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diff --git a/pod/perlguts.pod b/pod/perlguts.pod index 95bd4eccbd..21e4b2c789 100644 --- a/pod/perlguts.pod +++ b/pod/perlguts.pod @@ -1370,15 +1370,17 @@ Used to indicate scalar context. See C<GIMME> and L<perlcall>. =item gv_fetchmeth Returns the glob with the given C<name> and a defined subroutine or -C<NULL>. The glob lives in the given C<stash>, or in the stashes accessable -via @ISA and @<UNIVERSAL>. +C<NULL>. The glob lives in the given C<stash>, or in the stashes +accessable via @ISA and @<UNIVERSAL>. -The argument C<level> should be either 0 or -1. If C<level==0>, as a +The argument C<level> should be either 0 or -1. If C<level==0>, as a side-effect creates a glob with the given C<name> in the given C<stash> which in the case of success contains an alias for the subroutine, and sets up caching info for this glob. Similarly for all the searched stashes. +This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as a postfix of the stash name. + The GV returned from C<gv_fetchmeth> may be a method cache entry, which is not visible to Perl code. So when calling C<perl_call_sv>, you should not use the GV directly; instead, you should use the @@ -1398,8 +1400,7 @@ check for it being "AUTOLOAD", since at the later time the the call may load a different subroutine due to $AUTOLOAD changing its value. Use the glob created via a side effect to do this. -This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as prefix of name or postfix of -the stash name. +This function grants C<"SUPER"> token as a prefix of the method name. Has the same side-effects and as C<gv_fetchmeth> with C<level==0>. C<name> should be writable if contains C<':'> or C<'\''>. @@ -2898,14 +2899,14 @@ destination, C<n> is the number of items, and C<t> is the type. =head1 EDITOR -Jeff Okamoto <okamoto@corp.hp.com> +Jeff Okamoto <F<okamoto@corp.hp.com>> With lots of help and suggestions from Dean Roehrich, Malcolm Beattie, Andreas Koenig, Paul Hudson, Ilya Zakharevich, Paul Marquess, Neil Bowers, Matthew Green, Tim Bunce, Spider Boardman, and Ulrich Pfeifer. -API Listing by Dean Roehrich <roehrich@cray.com>. +API Listing by Dean Roehrich <F<roehrich@cray.com>>. =head1 DATE -Version 31.1: 1997/2/25 +Version 31.2: 1997/3/5 |