}
/*
+=for apidoc savesharedpvn
+
+A version of C<savepvn()> which allocates the duplicate string in memory
+which is shared between threads. (With the specific difference that a NULL
+pointer is not acceptable)
+
+=cut
+*/
+char *
+Perl_savesharedpvn(pTHX_ const char *const pv, const STRLEN len)
+{
+ char *const newaddr = (char*)PerlMemShared_malloc(len + 1);
+ assert(pv);
+ if (!newaddr) {
+ return write_no_mem();
+ }
+ newaddr[len] = '\0';
+ return (char*)memcpy(newaddr, pv, len);
+}
+
+/*
=for apidoc savesvpv
A version of C<savepv()>/C<savepvn()> which gets the string to duplicate from