Re^2: Trying to DESTROY() an object (!gc)

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in thread SOLVED: Trying to DESTROY() a (closure-wrapped) object

The problem you are hitting is that there is no guaranteed time for garbage collection. Therefore, garbage collection hasn't happen on the very short time scale for your test.

You must be thinking of some language other than Perl v5. You describe a weakness of many languages. But Perl v5 doesn't have that problem.

- tye

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Re^3: Trying to DESTROY() an object (!gc) by kennethk (Abbot) on Dec 09, 2015 at 16:04 UTC
Sorry, I neglected to correct that chunk with the rest of the conversation. Updated appropriately. #11929 First ask yourself `How would I do this without a computer?' Then have the computer do it the same way.	[reply]

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