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authorFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2011-10-08 22:23:50 -0700
committerFather Chrysostomos <sprout@cpan.org>2011-10-09 23:14:07 -0700
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parentb2ef759e149da82c9e8229884417d223e485c9fb (diff)
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Update docs for XS AUTOLOAD
This mentions the UTF8 flag and moves the discussion to perlapi, where it belongs, IMHO.
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@@ -1433,8 +1433,7 @@ is not passed as an ordinary argument because, er, well, just
because, that's why. (As an exception, a method call to a nonexistent
C<import> or C<unimport> method is just skipped instead. Also, if
the AUTOLOAD subroutine is an XSUB, C<$AUTOLOAD> is not populated;
-instead, you should call L<< C<SvPVX>E<sol>C<SvCUR>|perlapi >> on the
-C<CV> for C<AUTOLOAD> to retrieve the method name.)
+see L<perlapi/SvPVX> for details.)
Many C<AUTOLOAD> routines load in a definition for the requested