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-rw-r--r--pod/perlguts.pod41
-rw-r--r--regen/mg_vtable.pl42
-rw-r--r--t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat2
3 files changed, 67 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod
index c5ba48e74e..b32c01df03 100644
--- a/pod/perlguts.pod
+++ b/pod/perlguts.pod
@@ -1035,49 +1035,56 @@ The current kinds of Magic Virtual Tables are:
(old-style char and macro) MGVTBL Type of magic
-------------------------- ------ -------------
\0 PERL_MAGIC_sv vtbl_sv Special scalar variable
+ # PERL_MAGIC_arylen vtbl_arylen Array length ($#ary)
+ % PERL_MAGIC_rhash (none) extra data for restricted
+ hashes
+ . PERL_MAGIC_pos vtbl_pos pos() lvalue
+ : PERL_MAGIC_symtab (none) extra data for symbol tables
+ < PERL_MAGIC_backref vtbl_backref for weak ref data
+ @ PERL_MAGIC_arylen_p (none) to move arylen out of XPVAV
A PERL_MAGIC_overload vtbl_amagic %OVERLOAD hash
a PERL_MAGIC_overload_elem vtbl_amagicelem %OVERLOAD hash element
- c PERL_MAGIC_overload_table (none) Holds overload table (AMT)
- on stash
- B PERL_MAGIC_bm vtbl_bm Boyer-Moore (fast string search)
- D PERL_MAGIC_regdata vtbl_regdata Regex match position data
+ B PERL_MAGIC_bm vtbl_regexp Boyer-Moore
+ (fast string search)
+ c PERL_MAGIC_overload_table vtbl_ovrld Holds overload table
+ (AMT) on stash
+ D PERL_MAGIC_regdata vtbl_regdata Regex match position data
(@+ and @- vars)
d PERL_MAGIC_regdatum vtbl_regdatum Regex match position data
element
E PERL_MAGIC_env vtbl_env %ENV hash
e PERL_MAGIC_envelem vtbl_envelem %ENV hash element
- f PERL_MAGIC_fm vtbl_fm Formline ('compiled' format)
+ f PERL_MAGIC_fm vtbl_regdata Formline ('compiled' format)
g PERL_MAGIC_regex_global vtbl_mglob m//g target / study()ed string
H PERL_MAGIC_hints vtbl_hints %^H hash
h PERL_MAGIC_hintselem vtbl_hintselem %^H hash element
I PERL_MAGIC_isa vtbl_isa @ISA array
i PERL_MAGIC_isaelem vtbl_isaelem @ISA array element
k PERL_MAGIC_nkeys vtbl_nkeys scalar(keys()) lvalue
- L PERL_MAGIC_dbfile (none) Debugger %_<filename
- l PERL_MAGIC_dbline vtbl_dbline Debugger %_<filename element
- o PERL_MAGIC_collxfrm vtbl_collxfrm Locale collate transformation
+ L PERL_MAGIC_dbfile vtbl_dbline Debugger %_<filename
+ l PERL_MAGIC_dbline (none) Debugger %_<filename element
+ N PERL_MAGIC_shared (none) Shared between threads
+ n PERL_MAGIC_shared_scalar (none) Shared between threads
+ o PERL_MAGIC_collxfrm vtbl_collxfrm Locale transformation
P PERL_MAGIC_tied vtbl_pack Tied array or hash
p PERL_MAGIC_tiedelem vtbl_packelem Tied array or hash element
q PERL_MAGIC_tiedscalar vtbl_packelem Tied scalar or handle
- r PERL_MAGIC_qr vtbl_qr precompiled qr// regex
+ r PERL_MAGIC_qr vtbl_regexp precompiled qr// regex
S PERL_MAGIC_sig (none) %SIG hash
s PERL_MAGIC_sigelem vtbl_sigelem %SIG hash element
t PERL_MAGIC_taint vtbl_taint Taintedness
U PERL_MAGIC_uvar vtbl_uvar Available for use by extensions
+ u PERL_MAGIC_uvar_elem (none) Reserved for use by extensions
+ V PERL_MAGIC_vstring (none) SV was vstring literal
v PERL_MAGIC_vec vtbl_vec vec() lvalue
- V PERL_MAGIC_vstring (none) v-string scalars
- w PERL_MAGIC_utf8 vtbl_utf8 UTF-8 length+offset cache
+ w PERL_MAGIC_utf8 vtbl_utf8 Cached UTF-8 information
x PERL_MAGIC_substr vtbl_substr substr() lvalue
y PERL_MAGIC_defelem vtbl_defelem Shadow "foreach" iterator
variable / smart parameter
vivification
