package B; use strict 'refs'; use warnings; use Devel::Leak; my $count = Devel::Leak::NoteSV($handle); my $self = shift @_; my $temp = $$self{'business'}; print "The count is: $count\n"; my $now = Devel::Leak::CheckSV($handle); # more code here print "The count is now: $now\n";