binmode having no use (purportedly) under linux I did not use it. I should have noted that the shortest case foo.pm is really the shortest case, that includes removing the close on the filehandle (which is going out of scope anyway), and also returning a reference to a scalar rather than the scalar itself.

Sadly, none of these sensible solutions makes the leak go awayl, but I think that returning the reference kept two copies of $image in memory - one copy dissapears once the request in completed.

diotalevi++
thankyou

I can't believe it's not psellchecked

In reply to Re: Re: CGI::Application + mod_perl =|!= memory leak by submersible_toaster
in thread CGI::Application + mod_perl =|!= memory leak by submersible_toaster

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