No, krisahoch, he can return the database handle and modify %{$self} as a side effect...

Mark, is $self properly blessed into the package? Otherwise, DESTROY would never be called...

It could also be the global cleanup order problem mentioned in this thread.

Have you tried using this class only from a subroutine? Take the part of the code at the top level that uses this class, and wrap it in a sub. Then put 

$|=1; # make sure we see printouts and warns in order
print "Before sub\n";
subThatUsesClass();
print "After sub, I _better_ have seen DESTROY happen...\n";

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If it's the random global cleanups causing the problem, having your variable as a lexical in the sub should get it cleaned up properly...
--
Mike

Edit: Put in correct link to tilly's excellent description of the global cleanup problem...

In reply to Re: Re: DESTROY and DBI by RMGir
in thread DESTROY and DBI by mce

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