perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely internal Perl functions
This file is the autogenerated documentation of functions in the Perl interpreter that are documented using Perl's internal documentation format but are not marked as part of the Perl API. In other words, they are not for use in extensions!
Save the current pad in the given context block structure.
void CX_CURPAD_SAVE(struct context)
Access the SV at offset po in the saved current pad in the given context block structure (can be used as an lvalue).
SV * CX_CURPAD_SV(struct context, PADOFFSET po)
Get the value from slot po in the base (DEPTH=1) pad of a padlist
po
SV * PAD_BASE_SV(PADLIST padlist, PADOFFSET po)
Clone the state variables associated with running and compiling pads.
void PAD_CLONE_VARS(PerlInterpreter *proto_perl, CLONE_PARAMS* param)
Return the flags for the current compiling pad name at offset po. Assumes a valid slot entry.
U32 PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS(PADOFFSET po)
The generation number of the name at offset po in the current compiling pad (lvalue). Note that SvUVX is hijacked for this purpose.
SvUVX
STRLEN PAD_COMPNAME_GEN(PADOFFSET po)
Sets the generation number of the name at offset po in the current ling pad (lvalue) to gen. Note that SvUV_set is hijacked for this purpose.
gen
SvUV_set
STRLEN PAD_COMPNAME_GEN_set(PADOFFSET po, int gen)
Return the gv associated with an our variable. Assumes the slot entry is a valid our lexical.
our
HV * PAD_COMPNAME_OURGV(PADOFFSET po)
Return the name of the current compiling pad name at offset po. Assumes a valid slot entry.
char * PAD_COMPNAME_PV(PADOFFSET po)
Return the type (stash) of the current compiling pad name at offset po. Must be a valid name. Returns null if not typed.
HV * PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE(PADOFFSET po)
Clone a padlist.
void PAD_DUP(PADLIST dstpad, PADLIST srcpad, CLONE_PARAMS* param)
Restore the old pad saved into the local variable opad by PAD_SAVE_LOCAL()
void PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL(PAD *opad)
Save the current pad to the local variable opad, then make the current pad equal to npad
void PAD_SAVE_LOCAL(PAD *opad, PAD *npad)
Save the current pad then set it to null.
void PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD()
Set the slot at offset po in the current pad to sv
sv
SV * PAD_SETSV(PADOFFSET po, SV* sv)
Set the current pad to be pad n in the padlist, saving the previous current pad. NB currently this macro expands to a string too long for some compilers, so it's best to replace it with
n
SAVECOMPPAD(); PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE(padlist,n); void PAD_SET_CUR(PADLIST padlist, I32 n)
like PAD_SET_CUR, but without the save
void PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE(PADLIST padlist, I32 n)
Get the value at offset po in the current pad
void PAD_SV(PADOFFSET po)
Lightweight and lvalue version of PAD_SV. Get or set the value at offset po in the current pad. Unlike PAD_SV, does not print diagnostics with -DX. For internal use only.
PAD_SV
SV * PAD_SVl(PADOFFSET po)
Clear the pointed to pad value on scope exit. (i.e. the runtime action of 'my')
void SAVECLEARSV(SV **svp)
save PL_comppad and PL_curpad
void SAVECOMPPAD()
Save a pad slot (used to restore after an iteration)
XXX DAPM it would make more sense to make the arg a PADOFFSET void SAVEPADSV(PADOFFSET po)
Copy some of the magic from an existing SV to new localized version of that SV. Container magic (eg %ENV, $1, tie) gets copied, value magic doesn't (eg taint, pos).
void mg_localize(SV* sv, SV* nsv)
Returns the C3 linearization of @ISA the given stash. The return value is a read-only AV*. level should be 0 (it is used internally in this function's recursion).
level
You are responsible for SvREFCNT_inc() on the return value if you plan to store it anywhere semi-permanently (otherwise it might be deleted out from under you the next time the cache is invalidated).
SvREFCNT_inc()
AV* mro_get_linear_isa_c3(HV* stash, I32 level)
Takes the necessary steps (cache invalidations, mostly) when the @ISA of the given package has changed. Invoked by the setisa magic, should not need to invoke directly.
setisa
void mro_isa_changed_in(HV* stash)
CV's can have CvPADLIST(cv) set to point to an AV.
For these purposes "forms" are a kind-of CV, eval""s are too (except they're not callable at will and are always thrown away after the eval"" is done executing). Require'd files are simply evals without any outer lexical scope.
XSUBs don't have CvPADLIST set - dXSTARG fetches values from PL_curpad, but that is really the callers pad (a slot of which is allocated by every entersub).
The CvPADLIST AV has does not have AvREAL set, so REFCNT of component items is managed "manual" (mostly in pad.c) rather than normal av.c rules. The items in the AV are not SVs as for a normal AV, but other AVs:
0'th Entry of the CvPADLIST is an AV which represents the "names" or rather the "static type information" for lexicals.
