--- Devel-FindRef/FindRef.pm 2012/04/05 05:11:14 1.27 +++ Devel-FindRef/FindRef.pm 2013/04/13 06:29:39 1.28 @@ -199,10 +199,12 @@ =item $ref = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref $integer -Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl scalar -you are interested in (e.g. C). This function can be used -to turn the address into a reference to that scalar. It is quite safe to -call on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. +Sometimes you know (from debugging output) the address of a perl value you +are interested in (e.g. C). This function can be used to +turn the address into a reference to that value. It is quite safe to call +on valid addresses, but extremely dangerous to call on invalid ones. I, so don't use this unless you really know +the value is the address of a valid perl value. # we know that HASH(0x176ff70) exists, so turn it into a hashref: my $ref_to_hash = Devel::FindRef::ptr2ref 0x176ff70; @@ -210,8 +212,9 @@ =item $ptr = Devel::FindRef::ref2ptr $reference The opposite of C, above: returns the internal address of the -value pointed to by the passed reference. I, so don't use this. +value pointed to by the passed reference. This function is safe to call on +anything, and returns the same value taht a normal reference would if used +in a numeric context. =back