X-Git-Url: https://perl5.git.perl.org/perl5.git/blobdiff_plain/9ff8e8065ea8557fda504cf7c2337bef185cd00f..49a54bbe5e246f5f51e51453d9cc5a19e72a4433:/gv.c

diff --git a/gv.c b/gv.c
index d34d043..24dabf6 100644
--- a/gv.c
+++ b/gv.c
@@ -214,6 +214,7 @@ Perl_gv_init(pTHX_ GV *gv, HV *stash, const char *name, STRLEN len, int multi)
     const U32 old_type = SvTYPE(gv);
     const bool doproto = old_type > SVt_NULL;
     const char * const proto = (doproto && SvPOK(gv)) ? SvPVX_const(gv) : NULL;
+    const STRLEN protolen = proto ? SvCUR(gv) : 0;
     SV *const has_constant = doproto && SvROK(gv) ? SvRV(gv) : NULL;
     const U32 exported_constant = has_constant ? SvPCS_IMPORTED(gv) : 0;
 
@@ -280,8 +281,8 @@ Perl_gv_init(pTHX_ GV *gv, HV *stash, const char *name, STRLEN len, int multi)
 	CvFILE_set_from_cop(GvCV(gv), PL_curcop);
 	CvSTASH(GvCV(gv)) = PL_curstash;
 	if (proto) {
-	    sv_setpv((SV*)GvCV(gv), proto);
-	    Safefree(proto);
+	    sv_usepvn_flags((SV*)GvCV(gv), proto, protolen,
+			    SV_HAS_TRAILING_NUL);
 	}
     }
 }