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Re: Re: Memory Management and Array references

by crabbdean (Pilgrim)
on May 25, 2004 at 21:05 UTC ( [id://356371]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: Memory Management and Array references
in thread Memory Management and Array references

I'm sorry but that's not helpful at all. I showed an awareness that the problem was because of how I coded it and how Perl was handling the Memory Management based on how I coded it. $self->{files} is deleted when object goes out of scope. Its the abandoned references to the arrays within the $self->{files} that is the problem. Can you offer any advice on how to solve that problem? That would be helpful.

Dean
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Re: Re: Re: Memory Management and Array references
by hv (Prior) on May 25, 2004 at 21:58 UTC

    Any structure will be freed in perl when the last reference to it goes away; in your iterator, when you've exhausted the top-level directory and start working on the next you have:

    if( opendir( DIR, $dir ) ) { $self->{files}= [ map { File::Spec->catfile( $dir, $_ ); } File::Spec->no_upwards( readdir(DIR) ) ]; closedir DIR; } else { ... {

    At that point, when you assign a new arrayref to $self->{files}, the previous arrayref in that spot is overwritten and therefore its reference count is reduced - if that was the only reference to the previous arrayref, it will automatically be freed.

    So, to free unneeded memory in perl all you need to do - all you should do - is precisely to remove all references to the data.

    I suspect therefore that the problem is not where you think it is. I suggest that you step back and compose a new question - start off by telling us what makes you think you are leaking memory, and what in the process of tracking that down led you to believe the problem lay here.

    Hugo

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