PERLINTERN(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLINTERN(1)
NAME
perlintern - autogenerated documentation of purely internal Perl functions
DESCRIPTION
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!
CV reference counts and CvOUTSIDE
CvWEAKOUTSIDE
Each CV has a pointer, "CvOUTSIDE()", to its lexically enclosing CV (if any). Because point-ers pointers
ers to anonymous sub prototypes are stored in "&" pad slots, it is a possible to get a circu-lar circular
lar reference, with the parent pointing to the child and vice-versa. To avoid the ensuing
memory leak, we do not increment the reference count of the CV pointed to by "CvOUTSIDE" in
the one specific instance that the parent has a "&" pad slot pointing back to us. In this
case, we set the "CvWEAKOUTSIDE" flag in the child. This allows us to determine under what
circumstances we should decrement the refcount of the parent when freeing the child.
There is a further complication with non-closure anonymous subs (i.e. those that do not refer
to any lexicals outside that sub). In this case, the anonymous prototype is shared rather
than being cloned. This has the consequence that the parent may be freed while there are
still active children, eg
BEGIN { $a = sub { eval '$x' } }
In this case, the BEGIN is freed immediately after execution since there are no active refer-ences references
ences to it: the anon sub prototype has "CvWEAKOUTSIDE" set since it's not a closure, and $a
points to the same CV, so it doesn't contribute to BEGIN's refcount either. When $a is exe-cuted, executed,
cuted, the "eval '$x'" causes the chain of "CvOUTSIDE"s to be followed, and the freed BEGIN
is accessed.
To avoid this, whenever a CV and its associated pad is freed, any "&" entries in the pad are
explicitly removed from the pad, and if the refcount of the pointed-to anon sub is still pos-itive, positive,
itive, then that child's "CvOUTSIDE" is set to point to its grandparent. This will only occur
in the single specific case of a non-closure anon prototype having one or more active refer-ences references
ences (such as $a above).
One other thing to consider is that a CV may be merely undefined rather than freed, eg "undef
&foo". In this case, its refcount may not have reached zero, but we still delete its pad and
its "CvROOT" etc. Since various children may still have their "CvOUTSIDE" pointing at this
undefined CV, we keep its own "CvOUTSIDE" for the time being, so that the chain of lexical
scopes is unbroken. For example, the following should print 123:
my $x = 123;
sub tmp { sub { eval '$x' } }
my $a = tmp();
undef &tmp;
print $a->();
bool CvWEAKOUTSIDE(CV *cv)
Functions in file pad.h
CX_CURPAD_SAVE
Save the current pad in the given context block structure.
void CX_CURPAD_SAVE(struct context)
CX_CURPAD_SV
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)
PAD_BASE_SV
Get the value from slot "po" in the base (DEPTH=1) pad of a padlist
SV * PAD_BASE_SV(PADLIST padlist, PADOFFSET po)
PAD_CLONE_VARS
|CLONE_PARAMS* param Clone the state variables associated with running and compiling pads.
void PAD_CLONE_VARS(PerlInterpreter *proto_perl \)
PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS
Return the flags for the current compiling pad name at offset "po". Assumes a valid slot
entry.
U32 PAD_COMPNAME_FLAGS(PADOFFSET po)
PAD_COMPNAME_GEN
The generation number of the name at offset "po" in the current compiling pad (lvalue). Note
that "SvCUR" is hijacked for this purpose.
STRLEN PAD_COMPNAME_GEN(PADOFFSET po)
PAD_COMPNAME_GEN_set
Sets the generation number of the name at offset "po" in the current ling pad (lvalue) to
"gen". Note that "SvCUR_set" is hijacked for this purpose.
STRLEN PAD_COMPNAME_GEN_set(PADOFFSET po, int gen)
PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH
Return the stash associated with an "our" variable. Assumes the slot entry is a valid "our"
lexical.
