I'm running Perl 5.8.0 under Redhat 7.3. Here's the demo code: 
#!/usr/bin/perl
use warnings;
use strict;

use File::Glob ':glob';

print "Before first glob\n";
my @ary1 = glob('/*');

print "Before second glob\n";
my @ary2 = glob('/home/*');

print "Done\n";

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And here's the result: 
Before first glob
Before second glob
Out of memory!
If I comment out the line " use File::Glob ':glob';", it runs fine (but without File::Glob's handling of directories containing spaces in the full script from which this is derived).

If I comment out *either* glob(), it runs fine.

Why can't I invoke glob() twice while using File::Glob ':glob'? And what's the remedy?

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In reply to Out of Memory with File::Glob by dvergin

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