Re: XS: how to destroy HV* that was used internally?

SvREFCNT_dec((SV*)hv);

All internal Perl data structures are derived from SV, so that you can do thinks like that.

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Re^2: XS: how to destroy HV* that was used internally? by OlegG (Monk) on Sep 18, 2014 at 08:43 UTC
Thank you! Also found that for me it works without type casting. But, ok, I'll use it And after all I found similar question on stackoverflow with similar answer.	[reply]
Re^3: XS: how to destroy HV* that was used internally? by ikegami (Patriarch) on Sep 18, 2014 at 14:07 UTC
That's because `SvREFCNT_dec` already casts for you. In fact, it casts in a way that will detect if the input was `const`, so doing `SvREFCNT_dec((SV)hv)` instead of `SvREFCNT_dec(hv)` is actually harmful. If you ever use `(SV)x`, consider using `MUTABLE_SV(x)` instead.	[reply] [d/l] [select]