in reply to Re^2: Using READDIR runs out of memory
in thread Using READDIR runs out of memory

I dont believe its the Array storage thats the problem.

Well, I don't believe in the FSM, but it may still exist after all.

Why don't you simply test if iterating solves the problem?

It's the READDIR

It's called readdir, not READDIR. And its behaviour is very different when used in scalar context instead of list context. RTFM.

Alexander

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