X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Message-ID: <3037.70.57.74.159.1170264802.squirrel@70.57.74.159> In-Reply-To: <20070131105140.GQ27843@calimero.vinschen.de> References: <20070122181727.GC27843@calimero.vinschen.de> <1552.67.40.28.188.1169493973.squirrel@67.40.28.188> <20070122202137.GC20665@calimero.vinschen.de> <45B540FF.6060101@x-ray.at> <20070123083753.GE27843@calimero.vinschen.de> <45B62E0B.4080500@sh.cvut.cz> <45BBCF84.7070409@x-ray.at> <20070128120735.GK27843@calimero.vinschen.de> <4903.67.42.100.49.1170014267.squirrel@67.42.100.49> <20070131105140.GQ27843@calimero.vinschen.de> Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2007 09:33:22 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: Perl bug? From: "Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes" To: cygwin@cygwin.com User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.5.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com > On Jan 28 11:57, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> > Thanks for the info. It's interesting to know. What I still don't >> get, >> > however, is the fact that the same statement does not waste memory on >> > the x86 Linux Perl 5.8.5, but does on the x86 Cygwin Perl 5.8.7 and >> the >> > x86_64 Linux 5.8.8. So it has been introduced only in later versions? >> > And why is it defended? It doesn't seem to make sense, rather on the >> > contrary. >> >> This behaviour hasn't changed that I know of. I verified that a 5.8.5 >> cygwin perl behaves the same way. Could you confirm your x86 Linux >> Perl 5.8.5 results again, and send me (privately if you wish) the >> output of: perl -MConfig=config_sh -we'print config_sh' from that >> perl? > > I just ran the testcase under strace on the Linux box again and to my > surprise it behaved identical to the Cygwin and the 64 bit Linux > version, as you say. What have I done wrong in my first tests? Was I > hallucinating, caffein-induced maybe? Perhaps your command history could tell you? -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/