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Add a B::COP::io() method, to return the cop_io field of COPs.
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1/***********************************************/
2/* Global only to current interpreter instance */
3/***********************************************/
4
5/* Don't forget to re-run embed.pl to propagate changes! */
6
7/* New variables must be added to the very end for binary compatibility.
8 * XSUB.h provides wrapper functions via perlapi.h that make this
9 * irrelevant, but not all code may be expected to #include XSUB.h. */
10
11/* The 'I' prefix is only needed for vars that need appropriate #defines
12 * generated when built with or without MULTIPLICITY. It is also used
13 * to generate the appropriate export list for win32.
14 *
15 * When building without MULTIPLICITY, these variables will be truly global. */
16
17/* pseudo environmental stuff */
18PERLVAR(Iorigargc, int)
19PERLVAR(Iorigargv, char **)
20PERLVAR(Ienvgv, GV *)
21PERLVAR(Iincgv, GV *)
22PERLVAR(Ihintgv, GV *)
23PERLVAR(Iorigfilename, char *)
24PERLVAR(Idiehook, SV *)
25PERLVAR(Iwarnhook, SV *)
26
27/* switches */
28PERLVAR(Iminus_c, bool)
29PERLVAR(Ipatchlevel, SV *)
30PERLVAR(Ilocalpatches, char **)
31PERLVARI(Isplitstr, char *, " ")
32PERLVAR(Ipreprocess, bool)
33PERLVAR(Iminus_n, bool)
34PERLVAR(Iminus_p, bool)
35PERLVAR(Iminus_l, bool)
36PERLVAR(Iminus_a, bool)
37PERLVAR(Iminus_F, bool)
38PERLVAR(Idoswitches, bool)
39
40/*
41=head1 Global Variables
42
43=for apidoc mn|bool|PL_dowarn
44
45The C variable which corresponds to Perl's $^W warning variable.
46
47=cut
48*/
49
50PERLVAR(Idowarn, U8)
51PERLVAR(Iwidesyscalls, bool) /* unused since 5.8.1 */
52PERLVAR(Idoextract, bool)
53PERLVAR(Isawampersand, bool) /* must save all match strings */
54PERLVAR(Iunsafe, bool)
55PERLVAR(Iinplace, char *)
56PERLVAR(Ie_script, SV *)
57PERLVAR(Iperldb, U32)
58
59/* This value may be set when embedding for full cleanup */
60/* 0=none, 1=full, 2=full with checks */
61PERLVARI(Iperl_destruct_level, int, 0)
62
63/* magical thingies */
64PERLVAR(Ibasetime, Time_t) /* $^T */
65PERLVAR(Iformfeed, SV *) /* $^L */
66
67
68PERLVARI(Imaxsysfd, I32, MAXSYSFD)
69 /* top fd to pass to subprocesses */
70PERLVAR(Imultiline, int) /* $*--do strings hold >1 line? */
71PERLVAR(Istatusvalue, I32) /* $? */
72PERLVAR(Iexit_flags, U8) /* was exit() unexpected, etc. */
73#ifdef VMS
74PERLVAR(Istatusvalue_vms,U32)
75#endif
76
77/* shortcuts to various I/O objects */
78PERLVAR(Istdingv, GV *)
79PERLVAR(Istderrgv, GV *)
80PERLVAR(Idefgv, GV *)
81PERLVAR(Iargvgv, GV *)
82PERLVAR(Iargvoutgv, GV *)
83PERLVAR(Iargvout_stack, AV *)
84
85/* shortcuts to regexp stuff */
86/* this one needs to be moved to thrdvar.h and accessed via
87 * find_threadsv() when USE_5005THREADS */
88PERLVAR(Ireplgv, GV *)
89
90/* shortcuts to misc objects */
91PERLVAR(Ierrgv, GV *)
92
93/* shortcuts to debugging objects */
94PERLVAR(IDBgv, GV *)
95PERLVAR(IDBline, GV *)
96
97/*
98=for apidoc mn|GV *|PL_DBsub
99When Perl is run in debugging mode, with the B<-d> switch, this GV contains
100the SV which holds the name of the sub being debugged. This is the C
101variable which corresponds to Perl's $DB::sub variable. See
102C<PL_DBsingle>.
