Revert "regcomp.c: Make inversion lists SVt_PVLV"

This reverts commit 2c3365de8c1168f115576a4976d067e3b911c490.
This continues the backing out of this topic branch.  A bisect shows
that the first commit exhibiting an error is the first one in the
branch.

4 files changed, 12 insertions, 19 deletions

diff --git a/embed.fnc b/embed.fnc
index d8a5c63783..8ad9a13aeb 100644
--- a/embed.fnc
+++ b/embed.fnc
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ EXp	|SV*	|_core_swash_init|NN const char* pkg|NN const char* name \
 #endif
 #if defined(PERL_IN_REGCOMP_C) || defined(PERL_IN_REGEXEC_C) || defined(PERL_IN_UTF8_C)
 EXMpR	|SV*	|_invlist_contents|NN SV* const invlist
-EiMR	|STRLEN*|_get_invlist_len_addr	|NN SV* invlist
+EiMR	|UV*	|_get_invlist_len_addr	|NN SV* invlist
 EiMR	|UV	|_invlist_len	|NN SV* const invlist
 EMiR	|bool	|_invlist_contains_cp|NN SV* const invlist|const UV cp
 EXpMR	|IV	|_invlist_search	|NN SV* const invlist|const UV cp
diff --git a/inline_invlist.c b/inline_invlist.c
index f20f6daae0..b194c0d264 100644
--- a/inline_invlist.c
+++ b/inline_invlist.c
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #define ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i) (! ((i) & 1))
 #define PREV_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i) (! ELEMENT_RANGE_MATCHES_INVLIST(i))
 
-PERL_STATIC_INLINE STRLEN*
+PERL_STATIC_INLINE UV*
 S__get_invlist_len_addr(pTHX_ SV* invlist)
 {
     /* Return the address of the UV that contains the current number
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ S__get_invlist_len_addr(pTHX_ SV* invlist)
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__GET_INVLIST_LEN_ADDR;
 
-    return &(LvTARGLEN(invlist));
+    return (UV *) (SvPVX(invlist) + (INVLIST_LEN_OFFSET * sizeof (UV)));
 }
 
 PERL_STATIC_INLINE UV
diff --git a/proto.h b/proto.h
index e4e43e177f..f5dc0dceeb 100644
--- a/proto.h
+++ b/proto.h
@@ -6743,7 +6743,7 @@ STATIC I32	S_study_chunk(pTHX_ struct RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, regnode **scanp
 
 #endif
 #if defined(PERL_IN_REGCOMP_C) || defined(PERL_IN_REGEXEC_C) || defined(PERL_IN_UTF8_C)
-PERL_STATIC_INLINE STRLEN*	S__get_invlist_len_addr(pTHX_ SV* invlist)
+PERL_STATIC_INLINE UV*	S__get_invlist_len_addr(pTHX_ SV* invlist)
 			__attribute__warn_unused_result__
 			__attribute__nonnull__(pTHX_1);
 #define PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__GET_INVLIST_LEN_ADDR	\
diff --git a/regcomp.c b/regcomp.c
index 0ee7bc5b6b..b2bf63c117 100644
--- a/regcomp.c
+++ b/regcomp.c
@@ -7027,13 +7027,10 @@ S_reg_scan_name(pTHX_ RExC_state_t *pRExC_state, U32 flags)
  * interfaces are highly subject to change, so as much as possible is static to
  * this file.  An inversion list is here implemented as a malloc'd C UV array
  * with some added info that is placed as UVs at the beginning in a header
- * portion.  Currently it is a SVt_PVLV, with some of the header fields from
- * that repurposed for uses here.
- *
- * An inversion list for Unicode is an array of code points, sorted by ordinal
- * number.  The zeroth element is the first code point in the list.  The 1th
- * element is the first element beyond that not in the list.  In other words,
- * the first range is
+ * portion.  An inversion list for Unicode is an array of code points, sorted
+ * by ordinal number.  The zeroth element is the first code point in the list.
+ * The 1th element is the first element beyond that not in the list.  In other
+ * words, the first range is
  *  invlist[0]..(invlist[1]-1)
  * The other ranges follow.  Thus every element whose index is divisible by two
  * marks the beginning of a range that is in the list, and every element not
@@ -7130,7 +7127,7 @@ S_invlist_set_len(pTHX_ SV* const invlist, const UV len)
 
     *_get_invlist_len_addr(invlist) = len;
 
-    assert(SvLEN(invlist) == 0 || len <= SvLEN(invlist));
+    assert(len <= SvLEN(invlist));
 
     SvCUR_set(invlist, TO_INTERNAL_SIZE(len));
     /* Note that when inverting, SvCUR shouldn't change */
@@ -7210,9 +7207,7 @@ Perl__new_invlist(pTHX_ IV initial_size)
     }
 
     /* Allocate the initial space */
-    new_list = newSV_type(SVt_PVLV);
-    SvGROW(new_list, TO_INTERNAL_SIZE(initial_size) + 1); /* 1 is for trailing
-                                                             NUL */
+    new_list = newSV(TO_INTERNAL_SIZE(initial_size));
     invlist_set_len(new_list, 0);
 
     /* Force iterinit() to be used to get iteration to work */
@@ -7242,7 +7237,7 @@ S__new_invlist_C_array(pTHX_ UV* list)
      * form, including internal fields.  Thus this is a dangerous routine that
      * should not be used in the wrong hands */
 
-    SV* invlist = newSV_type(SVt_PVLV);
+    SV* invlist = newSV_type(SVt_PV);
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__NEW_INVLIST_C_ARRAY;
 
@@ -7254,7 +7249,6 @@ S__new_invlist_C_array(pTHX_ UV* list)
     if (*get_invlist_version_id_addr(invlist) != INVLIST_VERSION_ID) {
         Perl_croak(aTHX_ "panic: Incorrect version for previously generated inversion list");
     }
-    invlist_set_len(invlist, list[INVLIST_LEN_OFFSET]);
 
     /* Initialize the iteration pointer.
      * XXX This could be done at compile time in charclass_invlists.h, but I
@@ -8049,7 +8043,7 @@ Perl__invlist_invert(pTHX_ SV* const invlist)
      * have a zero; removes it otherwise.  As described above, the data
      * structure is set up so that this is very efficient */
 
-    STRLEN* len_pos = _get_invlist_len_addr(invlist);
+    UV* len_pos = _get_invlist_len_addr(invlist);
 
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT__INVLIST_INVERT;
 
@@ -8126,7 +8120,6 @@ S_invlist_clone(pTHX_ SV* const invlist)
     PERL_ARGS_ASSERT_INVLIST_CLONE;
 
     SvCUR_set(new_invlist, length); /* This isn't done automatically */
-    invlist_set_len(new_invlist, _invlist_len(invlist));
     Copy(SvPVX(invlist), SvPVX(new_invlist), length, char);
 
     return new_invlist;