Encourage compilers to tail call optimise in sv_savepv, sv_savepvn

[perl5.git] / pod / perlapi.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod
index 512ee44..fb22429 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlapi.pod
+++ b/pod/perlapi.pod
@@ -1554,6 +1554,16 @@ the type.  May fail on overlapping copies.  See also C<Move>.
 =for hackers
 Found in file handy.h
 
+=item CopyD
+
+Like C<Copy> but returns dest. Useful for encouraging compilers to tail-call
+optimise.
+
+       void *  CopyD(void* src, void* dest, int nitems, type)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file handy.h
+
 =item Move
 
 The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<memmove> function.  The C<src> is the
@@ -1565,6 +1575,16 @@ the type.  Can do overlapping moves.  See also C<Copy>.
 =for hackers
 Found in file handy.h
 
+=item MoveD
+
+Like C<Move> but returns dest. Useful for encouraging compilers to tail-call
+optimise.
+
+       void *  MoveD(void* src, void* dest, int nitems, type)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file handy.h
+
 =item New
 
 The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function.
@@ -1685,6 +1705,16 @@ destination, C<nitems> is the number of items, and C<type> is the type.
 =for hackers
 Found in file handy.h
 
+=item ZeroD
+
+Like C<Zero> but returns dest. Useful for encouraging compilers to tail-call
+optimise.
+
+       void *  ZeroD(void* dest, int nitems, type)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file handy.h
+
 
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