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483.1.5 PKey objects
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51<EM><EM><EM>The PKey object has the following methods:
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54<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-64'><tt class='method'>bits</tt></a></b>()
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56Return the number of bits of the key.
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59<dl><dt><b><a name='l2h-65'><tt class='method'>generate_key</tt></a></b>(<var>type, bits</var>)
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61Generate a public/private key pair of the type <var>type</var> (one of
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