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authorKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2020-02-07 21:30:45 -0700
committerKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2020-02-12 16:36:49 -0700
commitb31417cabb70d575ee6659761bbae472fd154c60 (patch)
treed4190177203937c5243ab6120009a1c595f29360
parentbc6e1b0e15c6394ad3360172c43eb7fdf4e671c1 (diff)
downloadperl-b31417cabb70d575ee6659761bbae472fd154c60.tar.gz
embed.fnc: Clarify comments
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@@ -91,9 +91,9 @@
: The E flag is used instead for a function and its short name that is supposed
: to be used only in the core, and in extensions compiled with the
: PERL_EXT symbol defined. Again, on some platforms, the function
-: will be visible everywhere, so the 'p' flag is generally needed.
-: Also note that an XS writer can always cheat and pretend to be an
-: extension by #defining PERL_EXT.
+: will be visible everywhere, so one of the 'p' or 'S' flags is
+: generally needed. Also note that an XS writer can always cheat
+: and pretend to be an extension by #defining PERL_EXT.
:
: The X flag is similar to the C flag in that the function (whose entry better
: have the 'p' flag) is accessible everywhere on all platforms.