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authorRadu Greab <radu@netsoft.ro>2001-06-21 22:06:02 +0300
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2001-06-21 15:52:04 +0000
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Re: [PATCH 5.7.1] sv.c documentation
Message-ID: <15154.7018.376419.295092@ix.netsoft.ro> p4raw-id: //depot/perl@10790
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@@ -2899,7 +2899,7 @@ Found in file sv.c
=item sv_2pv_flags
-Returns pointer to the string value of an SV, and sets *lp to its length.
+Returns a pointer to the string value of an SV, and sets *lp to its length.
If flags includes SV_GMAGIC, does an mg_get() first. Coerces sv to a string
if necessary.
Normally invoked via the C<SvPV_flags> macro. C<sv_2pv()> and C<sv_2pv_nomg>
@@ -3499,7 +3499,7 @@ Make the first argument a copy of the second, then delete the original.
The target SV physically takes over ownership of the body of the source SV
and inherits its flags; however, the target keeps any magic it owns,
and any magic in the source is discarded.
-Note that this a rather specialist SV copying operation; most of the
+Note that this is a rather specialist SV copying operation; most of the
time you'll want to use C<sv_setsv> or one of its many macro front-ends.
void sv_replace(SV* sv, SV* nsv)
@@ -3868,9 +3868,9 @@ Found in file sv.c
=item sv_upgrade
-Upgrade an SV to a more complex form. Gnenerally adds a new body type to the
+Upgrade an SV to a more complex form. Generally adds a new body type to the
SV, then copies across as much information as possible from the old body.
-You genrally want to use the C<SvUPGRADE> macro wrapper. See also C<svtype>.
+You generally want to use the C<SvUPGRADE> macro wrapper. See also C<svtype>.
bool sv_upgrade(SV* sv, U32 mt)