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diff --git a/universal.c b/universal.c
index 85a09161d2..a9cb4ccbf9 100644
--- a/universal.c
+++ b/universal.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ XS(XS_utf8_unicode_to_native);
XS(XS_utf8_native_to_unicode);
XS(XS_Internals_SvREADONLY);
XS(XS_Internals_SvREFCNT);
+XS(XS_Internals_hv_clear_placeholders);
void
Perl_boot_core_UNIVERSAL(pTHX)
@@ -187,6 +188,8 @@ Perl_boot_core_UNIVERSAL(pTHX)
newXS("utf8::unicode_to_native", XS_utf8_unicode_to_native, file);
newXSproto("Internals::SvREADONLY",XS_Internals_SvREADONLY, file, "\\[$%@];$");
newXSproto("Internals::SvREFCNT",XS_Internals_SvREFCNT, file, "\\[$%@];$");
+ newXSproto("Internals::hv_clear_placeholders",
+ XS_Internals_hv_clear_placeholders, file, "\\%");
}
@@ -500,3 +503,45 @@ XS(XS_Internals_SvREFCNT) /* This is dangerous stuff. */
XSRETURN_UNDEF; /* Can't happen. */
}
+/* Maybe this should return the number of placeholders found in scalar context,
+ and a list of them in list context. */
+XS(XS_Internals_hv_clear_placeholders)
+{
+ dXSARGS;
+ HV *hv = (HV *) SvRV(ST(0));
+
+ /* I don't care how many parameters were passed in, but I want to avoid
+ the unused variable warning. */
+
+ items = HvPLACEHOLDERS(hv);
+
+ if (items) {
+ HE *entry;
+ I32 riter = HvRITER(hv);
+ HE *eiter = HvEITER(hv);
+ hv_iterinit(hv);
+ while (items
+ && (entry
+ = hv_iternext_flags(hv, HV_ITERNEXT_WANTPLACEHOLDERS))) {
+ SV *val = hv_iterval(hv, entry);
+
+ if (val == &PL_sv_undef) {
+
+ /* It seems that I have to go back in the front of the hash
+ API to delete a hash, even though I have a HE structure
+ pointing to the very entry I want to delete, and could hold
+ onto the previous HE that points to it. And it's easier to
+ go in with SVs as I can then specify the precomputed hash,
+ and don't have fun and games with utf8 keys. */
+ SV *key = hv_iterkeysv(entry);
+
+ hv_delete_ent (hv, key, G_DISCARD, HeHASH(entry));
+ items--;
+ }
+ }
+ HvRITER(hv) = riter;
+ HvEITER(hv) = eiter;
+ }
+
+ XSRETURN(0);
+}