#!/usr/bin/perl use strict; use warnings; use Scalar::Util qw(weaken isweak); use Scalar::Util::Refcount; my $foo; my $bar; my $baz; my $ref1 = \$foo; weaken($ref1); print my $weak = isweak($ref1), "\n"; print refcount($foo), "\n"; my $ref2 = \$bar; weaken($ref2); print $weak = isweak($ref2), "\n"; print refcount($baz), "\n"; my $ref3 = \$baz; weaken($ref3); print $weak = isweak($ref3), "\n"; print refcount($baz), "\n\n"; my $copy1 = $ref2; $weak = isweak($copy1); my $copy2 = $ref3; $weak = isweak($copy2), "\n";