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authorM. J. T. Guy <mjtg@cus.cam.ac.uk>1999-01-26 22:25:07 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>1999-02-02 12:54:24 +0000
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downloadperl-5c68b2270fe472528f2ba515730ec96ad933c2c1.tar.gz
Re: [PATCH] perl5.005_03-MAINT_TRIAL_3: clarify Sv[INU]V versus Sv[INU]VX in perlguts
To: perl5-porters@perl.org Message-Id: <E105Gux-0000Ac-00@taurus.cus.cam.ac.uk> p4raw-id: //depot/cfgperl@2773
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diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod
index 08da5975aa..15ca4b776a 100644
--- a/pod/perlguts.pod
+++ b/pod/perlguts.pod
@@ -2862,13 +2862,13 @@ will return false.
=item SvIV
-Returns the integer which is in the SV.
+Coerces the given SV to an integer and returns it.
int SvIV (SV* sv)
=item SvIVX
-Returns the integer which is stored in the SV.
+Returns the integer which is stored in the SV, assuming SvIOK is true.
int SvIVX (SV* sv)
@@ -2960,13 +2960,13 @@ B<private> setting. Use C<SvNOK>.
=item SvNV
-Returns the double which is stored in the SV.
+Coerce the given SV to a double and return it.
double SvNV (SV* sv)
=item SvNVX
-Returns the double which is stored in the SV.
+Returns the double which is stored in the SV, assuming SvNOK is true.
double SvNVX (SV* sv)
@@ -3397,13 +3397,13 @@ appending it.
=item SvUV
-Returns the unsigned integer which is in the SV.
+Coerces the given SV to an unsigned integer and returns it.
UV SvUV(SV* sv)
=item SvUVX
-Returns the unsigned integer which is stored in the SV.
+Returns the unsigned integer which is stored in the SV, assuming SvIOK is true.
UV SvUVX(SV* sv)