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author | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2021-02-11 09:58:06 -0700 |
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committer | Karl Williamson <khw@cpan.org> | 2021-02-11 12:58:44 -0700 |
commit | e95279b990fe71adf8752b3e776239cd7ec2f656 (patch) | |
tree | bae05acbca70d223589ef9d923c57be2099ec3b6 /util.c | |
parent | 39f42f602ea2fc8a89f32a8fc649a4b0d48ecb53 (diff) | |
download | perl-e95279b990fe71adf8752b3e776239cd7ec2f656.tar.gz |
util.c: Clarify pod for Perl_form
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1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -1542,9 +1542,9 @@ can be used any place a string (char *) is required: char * s = Perl_form("%d.%d",major,minor); -They use a single private buffer so if you want to format several strings you -must explicitly copy the earlier strings away (and free the copies when you -are done). +They use a single (per-thread) private buffer so if you want to format several +strings you must explicitly copy the earlier strings away (and free the copies +when you are done). The two forms differ only in that C<form_nocontext> does not take a thread context (C<aTHX>) parameter, so is used in situations where the caller doesn't |