#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use Scalar::Util qw(weaken); my @data = (1, 2, 3); print time, " test 0: main start\n"; &gogogo(); print time, " test 3: main end\n"; sub gogogo { print time, " test 1: func start\n"; my @h; for (1 .. 200000) { my %hash = (data => \@data); weaken($hash{data}); push @h, \%hash; } print time, " test 2: func end\n"; } #### 1273747847 test 0: main start 1273747847 test 1: func start 1273747847 test 2: func end 1273747873 test 3: main end