is_utf8_string

[p5sagit/p5-mst-13.2.git] / pod / perlapi.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod
index 6e504c1..86ad5bd 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlapi.pod
+++ b/pod/perlapi.pod
@@ -150,6 +150,17 @@ must then use C<av_store> to assign values to these new elements.
 =for hackers
 Found in file av.c
 
+=item bytes_to_utf8
+
+Converts a string C<s> of length C<len> from ASCII into UTF8 encoding.
+Returns a pointer to the newly-created string, and sets C<len> to
+reflect the new length.
+
+       U8 *    bytes_to_utf8(U8 *s, STRLEN *len)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file utf8.c
+
 =item call_argv
 
 Performs a callback to the specified Perl sub.  See L<perlcall>.
@@ -2928,6 +2939,27 @@ Converts the specified character to uppercase.
 =for hackers
 Found in file handy.h
 
+=item U8 *s
+
+Returns true if first C<len> bytes of the given string form valid a UTF8
+string, false otherwise.
+
+       bool_utf8_string        U8 *s(STRLEN len)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file utf8.c
+
+=item utf8_to_bytes
+
+Converts a string C<s> of length C<len> from UTF8 into ASCII encoding.
+Unlike C<bytes_to_utf8>, this over-writes the original string.
+Returns zero on failure after converting as much as possible.
+
+       U8 *    utf8_to_bytes(U8 *s, STRLEN len)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file utf8.c
+
 =item warn
 
 This is the XSUB-writer's interface to Perl's C<warn> function.  Use this