done in the subroutine peep(). Optimizations performed at this stage
are subject to the same restrictions as in the pass 2.
-=head1 The Perl API
+=head1 The Perl Internal API
WARNING: This information is subject to radical changes prior to
the Perl 5.6 release. Use with caution.
class to maintain interpreter state. In all three cases,
PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT is also normally defined, and enables the
support for passing in a "hidden" first argument that represents all three
-data structures. (The traditional MULTIPLICITY and USE_THREADS builds
-built without PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT may also be supported, but this is
-currently somewhat broken.)
+data structures.
All this obviously requires a way for the Perl internal functions to be
C++ methods, subroutines taking some kind of structure as the first
STATIC becomes "static" in C, and is #define'd to nothing in C++.
-A public function (i.e. part of the API) begins like this:
+A public function (i.e. part of the internal API, but not necessarily
+sanctioned for use in extensions) begins like this:
void
Perl_sv_setsv(pTHX_ SV* dsv, SV* ssv)
your needs for simplicity or efficiency, you may mix the previous
two approaches freely.
-Never say C<pTHX,> yourself--always use the form of the macro with the
-underscore for functions that take explicit arguments, or the form
-without the argument for functions with no explicit arguments.
+Never add a comma after C<pTHX> yourself--always use the form of the
+macro with the underscore for functions that take explicit arguments,
+or the form without the argument for functions with no explicit arguments.
=head2 Future Plans and PERL_IMPLICIT_SYS
=head1 API LISTING
This is a listing of functions, macros, flags, and variables that may be
-useful to extension writers or that may be found while reading other
+used by extension writers. The interfaces of any functions that are not
+listed here are subject to change without notice. For this reason,
+blindly using functions listed in proto.h is to be avoided when writing
extensions.
Note that all Perl API global variables must be referenced with the C<PL_>
void sv_usepvn_mg (SV* sv, char* ptr, STRLEN len)
-=item sv_vcatpvfn(sv, pat, patlen, args, svargs, svmax, used_locale)
+=item sv_vcatpvfn
Processes its arguments like C<vsprintf> and appends the formatted output
to an SV. Uses an array of SVs if the C style variable argument list is
-missing (NULL). Indicates if locale information has been used for formatting.
+missing (NULL). When running with taint checks enabled, indicates via
+C<maybe_tainted> if results are untrustworthy (often due to the use of
+locales).
void sv_catpvfn (SV* sv, const char* pat, STRLEN patlen,
va_list *args, SV **svargs, I32 svmax,
- bool *used_locale);
+ bool *maybe_tainted);
-=item sv_vsetpvfn(sv, pat, patlen, args, svargs, svmax, used_locale)
+=item sv_vsetpvfn
Works like C<vcatpvfn> but copies the text into the SV instead of
appending it.
void sv_setpvfn (SV* sv, const char* pat, STRLEN patlen,
va_list *args, SV **svargs, I32 svmax,
- bool *used_locale);
+ bool *maybe_tainted);
=item SvUV
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