103
104=for apidoc mn|SV *|PL_DBsingle
105When Perl is run in debugging mode, with the B<-d> switch, this SV is a
106boolean which indicates whether subs are being single-stepped.
107Single-stepping is automatically turned on after every step. This is the C
108variable which corresponds to Perl's $DB::single variable. See
109C<PL_DBsub>.
110
111=for apidoc mn|SV *|PL_DBtrace
112Trace variable used when Perl is run in debugging mode, with the B<-d>
113switch. This is the C variable which corresponds to Perl's $DB::trace
114variable. See C<PL_DBsingle>.
115
116=cut
117*/
118
119PERLVAR(IDBsub, GV *)
120PERLVAR(IDBsingle, SV *)
121PERLVAR(IDBtrace, SV *)
122PERLVAR(IDBsignal, SV *)
123PERLVAR(IDBassertion, SV *)
124PERLVAR(Ilineary, AV *) /* lines of script for debugger */
125PERLVAR(Idbargs, AV *) /* args to call listed by caller function */
126
127/* symbol tables */
128PERLVAR(Idebstash, HV *) /* symbol table for perldb package */
129PERLVAR(Iglobalstash, HV *) /* global keyword overrides imported here */
130PERLVAR(Icurstname, SV *) /* name of current package */
131PERLVAR(Ibeginav, AV *) /* names of BEGIN subroutines */
132PERLVAR(Iendav, AV *) /* names of END subroutines */
133PERLVAR(Icheckav, AV *) /* names of CHECK subroutines */
134PERLVAR(Iinitav, AV *) /* names of INIT subroutines */
135PERLVAR(Istrtab, HV *) /* shared string table */
136PERLVARI(Isub_generation,U32,1) /* incr to invalidate method cache */
137
138/* memory management */
139PERLVAR(Isv_count, I32) /* how many SV* are currently allocated */
140PERLVAR(Isv_objcount, I32) /* how many objects are currently allocated */
141PERLVAR(Isv_root, SV*) /* storage for SVs belonging to interp */
142PERLVAR(Isv_arenaroot, SV*) /* list of areas for garbage collection */
143
144/* funky return mechanisms */
145PERLVAR(Iforkprocess, int) /* so do_open |- can return proc# */
146
147/* subprocess state */
148PERLVAR(Ifdpid, AV *) /* keep fd-to-pid mappings for my_popen */
149
150/* internal state */
151PERLVAR(Itainting, bool) /* doing taint checks */
152PERLVARI(Iop_mask, char *, NULL) /* masked operations for safe evals */
153
154/* current interpreter roots */
155PERLVAR(Imain_cv, CV *)
156PERLVAR(Imain_root, OP *)
157PERLVAR(Imain_start, OP *)
158PERLVAR(Ieval_root, OP *)
159PERLVAR(Ieval_start, OP *)
160
161/* runtime control stuff */
162PERLVARI(Icurcopdb, COP *, NULL)
163PERLVARI(Icopline, line_t, NOLINE)
164
165/* statics moved here for shared library purposes */
166PERLVAR(Ifilemode, int) /* so nextargv() can preserve mode */
167PERLVAR(Ilastfd, int) /* what to preserve mode on */
168PERLVAR(Ioldname, char *) /* what to preserve mode on */
169PERLVAR(IArgv, char **) /* stuff to free from do_aexec, vfork safe */
170PERLVAR(ICmd, char *) /* stuff to free from do_aexec, vfork safe */
171PERLVAR(Igensym, I32) /* next symbol for getsym() to define */
172PERLVAR(Ipreambled, bool)
173PERLVAR(Ipreambleav, AV *)
174PERLVARI(Ilaststatval, int, -1)
175PERLVARI(Ilaststype, I32, OP_STAT)
176PERLVAR(Imess_sv, SV *)
177
178/* XXX shouldn't these be per-thread? --GSAR */
179PERLVAR(Iors_sv, SV *) /* output record separator $\ */
180PERLVAR(Iofmt, char *) /* output format for numbers $# */
181
182/* interpreter atexit processing */
183PERLVARI(Iexitlist, PerlExitListEntry *, NULL)
184 /* list of exit functions */
185PERLVARI(Iexitlistlen, I32, 0) /* length of same */
186
187/*
188=for apidoc Amn|HV*|PL_modglobal
189
190C<PL_modglobal> is a general purpose, interpreter global HV for use by
191extensions that need to keep information on a per-interpreter basis.