HV * PAD_COMPNAME_OURSTASH(PADOFFSET po)
PAD_COMPNAME_PV
Return the name of the current compiling pad name at offset "po". Assumes a valid slot entry.
char * PAD_COMPNAME_PV(PADOFFSET po)
PAD_COMPNAME_TYPE
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)
PAD_DUP Clone a padlist.
void PAD_DUP(PADLIST dstpad, PADLIST srcpad, CLONE_PARAMS* param)
PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL
Restore the old pad saved into the local variable opad by PAD_SAVE_LOCAL()
void PAD_RESTORE_LOCAL(PAD *opad)
PAD_SAVE_LOCAL
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)
PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD
Save the current pad then set it to null.
void PAD_SAVE_SETNULLPAD()
PAD_SETSV
Set the slot at offset "po" in the current pad to "sv"
SV * PAD_SETSV(PADOFFSET po, SV* sv)
PAD_SET_CUR
Set the current pad to be pad "n" in the padlist, saving the previous current pad. NB cur-rently currently
rently this macro expands to a string too long for some compilers, so it's best to replace it
with
SAVECOMPPAD();
PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE(padlist,n);
void PAD_SET_CUR(PADLIST padlist, I32 n)
PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE
like PAD_SET_CUR, but without the save
void PAD_SET_CUR_NOSAVE(PADLIST padlist, I32 n)
PAD_SV Get the value at offset "po" in the current pad
void PAD_SV(PADOFFSET po)
PAD_SVl Lightweight and lvalue version of "PAD_SV". Get or set the value at offset "po" in the cur-rent current
rent pad. Unlike "PAD_SV", does not print diagnostics with -DX. For internal use only.
SV * PAD_SVl(PADOFFSET po)
SAVECLEARSV
Clear the pointed to pad value on scope exit. (i.e. the runtime action of 'my')
void SAVECLEARSV(SV **svp)
SAVECOMPPAD
save PL_comppad and PL_curpad
void SAVECOMPPAD()
SAVEPADSV
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)
Functions in file pp_ctl.c
find_runcv
Locate the CV corresponding to the currently executing sub or eval. If db_seqp is non_null,
skip CVs that are in the DB package and populate *db_seqp with the cop sequence number at the
point that the DB:: code was entered. (allows debuggers to eval in the scope of the break-point breakpoint
point rather than in the scope of the debugger itself).
CV* find_runcv(U32 *db_seqp)
Global Variables
PL_DBsingle
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".
SV * PL_DBsingle
PL_DBsub
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".
GV * PL_DBsub
PL_DBtrace
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
PL_dowarn
The C variable which corresponds to Perl's $^W warning variable.
bool PL_dowarn
PL_last_in_gv
The GV which was last used for a filehandle input operation. ("<FH>")
GV* PL_last_in_gv
PL_ofs_sv
The output field separator - $, in Perl space.
SV* PL_ofs_sv
PL_rs The input record separator - $/ in Perl space.
SV* PL_rs
GV Functions
is_gv_magical
Returns "TRUE" if given the name of a magical GV.
Currently only useful internally when determining if a GV should be created even in rvalue
contexts.
"flags" is not used at present but available for future extension to allow selecting particu-lar particular
lar classes of magical variable.
Currently assumes that "name" is NUL terminated (as well as len being valid). This assump-tion assumption
tion is met by all callers within the perl core, which all pass pointers returned by SvPV.
bool is_gv_magical(char *name, STRLEN len, U32 flags)
IO Functions
start_glob
Function called by "do_readline" to spawn a glob (or do the glob inside perl on VMS). This
code used to be inline, but now perl uses "File::Glob" this glob starter is only used by
miniperl during the build process. Moving it away shrinks pp_hot.c; shrinking pp_hot.c helps
speed perl up.
PerlIO* start_glob(SV* pattern, IO *io)
Pad Data Structures
CvPADLIST
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).
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 "man-ual" "manual"
ual" (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)).
During execution, "PL_comppad" and "PL_curpad" refer to the live frame of the currently exe-cuting executing
cuting 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 tar-gets/GVs/constants targets/GVs/constants
gets/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. NV+1..IV inclusive 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 SVt_PVGV, and GvS-TASH GvSTASH
TASH points at the stash of the associated global (so that duplicate "our" declarations in
the same package can be detected). SvCUR is sometimes hijacked to store the generation num-ber number
ber during compilation.
