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Expand Up @@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ Each typedef has specific routines that manipulate the various data types.
=head2 What is an "IV"?

Perl uses a special typedef IV which is a simple signed integer type that is
guaranteed to be large enough to hold a pointer (as well as an integer).
guaranteed to be large enough to hold a pointer, but may be larger,
depending on how perl is Configured.
Additionally, there is the UV, which is simply an unsigned IV.

Perl also uses several special typedefs to declare variables to hold
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