package overload;
-our $VERSION = '1.02';
+our $VERSION = '1.03';
$overload::hint_bits = 0x20000; # HINT_LOCALIZE_HH
return sprintf("$class_prefix$type(0x%x)", $addr);
}
-sub StrVal {
- (ref $_[0] && OverloadedStringify($_[0]) or ref($_[0]) eq 'Regexp') ?
- (AddrRef(shift)) :
- "$_[0]";
-}
+*StrVal = *AddrRef;
sub mycan { # Real can would leave stubs.
my ($package, $meth) = @_;
=item overload::StrVal(arg)
-Gives string value of C<arg> as in absence of stringify overloading.
+Gives string value of C<arg> as in absence of stringify overloading. If you
+are using this to get the address of a reference (useful for checking if two
+references point to the same thing) then you may be better off using
+C<Scalar::Util::refaddr()>, which is faster.
=item overload::Overloaded(arg)