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diff --git a/ext/B/B.pm b/ext/B/B.pm index b70c7105b9..4110fe234a 100644 --- a/ext/B/B.pm +++ b/ext/B/B.pm @@ -368,6 +368,10 @@ class. Apart from functions such as C<main_root>, this is the primary way to get an initial "handle" on an internal perl data structure which can then be followed with the other access methods. +The returned object will only be valid as long as the underlying OPs +and SVs continue to exist. Do not attempt to use the object after the +underlying structures are freed. + =item amagic_generation Returns the SV object corresponding to the C variable C<amagic_generation>. @@ -523,7 +527,11 @@ The bulk of the C<B> module is the methods for accessing fields of these structures. Note that all access is read-only. You cannot modify the internals by -using this module. +using this module. Also, note that the B::OP and B::SV objects created +by this module are only valid for as long as the underlying objects +exist; their creation doesn't increase the reference counts of the +underlying objects. Trying to access the fields of a freed object will +give incomprehensible results, or worse. =head2 SV-RELATED CLASSES |