Loosely speaking, it performs a copy-by-value, obliterating any previous
content of the destination.
If the C<flags> parameter has the C<SV_GMAGIC> bit set, will C<mg_get> on
-C<ssv> if appropriate, else not. C<sv_setsv> and C<sv_setsv_nomg> are
-implemented in terms of this function.
+C<ssv> if appropriate, else not. If the C<flags> parameter has the
+C<NOSTEAL> bit set then the buffers of temps will not be stolen. <sv_setsv>
+and C<sv_setsv_nomg> are implemented in terms of this function.
You probably want to use one of the assortment of wrappers, such as
C<SvSetSV>, C<SvSetSV_nosteal>, C<SvSetMagicSV> and
!(isSwipe =
(sflags & SVs_TEMP) && /* slated for free anyway? */
!(sflags & SVf_OOK) && /* and not involved in OOK hack? */
+ (!(flags & SV_NOSTEAL)) &&
+ /* and we're allowed to steal temps */
SvREFCNT(sstr) == 1 && /* and no other references to it? */
SvLEN(sstr) && /* and really is a string */
/* and won't be needed again, potentially */
/*
=for apidoc sv_setpvf
-Processes its arguments like C<sprintf> and sets an SV to the formatted
-output. Does not handle 'set' magic. See C<sv_setpvf_mg>.
+Works like C<sv_catpvf> but copies the text into the SV instead of
+appending it. Does not handle 'set' magic. See C<sv_setpvf_mg>.
=cut
*/
va_end(args);
}
-/* backend for C<sv_setpvf> and C<sv_setpvf_nocontext> */
+/*
+=for apidoc sv_vsetpvf
+
+Works like C<sv_vcatpvf> but copies the text into the SV instead of
+appending it. Does not handle 'set' magic. See C<sv_vsetpvf_mg>.
+
+Usually used via its frontend C<sv_setpvf>.
+
+=cut
+*/
void
Perl_sv_vsetpvf(pTHX_ SV *sv, const char* pat, va_list* args)
va_end(args);
}
-/* backend for C<sv_setpvf_mg> C<setpvf_mg_nocontext> */
+/*
+=for apidoc sv_vsetpvf_mg
+
+Like C<sv_vsetpvf>, but also handles 'set' magic.
+
+Usually used via its frontend C<sv_setpvf_mg>.
+
+=cut
+*/
void
Perl_sv_vsetpvf_mg(pTHX_ SV *sv, const char* pat, va_list* args)
output to an SV. If the appended data contains "wide" characters
(including, but not limited to, SVs with a UTF-8 PV formatted with %s,
and characters >255 formatted with %c), the original SV might get
-upgraded to UTF-8. Handles 'get' magic, but not 'set' magic.
-C<SvSETMAGIC()> must typically be called after calling this function
-to handle 'set' magic.
+upgraded to UTF-8. Handles 'get' magic, but not 'set' magic. See
+C<sv_catpvf_mg>.
=cut */
va_end(args);
}
-/* backend for C<sv_catpvf> and C<catpvf_mg_nocontext> */
+/*
+=for apidoc sv_vcatpvf
+
+Processes its arguments like C<vsprintf> and appends the formatted output
+to an SV. Does not handle 'set' magic. See C<sv_vcatpvf_mg>.
+
+Usually used via its frontend C<sv_catpvf>.
+
+=cut
+*/
void
Perl_sv_vcatpvf(pTHX_ SV *sv, const char* pat, va_list* args)
va_end(args);
}
-/* backend for C<catpvf_mg> and C<catpvf_mg_nocontext> */
+/*
+=for apidoc sv_vcatpvf_mg
+
+Like C<sv_vcatpvf>, but also handles 'set' magic.
+
+Usually used via its frontend C<sv_catpvf_mg>.
+
+=cut
+*/
void
Perl_sv_vcatpvf_mg(pTHX_ SV *sv, const char* pat, va_list* args)
/*
=for apidoc sv_vsetpvfn
-Works like C<vcatpvfn> but copies the text into the SV instead of
+Works like C<sv_vcatpvfn> but copies the text into the SV instead of
appending it.
-Usually used via one of its frontends C<sv_setpvf> and C<sv_setpvf_mg>.
+Usually used via one of its frontends C<sv_vsetpvf> and C<sv_vsetpvf_mg>.
=cut
*/
C<maybe_tainted> if results are untrustworthy (often due to the use of
locales).
-Usually used via one of its frontends C<sv_catpvf> and C<sv_catpvf_mg>.
+Usually used via one of its frontends C<sv_vcatpvf> and C<sv_vcatpvf_mg>.
=cut
*/
FREETMPS;
LEAVE;
SvUTF8_on(sv);
+ return SvPVX(sv);
}
- return SvPVX(sv);
+ return SvPOKp(sv) ? SvPVX(sv) : NULL;
}
/*