192In a pinch, it can also be used as a symbol table for extensions
193to share data among each other. It is a good idea to use keys
194prefixed by the package name of the extension that owns the data.
195
196=cut
197*/
198
199PERLVAR(Imodglobal, HV *) /* per-interp module data */
200
201/* these used to be in global before 5.004_68 */
202PERLVARI(Iprofiledata, U32 *, NULL) /* table of ops, counts */
203PERLVARI(Irsfp, PerlIO * VOL, Nullfp) /* current source file pointer */
204PERLVARI(Irsfp_filters, AV *, Nullav) /* keeps active source filters */
205
206PERLVAR(Icompiling, COP) /* compiling/done executing marker */
207
208PERLVAR(Icompcv, CV *) /* currently compiling subroutine */
209PERLVAR(Icomppad, AV *) /* storage for lexically scoped temporaries */
210PERLVAR(Icomppad_name, AV *) /* variable names for "my" variables */
211PERLVAR(Icomppad_name_fill, I32) /* last "introduced" variable offset */
212PERLVAR(Icomppad_name_floor, I32) /* start of vars in innermost block */
213
214#ifdef HAVE_INTERP_INTERN
215PERLVAR(Isys_intern, struct interp_intern)
216 /* platform internals */
217#endif
218
219/* more statics moved here */
220PERLVARI(Igeneration, int, 100) /* from op.c */
221PERLVAR(IDBcv, CV *) /* from perl.c */
222
223PERLVARI(Iin_clean_objs,bool, FALSE) /* from sv.c */
224PERLVARI(Iin_clean_all, bool, FALSE) /* from sv.c */
225
226PERLVAR(Ilinestart, char *) /* beg. of most recently read line */
227PERLVAR(Ipending_ident, char) /* pending identifier lookup */
228PERLVAR(Isublex_info, SUBLEXINFO) /* from toke.c */
229
230PERLVAR(Iuid, Uid_t) /* current real user id */
231PERLVAR(Ieuid, Uid_t) /* current effective user id */
232PERLVAR(Igid, Gid_t) /* current real group id */
233PERLVAR(Iegid, Gid_t) /* current effective group id */
234PERLVAR(Inomemok, bool) /* let malloc context handle nomem */
235PERLVAR(Ian, U32) /* malloc sequence number */
236PERLVAR(Icop_seqmax, U32) /* statement sequence number */
237PERLVAR(Iop_seqmax, U16) /* op sequence number */
238PERLVAR(Ievalseq, U32) /* eval sequence number */
239PERLVAR(Iorigenviron, char **)
240PERLVAR(Iorigalen, U32)
241PERLVAR(Ipidstatus, HV *) /* pid-to-status mappings for waitpid */
242PERLVARI(Imaxo, int, MAXO) /* maximum number of ops */
243PERLVAR(Iosname, char *) /* operating system */
244PERLVARI(Ish_path, char *, SH_PATH)/* full path of shell */
245PERLVAR(Isighandlerp, Sighandler_t)
246
247PERLVAR(Ixiv_arenaroot, XPV*) /* list of allocated xiv areas */
248PERLVAR(Ixiv_root, IV *) /* free xiv list */
249PERLVAR(Ixnv_root, NV *) /* free xnv list */
250PERLVAR(Ixrv_root, XRV *) /* free xrv list */
251PERLVAR(Ixpv_root, XPV *) /* free xpv list */
252PERLVAR(Ixpviv_root, XPVIV *) /* free xpviv list */
253PERLVAR(Ixpvnv_root, XPVNV *) /* free xpvnv list */
254PERLVAR(Ixpvcv_root, XPVCV *) /* free xpvcv list */
255PERLVAR(Ixpvav_root, XPVAV *) /* free xpvav list */
256PERLVAR(Ixpvhv_root, XPVHV *) /* free xpvhv list */
257PERLVAR(Ixpvmg_root, XPVMG *) /* free xpvmg list */
258PERLVAR(Ixpvlv_root, XPVLV *) /* free xpvlv list */
259PERLVAR(Ixpvbm_root, XPVBM *) /* free xpvbm list */
260PERLVAR(Ihe_root, HE *) /* free he list */
261PERLVAR(Inice_chunk, char *) /* a nice chunk of memory to reuse */
262PERLVAR(Inice_chunk_size, U32) /* how nice the chunk of memory is */
263
264PERLVARI(Irunops, runops_proc_t, MEMBER_TO_FPTR(RUNOPS_DEFAULT))
265
266PERLVARA(Itokenbuf,256, char)
267
268/*
269=for apidoc Amn|SV|PL_sv_undef
270This is the C<undef> SV. Always refer to this as C<&PL_sv_undef>.
