[win32] the EXTCONST in sdbm.h breaks SDBM on Borland, since

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

diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod
index 4ef8c22..9b7cab6 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlguts.pod
+++ b/pod/perlguts.pod
@@ -1088,10 +1088,10 @@ two, the local time zone's standard and summer time abbreviations.
 To handle this situation, the PPCODE directive is used and the stack is
 extended using the macro:
 
-    EXTEND(sp, num);
+    EXTEND(SP, num);
 
-where C<sp> is the stack pointer, and C<num> is the number of elements the
-stack should be extended by.
+where C<SP> is the macro that represents the local copy of the stack pointer,
+and C<num> is the number of elements the stack should be extended by.
 
 Now that there is room on the stack, values can be pushed on it using the
 macros to push IVs, doubles, strings, and SV pointers respectively:
@@ -1144,6 +1144,7 @@ must manipulate the Perl stack.  These include the following macros and
 functions:
 
     dSP
+    SP
     PUSHMARK()
     PUTBACK
     SPAGAIN
@@ -1575,7 +1576,8 @@ The C variable which corresponds to Perl's $^W warning variable.
 
 =item dSP
 
-Declares a stack pointer variable, C<sp>, for the XSUB.  See C<SP>.
+Declares a local copy of perl's stack pointer for the XSUB, available via
+the C<SP> macro.  See C<SP>.
 
 =item dXSARGS
 
@@ -2121,6 +2123,13 @@ The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function, with cast.
 
        void*   Newc( x, void *ptr, int size, type, cast )
 
+=item newCONSTSUB
+
+Creates a constant sub equivalent to Perl C<sub FOO () { 123 }>
+which is eligible for inlining at compile-time.
+
+       void    newCONSTSUB(HV* stash, char* name, SV* sv)
+
 =item newHV
 
 Creates a new HV.  The reference count is set to 1.
@@ -3457,17 +3466,14 @@ destination, C<n> is the number of items, and C<t> is the type.
 
 =back
 
-=head1 EDITOR
+=head1 AUTHORS
 
-Jeff Okamoto <F<okamoto@corp.hp.com>>
+Until May 1997, this document was maintained by Jeff Okamoto
+<okamoto@corp.hp.com>.  It is now maintained as part of Perl itself.
 
 With lots of help and suggestions from Dean Roehrich, Malcolm Beattie,
 Andreas Koenig, Paul Hudson, Ilya Zakharevich, Paul Marquess, Neil
 Bowers, Matthew Green, Tim Bunce, Spider Boardman, Ulrich Pfeifer,
 Stephen McCamant, and Gurusamy Sarathy.
 
-API Listing by Dean Roehrich <F<roehrich@cray.com>>.
-
-=head1 DATE
-
-Version 31.8: 1997/5/17
+API Listing originally by Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>.