The CvDEPTH'th entry of CvPADLIST AV is an AV which is the stack frame at that depth of recursion into the CV. The 0'th slot of a frame AV is an AV which is @_. other entries are storage for variables and op targets.
During compilation: PL_comppad_name is set to the names AV. PL_comppad is set to the frame AV for the frame CvDEPTH == 1. PL_curpad is set to the body of the frame AV (i.e. AvARRAY(PL_comppad)).
PL_comppad_name
PL_comppad
PL_curpad
During execution, PL_comppad and PL_curpad refer to the live frame of the currently executing sub.
Iterating over the names AV iterates over all possible pad items. Pad slots that are SVs_PADTMP (targets/GVs/constants) end up having &PL_sv_undef "names" (see pad_alloc()).
Only my/our variable (SVs_PADMY/SVs_PADOUR) slots get valid names. The rest are op targets/GVs/constants which are statically allocated or resolved at compile time. These don't have names by which they can be looked up from Perl code at run time through eval"" like my/our variables can be. Since they can't be looked up by "name" but only by their index allocated at compile time (which is usually in PL_op->op_targ), wasting a name SV for them doesn't make sense.
The SVs in the names AV have their PV being the name of the variable. xlow+1..xhigh inclusive in the NV union is a range of cop_seq numbers for which the name is valid. For typed lexicals name SV is SVt_PVMG and SvSTASH points at the type. For our lexicals, the type is also SVt_PVMG, with the SvOURSTASH slot pointing at the stash of the associated global (so that duplicate our declarations in the same package can be detected). SvUVX is sometimes hijacked to store the generation number during compilation.
If SvFAKE is set on the name SV, then that slot in the frame AV is a REFCNT'ed reference to a lexical from "outside". In this case, the name SV does not use xlow and xhigh to store a cop_seq range, since it is in scope throughout. Instead xhigh stores some flags containing info about the real lexical (is it declared in an anon, and is it capable of being instantiated multiple times?), and for fake ANONs, xlow contains the index within the parent's pad where the lexical's value is stored, to make cloning quicker.
If the 'name' is '&' the corresponding entry in frame AV is a CV representing a possible closure. (SvFAKE and name of '&' is not a meaningful combination currently but could become so if my sub foo {} is implemented.)
my sub foo {}
Note that formats are treated as anon subs, and are cloned each time write is called (if necessary).
The flag SVf_PADSTALE is cleared on lexicals each time the my() is executed, and set on scope exit. This allows the 'Variable $x is not available' warning to be generated in evals, such as
{ my $x = 1; sub f { eval '$x'} } f();
For state vars, SVf_PADSTALE is overloaded to mean 'not yet initialised'
AV * CvPADLIST(CV *cv)
dump the contents of a CV
void cv_dump(const CV *cv, const char *title)
Dump the contents of a padlist
void do_dump_pad(I32 level, PerlIO *file, PADLIST *padlist, int full)
"Introduce" my variables to visible status.
U32 intro_my()
Add an anon code entry to the current compiling pad
PADOFFSET pad_add_anon(SV* sv, OPCODE op_type)
Create a new name and associated PADMY SV in the current pad; return the offset. If ourgv is valid, it's an our lexical, set the SvOURGV to that value
ourgv
If fake, it means we're cloning an existing entry
PADOFFSET pad_add_name(const char *name, GV* ourgv, bool clone)
Allocate a new my or tmp pad entry. For a my, simply push a null SV onto the end of PL_comppad, but for a tmp, scan the pad from PL_padix upwards for a slot which has no name and no active value.
PADOFFSET pad_alloc(I32 optype, U32 tmptype)
Update the pad compilation state variables on entry to a new block
void pad_block_start(int full)
Check for duplicate declarations: report any of: * a my in the current scope with the same name; * an our (anywhere in the pad) with the same name and the same stash as ourstash is_our indicates that the name to check is an 'our' declaration
ourstash
is_our
void pad_check_dup(const char* name, bool is_our, const HV* ourstash)
Find a named lexical anywhere in a chain of nested pads. Add fake entries in the inner pads if it's found in an outer one.
Returns the offset in the bottom pad of the lex or the fake lex. cv is the CV in which to start the search, and seq is the current cop_seq to match against. If warn is true, print appropriate warnings. The out_* vars return values, and so are pointers to where the returned values should be stored. out_capture, if non-null, requests that the innermost instance of the lexical is captured; out_name_sv is set to the innermost matched namesv or fake namesv; out_flags returns the flags normally associated with the IVX field of a fake namesv.
Note that pad_findlex() is recursive; it recurses up the chain of CVs, then comes back down, adding fake entries as it goes. It has to be this way because fake namesvs in anon protoypes have to store in xlow the index into the parent pad.