If SvFAKE is set on the name SV then slot in the frame AVs are a REFCNT'ed references to a
lexical from "outside". In this case, the name SV does not have a cop_seq range, since it is
in scope throughout.
If the 'name' is '&' the corresponding entry in frame AV is a CV representing a possible clo-sure. closure.
sure. (SvFAKE and name of '&' is not a meaningful combination currently but could become so
if "my sub foo {}" is implemented.)
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();
AV * CvPADLIST(CV *cv)
cv_clone
Clone a CV: make a new CV which points to the same code etc, but which has a newly-created
pad built by copying the prototype pad and capturing any outer lexicals.
CV* cv_clone(CV* proto)
cv_dump dump the contents of a CV
void cv_dump(const CV *cv, const char *title)
do_dump_pad
Dump the contents of a padlist
void do_dump_pad(I32 level, PerlIO *file, PADLIST *padlist, int full)
intro_my
"Introduce" my variables to visible status.
U32 intro_my()
pad_add_anon
Add an anon code entry to the current compiling pad
PADOFFSET pad_add_anon(SV* sv, OPCODE op_type)
pad_add_name
Create a new name in the current pad at the specified offset. If "typestash" is valid, the
name is for a typed lexical; set the name's stash to that value. If "ourstash" is valid,
it's an our lexical, set the name's GvSTASH to that value
Also, if the name is @.. or %.., create a new array or hash for that slot
If fake, it means we're cloning an existing entry
PADOFFSET pad_add_name(char *name, HV* typestash, HV* ourstash, bool clone)
pad_alloc
Allocate a new my or tmp pad entry. For a my, simply push a null SV onto the end of PL_comp-pad, PL_comppad,
pad, 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)
pad_block_start
Update the pad compilation state variables on entry to a new block
void pad_block_start(int full)
pad_check_dup
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
void pad_check_dup(char* name, bool is_our, HV* ourstash)
pad_findlex
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. innercv is the CV *inside* the chain of outer CVs to be
searched. If newoff is non-null, this is a run-time cloning: don't add fake entries, just
find the lexical and add a ref to it at newoff in the current pad.
PADOFFSET pad_findlex(const char* name, PADOFFSET newoff, const CV* innercv)
pad_findmy
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(char* name)
pad_fixup_inner_anons
For any anon CVs in the pad, change CvOUTSIDE of that CV from old_cv to new_cv if necessary.
Needed when a newly-compiled CV has to be moved to a pre-existing CV struct.
void pad_fixup_inner_anons(PADLIST *padlist, CV *old_cv, CV *new_cv)
pad_free
Free the SV at offset po in the current pad.
void pad_free(PADOFFSET po)
pad_leavemy
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()
pad_new 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_push
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. If has_args is true, give the new pad an @_ in slot
zero.
void pad_push(PADLIST *padlist, int depth, int has_args)
pad_reset
Mark all the current temporaries for reuse
void pad_reset()
pad_setsv
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)
pad_swipe
Abandon the tmp in the current pad at offset po and replace with a new one.
void pad_swipe(PADOFFSET po, bool refadjust)
pad_tidy
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)
pad_undef
Free the padlist associated with a CV. If parts of it happen to be current, we null the rel-evant relevant
evant 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)
Stack Manipulation Macros
djSP 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.)
djSP;
LVRET True if this op will be the return value of an lvalue subroutine
SV Manipulation Functions
report_uninit
Print appropriate "Use of uninitialized variable" warning
void report_uninit()
sv_add_arena
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* ptr, U32 size, U32 flags)
sv_clean_all
Decrement the refcnt of each remaining SV, possibly triggering a cleanup. This function may
have to be called multiple times to free SVs which are in complex self-referential hierar-chies. hierarchies.
chies.
I32 sv_clean_all()
sv_clean_objs
Attempt to destroy all objects not yet freed
void sv_clean_objs()
sv_free_arenas
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()
AUTHORS
The autodocumentation system was originally added to the Perl core by Benjamin Stuhl. Documentation
is by whoever was kind enough to document their functions.
SEE ALSO
perlguts(1), perlapi(1)
perl v5.8.8 2006-01-07 PERLINTERN(1)
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