271
272=for apidoc Amn|SV|PL_sv_no
273This is the C<false> SV. See C<PL_sv_yes>. Always refer to this as
274C<&PL_sv_no>.
275
276=for apidoc Amn|SV|PL_sv_yes
277This is the C<true> SV. See C<PL_sv_no>. Always refer to this as
278C<&PL_sv_yes>.
279
280=cut
281*/
282
283PERLVAR(Isv_undef, SV)
284PERLVAR(Isv_no, SV)
285PERLVAR(Isv_yes, SV)
286
287#ifdef CSH
288PERLVARI(Icshname, char *, CSH)
289PERLVAR(Icshlen, I32)
290#endif
291
292PERLVAR(Ilex_state, U32) /* next token is determined */
293PERLVAR(Ilex_defer, U32) /* state after determined token */
294PERLVAR(Ilex_expect, int) /* expect after determined token */
295PERLVAR(Ilex_brackets, I32) /* bracket count */
296PERLVAR(Ilex_formbrack, I32) /* bracket count at outer format level */
297PERLVAR(Ilex_casemods, I32) /* casemod count */
298PERLVAR(Ilex_dojoin, I32) /* doing an array interpolation */
299PERLVAR(Ilex_starts, I32) /* how many interps done on level */
300PERLVAR(Ilex_stuff, SV *) /* runtime pattern from m// or s/// */
301PERLVAR(Ilex_repl, SV *) /* runtime replacement from s/// */
302PERLVAR(Ilex_op, OP *) /* extra info to pass back on op */
303PERLVAR(Ilex_inpat, OP *) /* in pattern $) and $| are special */
304PERLVAR(Ilex_inwhat, I32) /* what kind of quoting are we in */
305PERLVAR(Ilex_brackstack,char *) /* what kind of brackets to pop */
306PERLVAR(Ilex_casestack, char *) /* what kind of case mods in effect */
307
308/* What we know when we're in LEX_KNOWNEXT state. */
309PERLVARA(Inextval,5, YYSTYPE) /* value of next token, if any */
310PERLVARA(Inexttype,5, I32) /* type of next token */
311PERLVAR(Inexttoke, I32)
312
313PERLVAR(Ilinestr, SV *)
314PERLVAR(Ibufptr, char *)
315PERLVAR(Ioldbufptr, char *)
316PERLVAR(Ioldoldbufptr, char *)
317PERLVAR(Ibufend, char *)
318PERLVARI(Iexpect,int, XSTATE) /* how to interpret ambiguous tokens */
319
320PERLVAR(Imulti_start, I32) /* 1st line of multi-line string */
321PERLVAR(Imulti_end, I32) /* last line of multi-line string */
322PERLVAR(Imulti_open, I32) /* delimiter of said string */
323PERLVAR(Imulti_close, I32) /* delimiter of said string */
324
325PERLVAR(Ierror_count, I32) /* how many errors so far, max 10 */
326PERLVAR(Isubline, I32) /* line this subroutine began on */
327PERLVAR(Isubname, SV *) /* name of current subroutine */
328
329PERLVAR(Imin_intro_pending, I32) /* start of vars to introduce */
330PERLVAR(Imax_intro_pending, I32) /* end of vars to introduce */
331PERLVAR(Ipadix, I32) /* max used index in current "register" pad */
332PERLVAR(Ipadix_floor, I32) /* how low may inner block reset padix */
333PERLVAR(Ipad_reset_pending, I32) /* reset pad on next attempted alloc */
334
335PERLVAR(Ilast_uni, char *) /* position of last named-unary op */
336PERLVAR(Ilast_lop, char *) /* position of last list operator */
337PERLVAR(Ilast_lop_op, OPCODE) /* last list operator */
338PERLVAR(Iin_my, I32) /* we're compiling a "my" (or "our") declaration */
339PERLVAR(Iin_my_stash, HV *) /* declared class of this "my" declaration */
