Stas Bekman wrote: >Stas Bekman wrote: > > >>I'm not quite following the change from: >> >>maint: >> >> =for apidoc Am|void|Newz|int id|void* ptr|int nitems|type >> The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function. The allocated >> memory is zeroed with C<memzero>. >> >>blead: >> >> =for apidoc Am|void|Newxz|void* ptr|int nitems|type >> The XSUB-writer's interface to the C C<malloc> function. The allocated >> memory is zeroed with C<memzero>. See also C<Newx>. >> >>The blead part goes onto: >> >> In 5.9.3, Newx() and friends replace the older New() API, and drops >> the first parameter, I<x>, a debug aid which allowed callers to identify >> themselves. This aid has been superceded by a new build option, >> PERL_MEM_LOG (see L<perlhack/PERL_MEM_LOG>). The older API is still >> there for use in XS modules supporting older perls. >> >>but the older API is not available. I can no longer compile code: >> >> Newz(702, mg, 1, MAGIC); >> >>macro "Newz" requires 5 arguments, but only 4 given >> >>so where is the backwards compatibility? why breaking the existing code? >> >> > >Hmm, that looks like a copy and paste error: > Yep. Fixed in change 25196. Sorry about that.
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