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+In the example above, we've created a global variable to temporarily
+store the computed value of our eval'd expression. It is also
+possible and in most cases a better strategy to fetch the return value
+from L<perl_eval_sv> instead. Example:
+
+ SV *perl_eval(char *string, int croak_on_error)
+ {
+ dSP;
+ SV *sv = newSVpv(string,0);
+
+ PUSHMARK(sp);
+ perl_eval_sv(sv, G_SCALAR);
+ SvREFCNT_dec(sv);
+
+ SPAGAIN;
+ sv = POPs;
+ PUTBACK;
+
+ if (croak_on_error && SvTRUE(GvSV(errgv)))
+ croak(SvPV(GvSV(errgv),na));
+
+ return sv;
+ }
+ ...
+ SV *val = perl_eval("reverse 'rekcaH lreP rehtonA tsuJ'", TRUE);
+ printf("%s\n", SvPV(val,na));
+ ...
+
+This way, we avoid namespace pollution by not creating global
+variables and we've simplified our code as well.
=head2 Performing Perl pattern matches and substitutions from your C program