=head2 Working with SVs
An SV can be created and loaded with one command. There are four types of
-values that can be loaded: an integer value (IV), a double (NV), a string,
-(PV), and another scalar (SV).
+values that can be loaded: an integer value (IV), a double (NV),
+a string (PV), and another scalar (SV).
The six routines are:
instances of the size of the C<type> data structure (using the C<sizeof>
function).
+Here is a handy table of equivalents between ordinary C and Perl's
+memory abstraction layer:
+
+ Instead Of: Use:
+
+ malloc New
+ calloc Newz
+ realloc Renew
+ memcopy Copy
+ memmove Move
+ free Safefree
+ strdup savepv
+ strndup savepvn (Hey, strndup doesn't exist!)
+ memcpy/*(struct foo *) StructCopy
+
=head2 PerlIO
The most recent development releases of Perl has been experimenting with