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| author | John Peacock <jpeacock@rowman.com> | 2002-08-10 11:56:22 -0400 |
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| committer | hv <hv@crypt.org> | 2002-08-20 14:51:16 +0000 |
| commit | 92f0c2656233063d579e19d8c63f7cbf6ce7b9a2 (patch) | |
| tree | de9b1657ee61c55fe0efcd69d94f058b776800ae /pod/perlguts.pod | |
| parent | 464b080a310708e7a2a4f76cfdc5ca4039ba758d (diff) | |
| download | perl-92f0c2656233063d579e19d8c63f7cbf6ce7b9a2.tar.gz | |
[REVISED PATCH] Magic v-strings
Message-id: <3D556FE6.6000404@rowman.com>
plus a bit of cleanup
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@17742
Diffstat (limited to 'pod/perlguts.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | pod/perlguts.pod | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod index d93eadf2ef..1601e3d1fc 100644 --- a/pod/perlguts.pod +++ b/pod/perlguts.pod @@ -963,6 +963,7 @@ The current kinds of Magic Virtual Tables are: t PERL_MAGIC_taint vtbl_taint Taintedness U PERL_MAGIC_uvar vtbl_uvar Available for use by extensions v PERL_MAGIC_vec vtbl_vec vec() lvalue + V PERL_MAGIC_vstring (none) v-string scalars x PERL_MAGIC_substr vtbl_substr substr() lvalue y PERL_MAGIC_defelem vtbl_defelem Shadow "foreach" iterator variable / smart parameter @@ -974,10 +975,10 @@ The current kinds of Magic Virtual Tables are: ~ PERL_MAGIC_ext (none) Available for use by extensions When an uppercase and lowercase letter both exist in the table, then the -uppercase letter is used to represent some kind of composite type (a list -or a hash), and the lowercase letter is used to represent an element of -that composite type. Some internals code makes use of this case -relationship. +uppercase letter is typically used to represent some kind of composite type +(a list or a hash), and the lowercase letter is used to represent an element +of that composite type. Some internals code makes use of this case +relationship. However, 'v' and 'V' (vec and v-string) are in no way related. The C<PERL_MAGIC_ext> and C<PERL_MAGIC_uvar> magic types are defined specifically for use by extensions and will not be used by perl itself. |