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perlguts: Note that an IV may be larger than a pointer
With 9e9b2f9, Configure guarantees an IV can hold a pointer. But it may be larger. This commit takes Tony Cook's suggestion about extra wording. This fixes #18995
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@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Each typedef has specific routines that manipulate the various data types.
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=head2 What is an "IV"?
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Perl uses a special typedef IV which is a simple signed integer type that is
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guaranteed to be large enough to hold a pointer (as well as an integer).
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guaranteed to be large enough to hold a pointer, but may be larger,
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depending on how perl is Configured.
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Additionally, there is the UV, which is simply an unsigned IV.
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Perl also uses several special typedefs to declare variables to hold

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