in reply to Re: Perl Variables Being Retained
in thread Perl Variables Being Retained
Specifically in terms of “Perl not cleaning up the memory,” also note the weaken in Scalar::Util. If you have data structures referring to one-another such that a circular reference is formed, memory does not clean up but rather “leaks.” You avoid this by weakening one of the links in the chain. Test::Memory::Cycle is another tool that is designed specifically to look for these circular reference-chains.
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