text output, according to the OpenSSH specification.
Only suitable for public keys (not private keys).
Only suitable for public keys (not private keys). If used with an
RSA private key, will export the corresponding public key instead.

Note that PEM contains a DER structure.

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