Package: libb-cow-perl
Version: 0.007-1build3
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-discuss@lists.ubuntu.com>
Installed-Size: 42
Depends: perl (>= 5.38.2-3.2build1), perlapi-5.38.2, libc6 (>= 2.3)
Section: perl
Priority: optional
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/release/B-COW
Description: additional B helpers to check COW status
 B::COW provides some naive additional B helpers to check the COW status of
 one SvPV.
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 A COWed SvPV is sharing its string (the PV) with other SvPVs. It's a (kind
 of) Read Only C string, that would be Copied On Write (COW).
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 More than one SV can share the same PV, but when one PV need to alter it, it
 would perform a copy of it, decrease the COWREFCNT counter.
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 One SV can then drop the COW flag when it's the only one holding a pointer to
 the PV.
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 The COWREFCNT is stored at the end of the PV, after the "\0".
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 That value is limited to 255, after that a new PV would be created,
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group <pkg-perl-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org>
