PERLVARI(I, reg_curpm, PMOP*, NULL)
/* the currently active slab in a chain of slabs of regmatch states,
- * and the currently active state within that slab */
+ * and the currently active state within that slab. This stack of states
+ * is shared amongst re-entrant calls to the regex engine */
PERLVARI(I, regmatch_slab, regmatch_slab *, NULL)
PERLVAR(I, regmatch_state, regmatch_state *)
PERLVAR(I, utf8locale, bool) /* utf8 locale detected */
-PERLVARA(I, colors,6, char *) /* from regcomp.c */
+PERLVARA(I, colors,6, char *) /* values from PERL_RE_COLORS env var */
/*
=for apidoc Amn|peep_t|PL_peepp
#endif
PERLVAR(I, unsafe, bool)
-PERLVAR(I, colorset, bool) /* from regcomp.c */
+PERLVAR(I, colorset, bool) /* PERL_RE_COLORS env var is in use */
/* current phase the interpreter is in
for ordering this structure to remove holes, we're assuming that this is 4