=item comppadlist
-Returns the AV object (i.e. in class B::AV) of the global comppadlist.
+Returns the PADLIST object (i.e. in class B::PADLIST) of the global
+comppadlist. In Perl 5.16 and earlier it returns an AV object (class
+B::AV).
=item regex_padav
=item PADLIST
+Returns a B::PADLIST object under Perl 5.18 or higher, or a B::AV in
+earlier versions.
+
=item OUTSIDE
=item OUTSIDE_SEQ
=back
+=head2 OTHER CLASSES
+
+Perl 5.18 introduces a new class, B::PADLIST, returned by B::CV's
+C<PADLIST> method.
+
+=head2 B::PADLIST Methods
+
+=over 4
+
+=item MAX
+
+=item ARRAY
+
+A list of pads. The first one contains the names. These are currently
+B::AV objects, but that is likely to change in future versions.
+
+=item ARRAYelt
+
+Like C<ARRAY>, but takes an index as an argument to get only one element,
+rather than a list of all of them.
+
+=item REFCNT
+
+=back
=head2 $B::overlay