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Diffstat (limited to 'av.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | av.c | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
@@ -426,8 +426,11 @@ Perl_av_make(pTHX_ register I32 size, register SV **strp) /* =for apidoc av_clear -Clears an array, making it empty. Does not free the memory used by the -array itself. Perl equivalent: C<@myarray = ();>. +Clears an array, making it empty. Does not free the memory the av uses to +store its list of scalars. If any destructors are triggered as a result, +the av itself may be freed when this function returns. + +Perl equivalent: C<@myarray = ();>. =cut */ @@ -488,7 +491,9 @@ Perl_av_clear(pTHX_ register AV *av) /* =for apidoc av_undef -Undefines the array. Frees the memory used by the array itself. +Undefines the array. Frees the memory used by the av to store its list of +scalars. If any destructors are triggered as a result, the av itself may +be freed. =cut */ |