On Thu, Nov 30, 2006 at 06:31:54PM -0800, Robert Stone wrote: > Package: perl > Version: 5.8.8-6.1 > > I recently discovered that Devel::Peek's SvREFCNT, SvREFCNT_inc > and SvREFCNT_dec functions are not as flexible as the XS functions that > they wrap. In XS where you wish to get the reference count of an hash > your HV * pointer will cast to an SV * when passed as an argument to > SvREFCNT(). In Perl using Devel::Peek:SvREFCNT(%m) does not return the > reference count of %m, but rather treats %m as a list of arguments to > the function causing a runtime error. I believe the intent of the code was > to return the reference count of the parameter passed and the difference > between Perl Prototypes and C casting was overlooked.
Sorry for the lack of action on this. What's wrong with Devel::Peek:SvREFCNT(\%m) ? -- Niko Tyni nt...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