340#ifdef FCRYPT
341PERLVAR(Icryptseen, bool) /* has fast crypt() been initialized? */
342#endif
343
344PERLVAR(Ihints, U32) /* pragma-tic compile-time flags */
345
346PERLVAR(Idebug, VOL U32) /* flags given to -D switch */
347
348PERLVAR(Iamagic_generation, long)
349
350#ifdef USE_LOCALE_COLLATE
351PERLVAR(Icollation_ix, U32) /* Collation generation index */
352PERLVAR(Icollation_name,char *) /* Name of current collation */
353PERLVARI(Icollation_standard, bool, TRUE)
354 /* Assume simple collation */
355PERLVAR(Icollxfrm_base, Size_t) /* Basic overhead in *xfrm() */
356PERLVARI(Icollxfrm_mult,Size_t, 2) /* Expansion factor in *xfrm() */
357#endif /* USE_LOCALE_COLLATE */
358
359#ifdef USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC
360
361PERLVAR(Inumeric_name, char *) /* Name of current numeric locale */
362PERLVARI(Inumeric_standard, bool, TRUE)
363 /* Assume simple numerics */
364PERLVARI(Inumeric_local, bool, TRUE)
365 /* Assume local numerics */
366
367PERLVAR(Inumeric_compat1, char)
368 /* Used to be numeric_radix */
369#endif /* !USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC */
370
371/* utf8 character classes */
372PERLVAR(Iutf8_alnum, SV *)
373PERLVAR(Iutf8_alnumc, SV *)
374PERLVAR(Iutf8_ascii, SV *)
375PERLVAR(Iutf8_alpha, SV *)
376PERLVAR(Iutf8_space, SV *)
377PERLVAR(Iutf8_cntrl, SV *)
378PERLVAR(Iutf8_graph, SV *)
379PERLVAR(Iutf8_digit, SV *)
380PERLVAR(Iutf8_upper, SV *)
381PERLVAR(Iutf8_lower, SV *)
382PERLVAR(Iutf8_print, SV *)
383PERLVAR(Iutf8_punct, SV *)
384PERLVAR(Iutf8_xdigit, SV *)
385PERLVAR(Iutf8_mark, SV *)
386PERLVAR(Iutf8_toupper, SV *)
387PERLVAR(Iutf8_totitle, SV *)
388PERLVAR(Iutf8_tolower, SV *)
389PERLVAR(Iutf8_tofold, SV *)
390PERLVAR(Ilast_swash_hv, HV *)
391PERLVAR(Ilast_swash_klen, U32)
392PERLVARA(Ilast_swash_key,10, U8)
393PERLVAR(Ilast_swash_tmps, U8 *)
394PERLVAR(Ilast_swash_slen, STRLEN)
395
396/* perly.c globals */
397PERLVAR(Iyydebug, int)
398PERLVAR(Iyynerrs, int)
399PERLVAR(Iyyerrflag, int)
400PERLVAR(Iyychar, int)
401PERLVAR(Iyyval, YYSTYPE)
402PERLVAR(Iyylval, YYSTYPE)
403
404PERLVAR(Iglob_index, int)
405PERLVAR(Isrand_called, bool)
406PERLVARA(Iuudmap,256, char)
407PERLVAR(Ibitcount, char *)
408
409PERLVAR(Ipsig_ptr, SV**)
410PERLVAR(Ipsig_name, SV**)
411
412#if defined(PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS)
413PERLVAR(IMem, struct IPerlMem*)
414PERLVAR(IMemShared, struct IPerlMem*)
415PERLVAR(IMemParse, struct IPerlMem*)
416PERLVAR(IEnv, struct IPerlEnv*)
417PERLVAR(IStdIO, struct IPerlStdIO*)
418PERLVAR(ILIO, struct IPerlLIO*)
419PERLVAR(IDir, struct IPerlDir*)
420PERLVAR(ISock, struct IPerlSock*)
421PERLVAR(IProc, struct IPerlProc*)
422#endif
423
424#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
425PERLVAR(Iptr_table, PTR_TBL_t*)
426#endif
427PERLVARI(Ibeginav_save, AV*, Nullav) /* save BEGIN{}s when compiling */
428
429PERLVAR(Ixnv_arenaroot, XPV*) /* list of allocated xnv areas */
