in reply to perlembed: reference counts

I don't know why, but it seems that load_module decreases the refcount of the sv_name argument (at least it does for me with perl 5.8.8/linux). 

    SV *sv_name = newSVpv("Carp", 0);
    warn("refbefore %d",SvREFCNT(sv_name));
    load_module(PERL_LOADMOD_NOIMPORT, sv_name, Nullsv);
    warn("refafter %d",SvREFCNT(sv_name));

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output: 
refbefore 1 at ....
refafter 0 at  ....

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Re^2: perlembed: reference counts
by semuel (Novice) on Sep 20, 2007 at 19:09 UTC
    The question is, of course, why.
    I am looking for documentation, comment or even a pointer to the source code will be enough.
    (I looked for that function in the source code, and for some reason could not find it...)
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        Perl_newSVOP() takes a new reference to the passed-in SV but doesn't increment the ref count. Other places that remove this reference drop the ref count. Looks like an ordinary bug.

        - tye        

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