@@ -1779,21 +1779,6 @@ Perl_die_sv(pTHX_ SV *baseex)
17791779}
17801780MSVC_DIAG_RESTORE
17811781
1782- /*
1783- =for apidoc die
1784- =for apidoc_item die_nocontext
1785-
1786- These behave the same as L</croak>, except for the return type.
1787- They should be used only where the C<OP *> return type is required.
1788- They never actually return.
1789-
1790- The reasons for the existence of C<die_nocontext> are no longer applicable.
1791- die() can now be used in all circumstances. C<Perl_die_nocontext> might be
1792- useful when compiling with C<PERL_NO_SHORT_NAMES>.
1793-
1794- =cut
1795- */
1796-
17971782#if defined(MULTIPLICITY )
17981783
17991784/* silence __declspec(noreturn) warnings */
@@ -1891,8 +1876,10 @@ Perl_vcroak(pTHX_ const char* pat, va_list *args)
18911876}
18921877
18931878/*
1894- =for apidoc croak
1879+ =for apidoc croak
1880+ =for apidoc_item die
18951881=for apidoc_item croak_nocontext
1882+ =for apidoc_item die_nocontext
18961883
18971884These are XS interfaces to Perl's C<die> function.
18981885
@@ -1912,9 +1899,15 @@ error message from arguments. If you want to throw a non-string object,
19121899or build an error message in an SV yourself, it is preferable to use
19131900the C<L</croak_sv>> function, which does not involve clobbering C<ERRSV>.
19141901
1915- The reasons for the existence of C<croak_nocontext> are no longer applicable.
1916- croak() can now be used in all circumstances. C<Perl_croak_nocontext> might be
1917- useful when compiling with C<PERL_NO_SHORT_NAMES>.
1902+ The difference between the C<croak> forms and the C<die> forms is only the
1903+ return type of the functions. The C<croak> forms return C<void>; the C<die>
1904+ ones are listed as returning (confusingly) an S<C<OP *>>, even though they
1905+ never actually return. The C<die> forms should only be used when that return
1906+ type is required.
1907+
1908+ When called from outside the perl core, plain C<croak> and C<die> have always
1909+ been the same as C<croak_nocontext> and C<die_no_context>, respectively. That
1910+ is now true even when called from within core.
19181911
19191912=cut
19201913*/
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