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Subject: Re: Perl bug?
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On Jan 23 12:39, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote:
> [...]
> Right, *each* x operation has it's own target.  If you undef $a, $b, etc.
> at the end and wrap the whole thing in a for (1..2) loop, you'll see the
> second time round that space is only allocated once per statement.
> Or just have one x operation, and only see the "leaked" memory allocated
> once:
> [...]
> There has been some work towards implementing a "use less 'memory';" pragma
> that may make perl less greedy, but there's no timetable for that or clear
> plan for what it would do.

Thanks for the description, that's helpful.


Corinna

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