#define SAVEt_HELEM 25
#define SAVEt_OP 26
#define SAVEt_HINTS 27
+#define SAVEt_ALLOC 28
#define SSCHECK(need) if (PL_savestack_ix + need > PL_savestack_max) savestack_grow()
#define SSPUSHINT(i) (PL_savestack[PL_savestack_ix++].any_i32 = (I32)(i))
} \
} STMT_END
+/* SSNEW() temporarily allocates a specified number of bytes of data on the
+ * savestack. It returns an integer index into the savestack, because a
+ * pointer would get broken if the savestack is moved on reallocation.
+ * SSNEWa() works like SSNEW(), but also aligns the data to the specified
+ * number of bytes. MEM_ALIGNBYTES is perhaps the most useful. The
+ * alignment will be preserved therough savestack reallocation *only* if
+ * realloc returns data aligned to a size divisible by `align'!
+ *
+ * SSPTR() converts the index returned by SSNEW/SSNEWa() into a pointer.
+ */
+
+#define SSNEW(size) save_alloc(size, 0)
+#define SSNEWa(size,align) save_alloc(size, \
+ (align - ((int)((caddr_t)&PL_savestack[PL_savestack_ix]) % align)) % align)
+
+#define SSPTR(off,type) ((type) ((char*)PL_savestack + off))
+
/* A jmpenv packages the state required to perform a proper non-local jump.
* Note that there is a start_env initialized when perl starts, and top_env
* points to this initially, so top_env should always be non-null.