Add av_top() synonym for av_len()

[perl5.git] / pod / perlguts.pod

diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod
index d1e179a..52a0170 100644 (file)
--- a/pod/perlguts.pod
+++ b/pod/perlguts.pod
@@ -351,11 +351,11 @@ to these new elements.
 
 Here are some other functions:
 
-    I32   av_len(AV*);
+    I32   av_top(AV*);
     SV**  av_fetch(AV*, I32 key, I32 lval);
     SV**  av_store(AV*, I32 key, SV* val);
 
-The C<av_len> function returns the highest index value in an array (just
+The C<av_top> function returns the highest index value in an array (just
 like $#array in Perl).  If the array is empty, -1 is returned.  The
 C<av_fetch> function returns the value at index C<key>, but if C<lval>
 is non-zero, then C<av_fetch> will store an undef value at that index.
@@ -604,17 +604,13 @@ macro and then check the return value.
 
 The most useful types that will be returned are:
 
-    SVt_IV    Scalar
-    SVt_NV    Scalar
-    SVt_PV    Scalar
-    SVt_RV    Scalar
-    SVt_PVAV  Array
-    SVt_PVHV  Hash
-    SVt_PVCV  Code
-    SVt_PVGV  Glob (possibly a file handle)
-    SVt_PVMG  Blessed or Magical Scalar
+    < SVt_PVAV  Scalar
+    SVt_PVAV    Array
+    SVt_PVHV    Hash
+    SVt_PVCV    Code
+    SVt_PVGV    Glob (possibly a file handle)
 
-See the F<sv.h> header file for more details.
+See L<perlapi/svtype> for more details.
 
 =head2 Blessed References and Class Objects
 
@@ -1558,7 +1554,7 @@ within a C program.  These four are:
     I32  call_sv(SV*, I32);
     I32  call_pv(const char*, I32);
     I32  call_method(const char*, I32);
-    I32  call_argv(const char*, I32, register char**);
+    I32  call_argv(const char*, I32, char**);
 
 The routine most often used is C<call_sv>.  The C<SV*> argument
 contains either the name of the Perl subroutine to be called, or a