430PERLVAR(Ixrv_arenaroot, XPV*) /* list of allocated xrv areas */
431PERLVAR(Ixpv_arenaroot, XPV*) /* list of allocated xpv areas */
432PERLVAR(Ixpviv_arenaroot,XPVIV*) /* list of allocated xpviv areas */
433PERLVAR(Ixpvnv_arenaroot,XPVNV*) /* list of allocated xpvnv areas */
434PERLVAR(Ixpvcv_arenaroot,XPVCV*) /* list of allocated xpvcv areas */
435PERLVAR(Ixpvav_arenaroot,XPVAV*) /* list of allocated xpvav areas */
436PERLVAR(Ixpvhv_arenaroot,XPVHV*) /* list of allocated xpvhv areas */
437PERLVAR(Ixpvmg_arenaroot,XPVMG*) /* list of allocated xpvmg areas */
438PERLVAR(Ixpvlv_arenaroot,XPVLV*) /* list of allocated xpvlv areas */
439PERLVAR(Ixpvbm_arenaroot,XPVBM*) /* list of allocated xpvbm areas */
440PERLVAR(Ihe_arenaroot, XPV*) /* list of allocated he areas */
441
442 /* 5.6.0 stopped here */
443
444PERLVAR(Ipsig_pend, int *) /* per-signal "count" of pending */
445PERLVARI(Isig_pending, int,0) /* Number if highest signal pending */
446
447#ifdef USE_LOCALE_NUMERIC
448
449PERLVAR(Inumeric_radix_sv, SV *) /* The radix separator if not '.' */
450
451#endif
452
453#if defined(USE_ITHREADS)
454PERLVAR(Iregex_pad, SV**) /* All regex objects */
455PERLVAR(Iregex_padav, AV*) /* All regex objects */
456
457#ifdef USE_REENTRANT_API
458PERLVAR(Ireentrant_buffer, REENTR*) /* here we store the _r buffers */
459#endif
460
461#endif
462
463PERLVAR(Isavebegin, bool) /* save BEGINs for compiler */
464
465PERLVAR(Icustom_op_names, HV*) /* Names of user defined ops */
466PERLVAR(Icustom_op_descs, HV*) /* Descriptions of user defined ops */
467
468#ifdef PERLIO_LAYERS
469PERLVARI(Iperlio, PerlIO *,NULL)
470PERLVARI(Iknown_layers, PerlIO_list_t *,NULL)
471PERLVARI(Idef_layerlist, PerlIO_list_t *,NULL)
472#endif
473
474PERLVARI(Iencoding, SV*, Nullsv) /* character encoding */
475
476PERLVAR(Idebug_pad, struct perl_debug_pad) /* always needed because of the re extension */
477
478PERLVAR(Itaint_warn, bool) /* taint warns instead of dying */
479
480#ifdef PL_OP_SLAB_ALLOC
481PERLVAR(IOpPtr,I32 **)
482PERLVARI(IOpSpace,I32,0)
483PERLVAR(IOpSlab,I32 *)
484#endif
485
486PERLVAR(Iutf8locale, bool) /* utf8 locale detected */
487
488PERLVAR(Iutf8_idstart, SV *)
489PERLVAR(Iutf8_idcont, SV *)
490
491PERLVAR(Isort_RealCmp, SVCOMPARE_t)
492
493PERLVARI(Icheckav_save, AV*, Nullav) /* save CHECK{}s when compiling */
494
495PERLVARI(Iclocktick, long, 0) /* this many times() ticks in a second */
496
497PERLVARI(Iin_load_module, int, 0) /* to prevent recursions in PerlIO_find_layer */
498
499PERLVAR(Iunicode, U32) /* Unicode features: $ENV{PERL_UNICODE} or -C */
500
501PERLVAR(Isignals, U32) /* Using which pre-5.8 signals */
502
503/* New variables must be added to the very end, before this comment,
504 * for binary compatibility (the offsets of the old members must not change).
505 * XSUB.h provides wrapper functions via perlapi.h that make this
506 * irrelevant, but not all code may be expected to #include XSUB.h. */
507