Muppet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >On Sep 15, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Reinhard Pagitsch wrote: > >> If I populate an array with av_push will the SV* val a copy in the >> array or it is only a reference to it? > >av_make() copies the svs you give it, but none of the other av >functions do. av_store() and av_push() both store in the av the actual >pointers you give to them, which means they basically own the svs. > >if in doubt, see Perl_av_store() in perl/av.c; near the end, the line >ary[key] = val is where the pointer passed as an arg is stored in the >internal data structure. val's refcount is never touched.
Indeed, not only is SV not copied, but its REFCNT is not changed either. So this is quite a low level interface which gives maximum flexibility but requires caller to do more.
