/* av.h
*
- * Copyright (c) 1991-1999, Larry Wall
+ * Copyright (c) 1991-2001, Larry Wall
*
* You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
* License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
MAGIC* xmg_magic; /* magic for scalar array */
HV* xmg_stash; /* class package */
- SV** xav_alloc; /* pointer to malloced string */
+ SV** xav_alloc; /* pointer to beginning of C array of SVs */
SV* xav_arylen;
U8 xav_flags;
};
* real if the array needs to be modified in some way. Functions that
* modify fake AVs check both flags to call av_reify() as appropriate.
*
- * Note that the Perl stack has neither flag set. (Thus, items that go
- * on the stack are never refcounted.)
+ * Note that the Perl stack and @DB::args have neither flag set. (Thus,
+ * items that go on the stack are never refcounted.)
*
* These internal details are subject to change any time. AV
* manipulations external to perl should not care about any of this.
#define AVf_REUSED 4 /* got undeffed--don't turn old memory into SVs now */
/*
+=head1 Handy Values
+
=for apidoc AmU||Nullav
Null AV pointer.
+=head1 Array Manipulation Functions
+
=for apidoc Am|int|AvFILL|AV* av
Same as C<av_len()>. Deprecated, use C<av_len()> instead.