PADOFFSET pad_findlex(const char *name, PAD* padnames, PAD* pad, U32 seq)
Given a lexical name, try to find its offset, first in the current pad, or failing that, in the pads of any lexically enclosing subs (including the complications introduced by eval). If the name is found in an outer pad, then a fake entry is added to the current pad. Returns the offset in the current pad, or NOT_IN_PAD on failure.
PADOFFSET pad_findmy(const char* name)
Free the SV at offset po in the current pad.
void pad_free(PADOFFSET po)
Cleanup at end of scope during compilation: set the max seq number for lexicals in this scope and warn of any lexicals that never got introduced.
void pad_leavemy()
Create a new compiling padlist, saving and updating the various global vars at the same time as creating the pad itself. The following flags can be OR'ed together:
padnew_CLONE this pad is for a cloned CV padnew_SAVE save old globals padnew_SAVESUB also save extra stuff for start of sub PADLIST* pad_new(int flags, PAD *parent_padnames, PAD *parent_pad, IV parent_seq)
Push a new pad frame onto the padlist, unless there's already a pad at this depth, in which case don't bother creating a new one. Then give the new pad an @_ in slot zero.
void pad_push(PADLIST *padlist, int depth)
Mark all the current temporaries for reuse
void pad_reset()
Set the entry at offset po in the current pad to sv. Use the macro PAD_SETSV() rather than calling this function directly.
void pad_setsv(PADOFFSET po, SV* sv)
Abandon the tmp in the current pad at offset po and replace with a new one.
void pad_swipe(PADOFFSET po, bool refadjust)
Tidy up a pad after we've finished compiling it: * remove most stuff from the pads of anonsub prototypes; * give it a @_; * mark tmps as such.
void pad_tidy(padtidy_type type)
Free the padlist associated with a CV. If parts of it happen to be current, we null the relevant PL_*pad* global vars so that we don't have any dangling references left. We also repoint the CvOUTSIDE of any about-to-be-orphaned inner subs to the outer of this cv.
(This function should really be called pad_free, but the name was already taken)
void pad_undef(CV* cv)
When Perl is run in debugging mode, with the -d switch, this SV is a boolean which indicates whether subs are being single-stepped. Single-stepping is automatically turned on after every step. This is the C variable which corresponds to Perl's $DB::single variable. See PL_DBsub.
PL_DBsub
SV * PL_DBsingle
When Perl is run in debugging mode, with the -d switch, this GV contains the SV which holds the name of the sub being debugged. This is the C variable which corresponds to Perl's $DB::sub variable. See PL_DBsingle.
PL_DBsingle
GV * PL_DBsub
Trace variable used when Perl is run in debugging mode, with the -d switch. This is the C variable which corresponds to Perl's $DB::trace variable. See PL_DBsingle.
SV * PL_DBtrace
The C variable which corresponds to Perl's $^W warning variable.
bool PL_dowarn
The output field separator - $, in Perl space.
$,
SV* PL_ofs_sv
The input record separator - $/ in Perl space.
$/
SV* PL_rs
Declare Just SP. This is actually identical to dSP, and declares a local copy of perl's stack pointer, available via the SP macro. See SP. (Available for backward source code compatibility with the old (Perl 5.005) thread model.)
SP
dSP
djSP;
Given a chunk of memory, link it to the head of the list of arenas, and split it into a list of free SVs.
void sv_add_arena(char *const ptr, const U32 size, const U32 flags)
Deallocate the memory used by all arenas. Note that all the individual SV heads and bodies within the arenas must already have been freed.
void sv_free_arenas()
Return an SV with the numeric value of the source SV, doing any necessary reference or overload conversion. You must use the SvNUM(sv) macro to access this function.
SvNUM(sv)
SV* sv_2num(SV *const sv)
Find the name of the undefined variable (if any) that caused the operator o to issue a "Use of uninitialized value" warning. If match is true, only return a name if it's value matches uninit_sv. So roughly speaking, if a unary operator (such as OP_COS) generates a warning, then following the direct child of the op may yield an OP_PADSV or OP_GV that gives the name of the undefined variable. On the other hand, with OP_ADD there are two branches to follow, so we only print the variable name if we get an exact match.
The name is returned as a mortal SV.
Assumes that PL_op is the op that originally triggered the error, and that PL_comppad/PL_curpad points to the currently executing pad.
SV* find_uninit_var(OP* obase, SV* uninit_sv, bool top)
Print appropriate "Use of uninitialized variable" warning
void report_uninit(SV* uninit_sv)
The autodocumentation system was originally added to the Perl core by Benjamin Stuhl. Documentation is by whoever was kind enough to document their functions.
perlguts(1), perlapi(1)
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