index. If C<lval> is set then the fetch will be part of a store. Check
that the return value is non-null before dereferencing it to a C<SV*>.
-See L<Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays> for more information
-on how to use this function on tied arrays.
+See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for
+more information on how to use this function on tied arrays.
SV** av_fetch(AV* ar, I32 key, I32 lval)
count of C<val> before the call, and decrementing it if the function
returned NULL.
-See L<Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays> for
+See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for
more information on how to use this function on tied arrays.
SV** av_store(AV* ar, I32 key, SV* val)
=item EXTEND
Used to extend the argument stack for an XSUB's return values. Once
-used, guarrantees that there is room for at least C<nitems> to be pushed
+used, guarantees that there is room for at least C<nitems> to be pushed
onto the stack.
void EXTEND(SP, int nitems)
This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as a postfix of the stash name. The
GV returned from C<gv_fetchmeth> may be a method cache entry, which is not
-visible to Perl code. So when calling C<perl_call_sv>, you should not use
+visible to Perl code. So when calling C<call_sv>, you should not use
the GV directly; instead, you should use the method's CV, which can be
obtained from the GV with the C<GvCV> macro.
These functions have the same side-effects and as C<gv_fetchmeth> with
C<level==0>. C<name> should be writable if contains C<':'> or C<'
''>. The warning against passing the GV returned by C<gv_fetchmeth> to
-C<perl_call_sv> apply equally to these functions.
+C<call_sv> apply equally to these functions.
GV* gv_fetchmethod_autoload(HV* stash, const char* name, I32 autoload)
=item gv_stashpv
-Returns a pointer to the stash for a specified package. If C<create> is
-set then the package will be created if it does not already exist. If
-C<create> is not set and the package does not exist then NULL is
-returned.
+Returns a pointer to the stash for a specified package. C<name> should
+be a valid UTF-8 string. If C<create> is set then the package will be
+created if it does not already exist. If C<create> is not set and the
+package does not exist then NULL is returned.
HV* gv_stashpv(const char* name, I32 create)
=item gv_stashsv
-Returns a pointer to the stash for a specified package. See
-C<gv_stashpv>.
+Returns a pointer to the stash for a specified package, which must be a
+valid UTF-8 string. See C<gv_stashpv>.
HV* gv_stashsv(SV* sv, I32 create)
part of a store. Check that the return value is non-null before
dereferencing it to a C<SV*>.
-See L<Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays> for more
+See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
SV** hv_fetch(HV* tb, const char* key, U32 klen, I32 lval)
static location, so be sure to make a copy of the structure if you need to
store it somewhere.
-See L<Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays> for more
+See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
HE* hv_fetch_ent(HV* tb, SV* key, I32 lval, U32 hash)
responsible for suitably incrementing the reference count of C<val> before
the call, and decrementing it if the function returned NULL.
-See L<Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays> for more
+See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
SV** hv_store(HV* tb, const char* key, U32 klen, SV* val, U32 hash)
incrementing the reference count of C<val> before the call, and
decrementing it if the function returned NULL.
-See L<Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays> for more
+See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
HE* hv_store_ent(HV* tb, SV* key, SV* val, U32 hash)
=item isALNUM
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ascii alphanumeric
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ASCII alphanumeric
character or digit.
bool isALNUM(char ch)
=item isALPHA
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ascii alphabetic
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ASCII alphabetic
character.
bool isALPHA(char ch)
=item isDIGIT
-Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ascii
+Returns a boolean indicating whether the C C<char> is an ASCII
digit.
bool isDIGIT(char ch)
SV* newSVsv(SV* old)
+=item newSVuv
+
+Creates a new SV and copies an unsigned integer into it.
+The reference count for the SV is set to 1.
+
+ SV* newSVuv(UV u)
+
=item newXS
Used by C<xsubpp> to hook up XSUBs as Perl subs.
=item StructCopy
-This is an architecture-independant macro to copy one structure to another.
+This is an architecture-independent macro to copy one structure to another.
void StructCopy(type src, type dest, type)
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