/* pad.h
*
- * Copyright (C) 2002, by Larry Wall and others
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, 2003, 2005, by Larry Wall and others
*
* You may distribute under the terms of either the GNU General Public
* License or the Artistic License, as specified in the README file.
XXX DAPM it would make more sense to make the arg a PADOFFSET
=for apidoc m|void|SAVECLEARSV |SV **svp
-Clear the pointed to pad value on scope exit. (ie the runtime action of 'my')
+Clear the pointed to pad value on scope exit. (i.e. the runtime action of 'my')
=for apidoc m|void|SAVECOMPPAD
save PL_comppad and PL_curpad
=for apidoc m|void|PAD_SET_CUR |PADLIST padlist|I32 n
Set the current pad to be pad C<n> in the padlist, saving
-the previous current pad.
+the previous current pad. NB currently this macro expands to a string too
+long for some compilers, so it's best to replace it with
+
+ SAVECOMPPAD();
+ PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE(padlist,n);
+
=for apidoc m|void|PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE |PADLIST padlist|I32 n
like PAD_SET_CUR, but without the save
#define PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS(po) SvFLAGS(*av_fetch(PL_comppad_name, (po), FALSE))
#define PAD_COMPNAME_PV(po) SvPV_nolen(*av_fetch(PL_comppad_name, (po), FALSE))
-/* XXX DAPM yuk - using av_fetch twice. Is there a better way? */
-#define PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE(po) \
- ((SvFLAGS(*av_fetch(PL_comppad_name, (po), FALSE)) & SVpad_TYPED) \
- ? (SvSTASH(*av_fetch(PL_comppad_name, (po), FALSE))) : Nullhv)
+#define PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE(po) pad_compname_type(po)
#define PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH(po) \
(GvSTASH(*av_fetch(PL_comppad_name, (po), FALSE)))