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andal
<blockquote><i>Other than cyclic references (which I don't think could exist in my code), do you know what could cause this to happen?</i></blockquote>
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Well, circular references do not have to be direct. There are lots of subtle ways for creating them. That makes finding them very complex at times.
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I don't know about any other reason for perl to keep unused objects around.
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