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authorKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2021-02-11 09:58:06 -0700
committerKarl Williamson <khw@cpan.org>2021-02-11 12:58:44 -0700
commite95279b990fe71adf8752b3e776239cd7ec2f656 (patch)
treebae05acbca70d223589ef9d923c57be2099ec3b6 /util.c
parent39f42f602ea2fc8a89f32a8fc649a4b0d48ecb53 (diff)
downloadperl-e95279b990fe71adf8752b3e776239cd7ec2f656.tar.gz
util.c: Clarify pod for Perl_form
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diff --git a/util.c b/util.c
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+++ b/util.c
@@ -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