mention how to look up perllocal.pod (from Michael G Schwern)

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

diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod
index e6191c0..e0ae4cf 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlapi.pod
+++ b/pod/perlapi.pod
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ 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<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. 
 
@@ -375,23 +375,23 @@ 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<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)
 
@@ -897,6 +897,13 @@ Creates a new SV which is an exact duplicate of the original SV.
 
        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.