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cb50131a 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
ee8c7f54 9Perl interpreter that are documented using Perl's internal documentation
cb50131a 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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4b19af01 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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27=for hackers
28Found in file gv.c
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cb50131a 30=back
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32=head1 AUTHORS
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ee8c7f54 34The autodocumentation system was originally added to the Perl core by
cb50131a 35Benjamin Stuhl. Documentation is by whoever was kind enough to
36document their functions.
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38=head1 SEE ALSO
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40perlguts(1), perlapi(1)
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