.B bv_len
octets.
.B bv_val
-is not necessarly terminated by a NUL (zero) octet.
+is not necessarily terminated by a NUL (zero) octet.
.BR ber_bvfree ()
frees a BerValue, pointed to by \fIbv\fP, returned from this API. If \fIbv\fP
is NULL, the routine does nothing.