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diff --git a/embed.pl b/embed.pl
index 19609d4..598ebcc 100755
--- a/embed.pl
+++ b/embed.pl
@@ -316,10 +316,11 @@ print EM do_not_edit ("embed.h"), <<'END';
 
 /* (Doing namespace management portably in C is really gross.) */
 
-/* NO_EMBED is no longer supported. i.e. EMBED is always active--
- * but you can define PERL_HIDE_SHORT_NAMES to achieve the same. */
+/* By defining PERL_NO_SHORT_NAMES (not done by default) the short forms
+ * (like warn instead of Perl_warn) for the API are not defined.
+ * Not defining the short forms is a good thing for cleaner embedding. */
 
-#ifndef PERL_HIDE_SHORT_NAMES
+#ifndef PERL_NO_SHORT_NAMES
 
 /* Hide global symbols */
 
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ walk_table {
 		$ret .= hide($func,"Perl_$func");
 	    }
 	}
-         unless ($flags =~ /A/) {
+	if ($ret ne '' && $flags !~ /A/) {
 	    if ($flags =~ /E/) {
 		$ret = "#if defined(PERL_CORE) || defined(PERL_EXT)\n$ret#endif\n";
 	    } else {
@@ -431,7 +432,7 @@ print EM <<'END';
 
 #endif	/* PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT */
 
-#endif	/* #ifndef PERL_HIDE_SHORT_NAMES */
+#endif	/* #ifndef PERL_NO_SHORT_NAMES */
 
 END
 
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ print EM <<'END';
    an extra argument but grab the context pointer using the macro
    dTHX.
  */
-#if defined(PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT) && !defined(PERL_HIDE_SHORT_NAMES)
+#if defined(PERL_IMPLICIT_CONTEXT) && !defined(PERL_NO_SHORT_NAMES)
 #  define croak				Perl_croak_nocontext
 #  define deb				Perl_deb_nocontext
 #  define die				Perl_die_nocontext