very bottom and it will be managed globally for the entire program.
*/
-//we define NEWER_OPENSSL for those places where we're using openssl 1.1.1.
-#if defined(_MSC_VER)
+//// //we define NEWER_OPENSSL for those places where we're using openssl 1.1.1.
+//// #if defined(_MSC_VER)
#define NEWER_OPENSSL
-#else
-// #define OLDER_OPENSSL
-#endif
+//hmmm: to be cleaned up; should assume only new ssl from now on.
+//// #else
+//// // #define OLDER_OPENSSL
+//// #endif
class ssl_init : public virtual basis::nameable
{