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+=head2 Creating and calling an anonymous subroutine in C
+
+As we've already shown, L<perl_call_sv> can be used to invoke an
+anonymous subroutine. However, our example showed how Perl script
+invoking an XSUB to preform this operation. Let's see how it can be
+done inside our C code:
+
+ SV *perl_eval(char *string, int croak_on_error)
+ {
+ dSP;
+ SV *sv = newSVpv(string,0);
+
+ PUSHMARK(sp);
+ perl_eval_sv(sv, G_SCALAR);
+ SvREFCNT_dec(sv);
+
+ SPAGAIN;
+ sv = POPs;
+ PUTBACK;
+
+ if (croak_on_error && SvTRUE(GvSV(errgv)))
+ croak(SvPV(GvSV(errgv),na));
+
+ return sv;
+ }
+
+ ...
+
+ SV *cvrv = perl_eval("sub { print 'You will not find me cluttering any namespace!' }", TRUE);
+
+ ...
+
+ perl_call_sv(cvrv, G_VOID|G_NOARGS);
+
+L<perl_eval_sv> is used to compile the anonymous subroutine, which can
+then be POPed off the stack. Once this code reference is in hand, it
+can be mixed in with all the previous examples we've shown.
+
=head1 SEE ALSO
L<perlxs>, L<perlguts>, L<perlembed>