docs: def ecdsa_public_key(pubkey_str, compressed=None):
      """
      Make a public key object, but enforce the following rule:
      * if compressed is True or False, make the key compressed/uncompressed.
      * otherwise, return whatever the hex encoding is
      """
      if compressed == True:
          pubkey_str = keylib.key_formatting.compress(pubkey_str)
      elif compressed == False:
          pubkey_str = keylib.key_formatting.decompress(pubkey_str)
  
      return _ECPublicKey(pubkey_str)