Re: How aggressively does Perl clean up when you exit()?

You can make sure your database handles are closed down correctly by calling the disconnect method in an END block.

END {
  defined $db and $db->disconnect;
}
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There is also a module on CPAN yclept¹ AtExit that I have never used. For all I know, it predates the appearance of END blocks, but it may be worth a look.

1. Chatterbox silliness. yclept is very olde english, meaning "named".

`g r i n d e r`

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Re: Re: How aggressively does Perl clean up when you exit()? by Fletch (Bishop) on Nov 15, 2001 at 07:41 UTC
`END` blocks have been around since the dawn of time. They were stolen^Wborrowed from `awk`.	[reply]