note tqisjim <p> It's not just the Switch module that breaks this. Other modules seem to have the same effect. Can someone else run this code and confirm if they have the same problem? </p> <code> use DBD::mysql ; $perldata = bless { hello => 'world' }, 'superman' ; # $perldata = { hello => 'world' } ; sub test { my $o = shift ; warn $o ; my $m = bless { perldata => $o }, 'TQIS::test' ; return $m ; } sub TQIS::test::DESTROY { my $self = shift ; warn $self->{perldata} ; } $a = test( $perldata ) ; $b = test( $perldata ) ; $c = test( $perldata ) ; </code> 989646 989650