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-rwxr-xr-xembed.pl2
-rw-r--r--pod/perlapi.pod45
-rw-r--r--utf8.c35
3 files changed, 70 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/embed.pl b/embed.pl
index ac43b0757d..35b714f659 100755
--- a/embed.pl
+++ b/embed.pl
@@ -2079,7 +2079,7 @@ ApM |U8* |utf8_to_bytes |U8 *s|STRLEN *len
ApM |U8* |bytes_to_utf8 |U8 *s|STRLEN *len
Ap |UV |utf8_to_uv_simple|U8 *s|STRLEN* retlen
Ap |UV |utf8_to_uv |U8 *s|STRLEN curlen|STRLEN* retlen|U32 flags
-Ap |U8* |uv_to_utf8|U8 *d|UV uv
+Ap |U8* |uv_to_utf8 |U8 *d|UV uv
p |void |vivify_defelem |SV* sv
p |void |vivify_ref |SV* sv|U32 to_what
p |I32 |wait4pid |Pid_t pid|int* statusp|int flags
diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod
index 1f270ce30e..50ac40c650 100644
--- a/pod/perlapi.pod
+++ b/pod/perlapi.pod
@@ -3219,6 +3219,43 @@ string, false otherwise.
=for hackers
Found in file utf8.c
+=item utf8_distance
+
+Returns the number of UTF8 characters between the UTF-8 pointers C<a>
+and C<b>.
+
+WARNING: use only if you *know* that the pointers point inside the
+same UTF-8 buffer.
+
+ IV utf8_distance(U8 *a, U8 *b)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file utf8.c
+
+=item utf8_hop
+
+Move the C<s> pointing to UTF-8 data by C<off> characters, either forward
+or backward.
+
+WARNING: do not use the following unless you *know* C<off> is within
+the UTF-8 buffer pointed to by C<s>.
+
+ U8* utf8_hop(U8 *s, I32 off)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file utf8.c
+
+=item utf8_length
+
+Return the length of the UTF-8 char encoded string C<s> in characters.
+Stops at C<e> (inclusive). If C<e E<lt> s> or if the scan would end
+up past C<e>, croaks.
+
+ STRLEN utf8_length(U8* s, U8 *e)
+
+=for hackers
+Found in file utf8.c
+
=item utf8_to_bytes
Converts a string C<s> of length C<len> from UTF8 into byte encoding.
@@ -3241,9 +3278,11 @@ and the pointer C<s> will be advanced to the end of the character.
If C<s> does not point to a well-formed UTF8 character, the behaviour
is dependent on the value of C<flags>: if it contains UTF8_CHECK_ONLY,
it is assumed that the caller will raise a warning, and this function
-will set C<retlen> to C<-1> and return. The C<flags> can also contain
-various flags to allow deviations from the strict UTF-8 encoding
-(see F<utf8.h>).
+will set C<retlen> to C<-1> and return zero. If the C<flags> does not
+contain UTF8_CHECK_ONLY, the UNICODE_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER (0xFFFD)
+will be returned, and C<retlen> will be set to the expected length of
+the UTF-8 character in bytes. The C<flags> can also contain various
+flags to allow deviations from the strict UTF-8 encoding (see F<utf8.h>).
U8* s utf8_to_uv(STRLEN curlen, STRLEN *retlen, U32 flags)
diff --git a/utf8.c b/utf8.c
index bc0a52178d..9ef7ce108b 100644
--- a/utf8.c
+++ b/utf8.c
@@ -189,9 +189,11 @@ and the pointer C<s> will be advanced to the end of the character.
If C<s> does not point to a well-formed UTF8 character, the behaviour
is dependent on the value of C<flags>: if it contains UTF8_CHECK_ONLY,
it is assumed that the caller will raise a warning, and this function
-will set C<retlen> to C<-1> and return. The C<flags> can also contain
-various flags to allow deviations from the strict UTF-8 encoding
-(see F<utf8.h>).
+will set C<retlen> to C<-1> and return zero. If the C<flags> does not
+contain UTF8_CHECK_ONLY, the UNICODE_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER (0xFFFD)
+will be returned, and C<retlen> will be set to the expected length of
+the UTF-8 character in bytes. The C<flags> can also contain various
+flags to allow deviations from the strict UTF-8 encoding (see F<utf8.h>).
=cut */
@@ -336,7 +338,7 @@ malformed:
}
if (retlen)
- *retlen = expectlen ? expectlen : len;
+ *retlen = expectlen;
return UNICODE_REPLACEMENT_CHARACTER;
}
@@ -362,7 +364,7 @@ Perl_utf8_to_uv_simple(pTHX_ U8* s, STRLEN* retlen)
}
/*
-=for apidoc|utf8_length|U8 *s|U8 *e
+=for apidoc Am|STRLEN|utf8_length|U8* s|U8 *e
Return the length of the UTF-8 char encoded string C<s> in characters.
Stops at C<e> (inclusive). If C<e E<lt> s> or if the scan would end
@@ -390,8 +392,16 @@ Perl_utf8_length(pTHX_ U8* s, U8* e)
return len;
}
-/* utf8_distance(a,b) returns the number of UTF8 characters between
- the pointers a and b */
+/*
+=for apidoc Am|IV|utf8_distance|U8 *a|U8 *b
+
+Returns the number of UTF8 characters between the UTF-8 pointers C<a>
+and C<b>.
+
+WARNING: use only if you *know* that the pointers point inside the
+same UTF-8 buffer.
+
+=cut */
IV
Perl_utf8_distance(pTHX_ U8 *a, U8 *b)
@@ -422,7 +432,16 @@ Perl_utf8_distance(pTHX_ U8 *a, U8 *b)
return off;
}
-/* WARNING: do not use the following unless you *know* off is within bounds */
+/*
+=for apidoc Am|U8*|utf8_hop|U8 *s|I32 off
+
+Move the C<s> pointing to UTF-8 data by C<off> characters, either forward
+or backward.
+
+WARNING: do not use the following unless you *know* C<off> is within
+the UTF-8 buffer pointed to by C<s>.
+
+=cut */
U8 *
Perl_utf8_hop(pTHX_ U8 *s, I32 off)