[perl #117793] Extend SvREFCNT* to work on any perl variable type

On Thu Jul 11 17:28:56 2013, tonyc wrote:
> On Sun Jun 23 18:04:00 2013, tonyc wrote:
> > So should we be removing (or deprecating) the SvREFCNT_*() modifiers
> > from Devel::Peek, but keep SvREFCNT() itself?
> > 
> > Or nuke them all, since they're available (if deliberately undocumented)
> > in Internals?
> 
> Here's an alternative patch that:
> 
> - removes the modifier functions
> 
> - modifies the SvREFCNT() XS function to accept any type of object
> 
> - adds a very basic test
> 
> Note that the original patch leaked the SV SvREFCNT() returned.
> 
> For debate, I'll apply it in a few days unless there's some
> overwhelmingly negative response.

There was no response at all, everyone loves it!

Applied as da1929e7566d4399b20541f8609bd48b40663034.

Tony

---
via perlbug:  queue: perl5 status: open
https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=117793

• [perl #117793] Extend SvREFCNT* to work on any perl variable type by Tony Cook via RT
• [perl #117793] Extend SvREFCNT* to work on any perl variable type by Tony Cook via RT
• [perl #117793] Extend SvREFCNT* to work on any perl variable type by Tony Cook via RT
• [perl #117793] Extend SvREFCNT* to work on any perl variable type by Tony Cook via RT