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in thread Is this absurd, or have I not RTFM?

passing DESTROY a new reference to the same object

When perl finds that the ref count to some object becomes 0 it creates a new variable holding a reference to it which is then used to invoke DESTROY.

When it has to do it twice, two variables are created.

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Re^6: Is this absurd, or have I not RTFM?
by petermogensen (Sexton) on May 19, 2014 at 18:38 UTC

    Yes.... I know.