Re: Where to find info on low level perl internals names?

A few:

(WTF does the 'V' stand for?)

Also wild-assed guess: 'V' stands for variable. So SV stands for Scalar Variable.

(WTF does 'P' stand for?)

'P' stands for Pointer; as in the value stored here is a pointer to the (string) value as opposed to IV where the value stored here is the Integer Variable itself; or NV where the value is the value of the Number Variable itself.

LV is ? ("LeftValue?" LVALUE? Local? )

Left value in the C language lvalue sense of, a value that can appear on the left side of the assignment operator. (eg. not a constant).

GV is ? (General? Global?, Garbage-Collected?)

Global Variable.

CV => Code Variable (a perl subroutine pointer.)
IO => io object handle: Like STDIN, STDOUT STDERR, ARGV etc.

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Re^2: Where to find info on low level perl internals names? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 25, 2011 at 20:55 UTC
GV is a "glob", short for "typeglob", as in "a bunch of types". They are used as symbol table entries, although they can exist outside the symbol table, so they aren't necessarily global. `open my $fh, ...` populates `$fh` with a reference to a "non-global" glob.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^3: Where to find info on low level perl internals names? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 25, 2011 at 22:19 UTC
And what do you think the 'glob' in 'typeglob' stands for? With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.	[reply]
Re^4: Where to find info on low level perl internals names? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2011 at 07:03 UTC
I figured "glob" actually meant "glob". It really doesn't matter what it stands for, since we're talking about what GV stands for.	[reply]
Re^5: Where to find info on low level perl internals names? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2011 at 07:06 UTC
Re^6: Where to find info on low level perl internals names? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 26, 2011 at 07:31 UTC
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Re^5: (Game, set, and match!) by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Oct 27, 2011 at 04:23 UTC
Re^6: (Game, set, and match!) by ikegami (Patriarch) on Oct 27, 2011 at 05:21 UTC
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