perl.c: comment that it's also perlmini.c

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/perl.c b/perl.c
index e023d40cff..98bfdcfd52 100644
--- a/perl.c
+++ b/perl.c
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@
  * and destroy a perl interpreter, plus the functions used by XS code to
  * call back into perl. Note that it does not contain the actual main()
  * function of the interpreter; that can be found in perlmain.c
+ *
+ * Note that at build time this file is also linked to as perlmini.c,
+ * and perlmini.o is then built with PERL_IS_MINIPERL defined, which is
+ * then used to create the miniperl executable, rather than perl.o.
  */
 
 #if defined(PERL_IS_MINIPERL) && !defined(USE_SITECUSTOMIZE)