From f615be485d8c90f01432a39e678e01c615e2c15e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Daniel Dragan <bulk88@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Mar 2013 22:51:01 -0500
Subject: better POD for SvPVX, pre-5.9.3 Perls

PV/char * was moved to SV head in commit 7b2c381cf3 . Prior to this, PV
was in SV body, and sv_any can be NULL, so accessing SvPVX without
checking type on old Perls was a SEGV. Make a note of this so others
don't find out the hard way.
---
 sv.h | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

(limited to 'sv.h')

diff --git a/sv.h b/sv.h
index 94ba1e6e23..fd3da2dd5a 100644
--- a/sv.h
+++ b/sv.h
@@ -730,7 +730,8 @@ Only use when you are sure SvNOK is true.  See also C<SvNV()>.
 
 =for apidoc Am|char*|SvPVX|SV* sv
 Returns a pointer to the physical string in the SV.  The SV must contain a
-string.
+string. Prior to 5.9.3 it is not safe to execute this macro unless the SV's
+type >= SVt_PV.
 
 This is also used to store the name of an autoloaded subroutine in an XS
 AUTOLOAD routine.  See L<perlguts/Autoloading with XSUBs>.
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