Perl_newAV() can become a mathom by making newAV() a wrapper around

newSV_type() and tweaking Perl_sv_upgrade().

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@32675

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/av.h b/av.h
index 06ecc7a656..b3f56ff179 100644
--- a/av.h
+++ b/av.h
@@ -116,6 +116,16 @@ Same as C<av_len()>.  Deprecated, use C<av_len()> instead.
 #define NEGATIVE_INDICES_VAR "NEGATIVE_INDICES"
 
 /*
+=for apidoc newAV
+
+Creates a new AV.  The reference count is set to 1.
+
+=cut
+*/
+
+#define newAV()	((AV *)newSV_type(SVt_PVAV))
+
+/*
  * Local variables:
  * c-indentation-style: bsd
  * c-basic-offset: 4