void sv_setpv(SV*, const char*);
void sv_setpvn(SV*, const char*, int)
void sv_setpvf(SV*, const char*, ...);
- void sv_vsetpvfn(SV*, const char*, STRLEN, va_list *, SV **, I32, bool);
+ void sv_vsetpvfn(SV*, const char*, STRLEN, va_list *, SV **, I32, bool *);
void sv_setsv(SV*, SV*);
Notice that you can choose to specify the length of the string to be
shown in parentheses, and the values of C<SvCUR> and C<SvLEN> reflect
the fake beginning, not the real one.
-Something similar to the offset hack is perfomed on AVs to enable
+Something similar to the offset hack is performed on AVs to enable
efficient shifting and splicing off the beginning of the array; while
C<AvARRAY> points to the first element in the array that is visible from
Perl, C<AvALLOC> points to the real start of the C array. These are
The C<name> and C<namlen> arguments are used to associate a string with
the magic, typically the name of a variable. C<namlen> is stored in the
-C<mg_len> field and if C<name> is non-null and C<namlen> >= 0 a malloc'd
+C<mg_len> field and if C<name> is non-null and C<namlen> E<gt>= 0 a malloc'd
copy of the name is stored in C<mg_ptr> field.
The sv_magic function uses C<how> to determine which, if any, predefined
Function pointer Action taken
---------------- ------------
- svt_get Do something after the value of the SV is retrieved.
+ svt_get Do something before the value of the SV is retrieved.
svt_set Do something after the SV is assigned a value.
svt_len Report on the SV's length.
svt_clear Clear something the SV represents.
=head1 AUTHORS
Until May 1997, this document was maintained by Jeff Okamoto
-<okamoto@corp.hp.com>. It is now maintained as part of Perl itself
-by the Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@perl.org>.
+E<lt>okamoto@corp.hp.comE<gt>. It is now maintained as part of Perl
+itself by the Perl 5 Porters E<lt>perl5-porters@perl.orgE<gt>.
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 originally by Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>.
+API Listing originally by Dean Roehrich E<lt>roehrich@cray.comE<gt>.
Modifications to autogenerate the API listing (L<perlapi>) by Benjamin
Stuhl.