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954c1994 1=head1 NAME
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3perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely B<internal>
4 Perl functions
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6=head1 DESCRIPTION
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8This file is the autogenerated documentation of functions in the
4375e838 9Perl interpreter that are documented using Perl's internal documentation
954c1994 10format but are not marked as part of the Perl API. In other words,
11B<they are not for use in extensions>!
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13=over 8
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c9d5ac95 15=item is_gv_magical
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17Returns C<TRUE> if given the name of a magical GV.
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19Currently only useful internally when determining if a GV should be
20created even in rvalue contexts.
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22C<flags> is not used at present but available for future extension to
23allow selecting particular classes of magical variable.
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25 bool is_gv_magical(char *name, STRLEN len, U32 flags)
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954c1994 27=back
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29=head1 AUTHORS
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4375e838 31The autodocumentation system was originally added to the Perl core by
954c1994 32Benjamin Stuhl. Documentation is by whoever was kind enough to
33document their functions.
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35=head1 SEE ALSO
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37perlguts(1), perlapi(1)
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