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diff --git a/pod/perlapi.pod b/pod/perlapi.pod index 58e29515c4..cd467ba8ed 100644 --- a/pod/perlapi.pod +++ b/pod/perlapi.pod @@ -165,9 +165,16 @@ the type. May fail on overlapping copies. See also C<Move>. =item croak -This is the XSUB-writer's interface to Perl's C<die> function. Use this -function the same way you use the C C<printf> function. See -C<warn>. +This is the XSUB-writer's interface to Perl's C<die> function. +Normally use this function the same way you use the C C<printf> +function. See C<warn>. + +If you want to throw an exception object, assign the object to +C<$@> and then pass C<Nullch> to croak(): + + errsv = get_sv("@", TRUE); + sv_setsv(errsv, exception_object); + croak(Nullch); void croak(const char* pat, ...) @@ -1597,17 +1604,17 @@ false, defined or undefined. Does not handle 'get' magic. bool SvTRUE(SV* sv) -=item svtype - -An enum of flags for Perl types. These are found in the file B<sv.h> -in the C<svtype> enum. Test these flags with the C<SvTYPE> macro. - =item SvTYPE Returns the type of the SV. See C<svtype>. svtype SvTYPE(SV* sv) +=item svtype + +An enum of flags for Perl types. These are found in the file B<sv.h> +in the C<svtype> enum. Test these flags with the C<SvTYPE> macro. + =item SVt_IV Integer type flag for scalars. See C<svtype>. |