=head1 DESCRIPTION
-This file contains the documentation of the perl public API generated by
-embed.pl, specifically a listing of functions, macros, flags, and variables
-that may be used by extension writers. The interfaces of any functions that
+This file contains the documentation of the perl public API generated by
+embed.pl, specifically a listing of functions, macros, flags, and variables
+that may be used by extension writers. The interfaces of any functions that
are not listed here are subject to change without notice. For this reason,
blindly using functions listed in proto.h is to be avoided when writing
extensions.
Returns the glob with the given C<name> and a defined subroutine or
C<NULL>. The glob lives in the given C<stash>, or in the stashes
-accessible via @ISA and @UNIVERSAL.
+accessible via @ISA and @UNIVERSAL.
The argument C<level> should be either 0 or -1. If C<level==0>, as a
side-effect creates a glob with the given C<name> in the given C<stash>
which in the case of success contains an alias for the subroutine, and sets
-up caching info for this glob. Similarly for all the searched stashes.
+up caching info for this glob. Similarly for all the searched stashes.
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<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.
+obtained from the GV with the C<GvCV> macro.
GV* gv_fetchmeth(HV* stash, const char* name, STRLEN len, I32 level)
Returns the glob which contains the subroutine to call to invoke the method
on the C<stash>. In fact in the presence of autoloading this may be the
glob for "AUTOLOAD". In this case the corresponding variable $AUTOLOAD is
-already setup.
+already setup.
The third parameter of C<gv_fetchmethod_autoload> determines whether
AUTOLOAD lookup is performed if the given method is not present: non-zero
-means yes, look for AUTOLOAD; zero means no, don't look for AUTOLOAD.
+means yes, look for AUTOLOAD; zero means no, don't look for AUTOLOAD.
Calling C<gv_fetchmethod> is equivalent to calling C<gv_fetchmethod_autoload>
-with a non-zero C<autoload> parameter.
+with a non-zero C<autoload> parameter.
These functions grant C<"SUPER"> token as a prefix of the method name. Note
that if you want to keep the returned glob for a long time, you need to
check for it being "AUTOLOAD", since at the later time the call may load a
different subroutine due to $AUTOLOAD changing its value. Use the glob
-created via a side effect to do this.
+created via a side effect to do this.
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<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 hv_delete
Deletes a key/value pair in the hash. The value SV is removed from the
-hash and returned to the caller. The C<klen> is the length of the key.
+hash and returned to the caller. The C<klen> is the length of the key.
The C<flags> value will normally be zero; if set to G_DISCARD then NULL
will be returned.
Returns the SV which corresponds to the specified key in the hash. The
C<klen> is the length of the key. 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*>.
+dereferencing it to a C<SV*>.
See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
will be part of a store. Make sure the return value is non-null before
accessing it. The return value when C<tb> is a tied hash is a pointer to a
static location, so be sure to make a copy of the structure if you need to
-store it somewhere.
+store it somewhere.
See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
Prepares a starting point to traverse a hash table. Returns the number of
keys in the hash (i.e. the same as C<HvKEYS(tb)>). The return value is
-currently only meaningful for hashes without tie magic.
+currently only meaningful for hashes without tie magic.
NOTE: Before version 5.004_65, C<hv_iterinit> used to return the number of
hash buckets that happen to be in use. If you still need that esoteric
stored within the hash (as in the case of tied hashes). Otherwise it can
be dereferenced to get the original C<SV*>. Note that the caller is
responsible for suitably incrementing the reference count of C<val> before
-the call, and decrementing it if the function returned NULL.
+the call, and decrementing it if the function returned NULL.
See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
contents of the return value can be accessed using the C<He???> macros
described here. Note that the caller is responsible for suitably
incrementing the reference count of C<val> before the call, and
-decrementing it if the function returned NULL.
+decrementing it if the function returned NULL.
See L<perlguts/"Understanding the Magic of Tied Hashes and Arrays"> for more
information on how to use this function on tied hashes.
=item newSVpvn
Creates a new SV and copies a string into it. The reference count for the
-SV is set to 1. Note that if C<len> is zero, Perl will create a zero length
+SV is set to 1. Note that if C<len> is zero, Perl will create a zero length
string. You are responsible for ensuring that the source string is at least
C<len> bytes long.
=for hackers
Found in file sv.c
+=item newSVpvn_share
+
+Creates a new SV and populates it with a string from
+the string table. Turns on READONLY and FAKE.
+The idea here is that as string table is used for shared hash
+keys these strings will have SvPVX == HeKEY and hash lookup
+will avoid string compare.
+
+ SV* newSVpvn_share(const char* s, STRLEN len, U32 hash)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file sv.c
+
=item newSVrv
Creates a new SV for the RV, C<rv>, to point to. If C<rv> is not an RV then
=item PUSHs
-Push an SV onto the stack. The stack must have room for this element.
+Push an SV onto the stack. The stack must have room for this element.
Does not handle 'set' magic. See C<XPUSHs>.
void PUSHs(SV* sv)
=item sv_chop
-Efficient removal of characters from the beginning of the string buffer.
+Efficient removal of characters from the beginning of the string buffer.
SvPOK(sv) must be true and the C<ptr> must be a pointer to somewhere inside
the string buffer. The C<ptr> becomes the first character of the adjusted
string.
=item sv_usepvn
Tells an SV to use C<ptr> to find its string value. Normally the string is
-stored inside the SV but sv_usepvn allows the SV to use an outside string.
+stored inside the SV but sv_usepvn allows the SV to use an outside string.
The C<ptr> should point to memory that was allocated by C<malloc>. The
string length, C<len>, must be supplied. This function will realloc the
memory pointed to by C<ptr>, so that pointer should not be freed or used by
=item sv_utf8_encode
Convert the PV of an SV to UTF8-encoded, but then turn off the C<SvUTF8>
-flag so that it looks like bytes again. Nothing calls this.
+flag so that it looks like bytes again. Nothing calls this.
NOTE: this function is experimental and may change or be
removed without notice.
=item XPUSHu
-Push an unsigned integer onto the stack, extending the stack if necessary.
+Push an unsigned integer onto the stack, extending the stack if necessary.
See C<PUSHu>.
void XPUSHu(UV uv)
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