struct xpvinvlist {
_XPV_HEAD;
- IV prev_index;
- STRLEN iterator;
- bool is_offset; /* */
+ IV prev_index; /* caches result of previous invlist_search() */
+ STRLEN iterator; /* Stores where we are in iterating */
+ bool is_offset; /* The data structure for all inversion lists
+ begins with an element for code point U+0000.
+ If this bool is set, the actual list contains
+ that 0; otherwise, the list actually begins
+ with the following element. Thus to invert
+ the list, merely toggle this flag */
};
/* This structure works in 3 ways - regular scalar, GV with GP, or fast
=for apidoc Am|char*|SvEND|SV* sv
Returns a pointer to the spot just after the last character in
the string which is in the SV, where there is usually a trailing
-C<NUL> byte (even though Perl scalars do not strictly require it).
+C<NUL> character (even though Perl scalars do not strictly require it).
See C<SvCUR>. Access the character as *(SvEND(sv)).
Warning: If C<SvCUR> is equal to C<SvLEN>, then C<SvEND> points to
Set the value of the NV pointer in sv to val. See C<SvIV_set>.
=for apidoc Am|void|SvPV_set|SV* sv|char* val
-Set the value of the PV pointer in sv to val. See also C<SvIV_set>.
+Set the value of the PV pointer in C<sv> to the C<NUL>-terminated string
+C<val>. See also C<SvIV_set>.
Beware that the existing pointer may be involved in copy-on-write or other
mischief, so do C<SvOOK_off(sv)> and use C<sv_force_normal> or
=for apidoc Am|void|SvSetSV|SV* dsv|SV* ssv
Calls C<sv_setsv> if dsv is not the same as ssv. May evaluate arguments
-more than once.
+more than once. Does not handle 'set' magic on the destination SV.
=for apidoc Am|void|SvSetSV_nosteal|SV* dsv|SV* ssv
Calls a non-destructive version of C<sv_setsv> if dsv is not the same as