- # PERL_MAGIC_arylen vtbl_arylen Array length ($#ary)
- . PERL_MAGIC_pos vtbl_pos pos() lvalue
- < PERL_MAGIC_backref vtbl_backref back pointer to a weak ref
+ ] PERL_MAGIC_checkcall (none) inlining/mutation of call to
+ this CV
~ PERL_MAGIC_ext (none) Available for use by extensions
- : PERL_MAGIC_symtab (none) hash used as symbol table
- % PERL_MAGIC_rhash (none) hash used as restricted hash
- @ PERL_MAGIC_arylen_p vtbl_arylen_p pointer to $#a from @a
When an uppercase and lowercase letter both exist in the table, then the
diff --git a/regen/mg_vtable.pl b/regen/mg_vtable.pl
index bea64ed1cd..65412dc07f 100644
--- a/regen/mg_vtable.pl
+++ b/regen/mg_vtable.pl
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ BEGIN {
require 'regen/regen_lib.pl';
}
+# This generates the relevant section to paste into perlguts.pod to STDOUT
+my $output_guts = grep { $_ eq '-g' } @ARGV;
+
my %mg =
(
sv => { char => '\0', vtable => 'sv', readonly_acceptable => 1,
@@ -178,6 +181,7 @@ EOH
$data->{byte} = $byte;
$mg_order{(uc $byte) . $byte} = $name;
}
+ my @rows;
foreach (sort keys %mg_order) {
my $name = $mg_order{$_};
my $data = $mg{$name};
@@ -204,6 +208,44 @@ EOH
$char =~ s/([\\"])/\\$1/g;
printf $names qq[\t{ PERL_MAGIC_%-${longest_p1}s "%s(%s)" },\n],
"$name,", $name, $char;
+
+ push @rows, [(sprintf "%-2s PERL_MAGIC_%s", $data->{char}, $name),
+ $data->{vtable} ? "vtbl_$data->{vtable}" : '(none)',
+ $data->{desc}];
+ }
+ if ($output_guts) {
+ my @header = ('(old-style char and macro)', 'MGVTBL', 'Type of magic');
+ my @widths = (0, 0);
+ foreach my $row (@rows) {
+ for (0, 1) {
+ $widths[$_] = length $row->[$_]
+ if length $row->[$_] > $widths[$_];
+ }
+ }
+ my $indent = ' ';
+ my $format
+ = sprintf "$indent%%-%ds%%-%ds%%s\n", $widths[0] + 1, $widths[1] + 1;
+ my $desc_wrap = 80 - (length $indent) - $widths[0] - $widths[1] - 2;
+
+ print $indent . "mg_type\n";
+ printf $format, @header;
+ printf $format, map {'-' x length $_} @header;
+ foreach (@rows) {
+ my ($type, $vtbl, $desc) = @$_;
+ $desc =~ tr/\n/ /;
+ my @cont;
+ if (length $desc > $desc_wrap) {
+ # If it's too long, first split on '(', if there.
+ # [Which, if there, is always short enough, currently.
+ # Make this more robust if that changes]
+ ($desc, @cont) = split /(?=\()/, $desc;
+ if (!@cont) {
+ ($desc, @cont) = $desc =~ /(.{1,$desc_wrap})(?: |\z)/g
+ }
+ }
+ printf $format, $type, $vtbl, $desc;
+ printf $format, '', '', $_ foreach @cont;
+ }
}
}
diff --git a/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat b/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
index d04b8df1c1..7530493115 100644
--- a/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
+++ b/t/porting/known_pod_issues.dat
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ pod/perlglossary.pod ? Should you be using L<...> instead of 1
pod/perlgpl.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 80 by 50
pod/perlguts.pod ? Should you be using F<...> or maybe L<...> instead of 2
pod/perlguts.pod ? Should you be using L<...> instead of 1
-pod/perlguts.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 80 by 27
+pod/perlguts.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 80 by 26
pod/perlhack.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 80 by 1
pod/perlhacktips.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 80 by 1
pod/perlhist.pod Verbatim line length including indents exceeds 80 by 2