#!/usr/bin/perl -- use strict; use warnings; Main(@ARGV); warn "\nCommencing GLOBAL DESTRUCTION PHASE"; exit(0); sub Main { { my $mya = MyA->new; my $myb = MyB->new($mya); my $myc = MyC->new($mya); undef $mya; } warn "\nstill in Main"; my $myc; { my $mya = MyA->new; my $myb = MyB->new($mya); $myc = MyC->new($mya); undef $mya; } warn "\nReturning from Main"; } BEGIN { package MyParent; sub new { my($c)=shift; bless {@_}, $c } sub DESTROY { warn "DESTROY @_ "; } $INC{'MyParent.pm'}=__FILE__; } BEGIN { package MyA; use parent qw' MyParent '; $INC{'MyA.pm'}=__FILE__; } BEGIN { package MyB; use NEXT; use parent qw' MyParent '; sub new { shift->SUPER::new( MyA => @_ ); } sub DESTROY { warn "BREAK LEAK @_ ", delete $_[0]->{MyA}; $_[0]->NEXT::DESTROY; } $INC{'MyB.pm'}=__FILE__; } BEGIN { package MyC; use parent qw' MyParent '; sub new { shift->SUPER::new( MyA => @_ ); } sub DESTROY { warn "LEAK @_ ", $_[0]->{MyA}; $_[0]->NEXT::DESTROY; } $INC{'MyC.pm'}=__FILE__; } __END__ LEAK MyC=HASH(0xa47114) MyA=HASH(0x3f8d4c) at - line 56. DESTROY MyC=HASH(0xa47114) at - line 31. BREAK LEAK MyB=HASH(0x9c9864) MyA=HASH(0x3f8d4c) at - line 45. DESTROY MyA=HASH(0x3f8d4c) at - line 31. DESTROY MyB=HASH(0x9c9864) at - line 31. still in Main at - line 17. BREAK LEAK MyB=HASH(0xa47174) MyA=HASH(0x9c9864) at - line 45. DESTROY MyB=HASH(0xa47174) at - line 31. Returning from Main at - line 25. LEAK MyC=HASH(0xa47124) MyA=HASH(0x9c9864) at - line 56. DESTROY MyC=HASH(0xa47124) at - line 31. DESTROY MyA=HASH(0x9c9864) at - line 31. Commencing GLOBAL DESTRUCTION PHASE at - line 7.