From: Perl 5 Porters <perl5-porters@africa.nicoh.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 04:52:41 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Add warning about calling sv_setsv on temp SVs
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Add warning about calling sv_setsv on temp SVs
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diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod
index 5e8f077..07509bc 100644
--- a/pod/perlguts.pod
+++ b/pod/perlguts.pod
@@ -2008,6 +2008,9 @@ Note that C<sv_setref_pv> copies the pointer while this copies the string.
 =item sv_setsv
 
 Copies the contents of the source SV C<ssv> into the destination SV C<dsv>.
+(B<NOTE:> If C<ssv> has the C<SVs_TEMP> bit set, C<sv_setsv> may simply steal
+the string from C<ssv> and give it to C<dsv>, leaving C<ssv> empty.
+Caveat caller.)
 
 	void	sv_setsv _((SV* dsv, SV* ssv));