As a testcase for a bug report it is still a little unweildy. Requiring a particular DB, a specific set of data etc.

I just looked at this again and noticed the comment 

#  sample to illustrate strange behaviour on solaris 2.7
# (does not occur on solaris 2.8)
# (db names have been change to protect the innocent??)

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If the problem is dependant upon the OS, assuming all else is equal, it seems likely that Perl is interacting badly with an OS (mis)feature. As such, it's unlikely to be something that Perl alone can fix. You're more likely to get a fix from Solaris than perl I think.

I admit I can't imagine what would lead to this set of symptoms, but I fixed OS bugs in the past that totally defied rationality -- until you knew what caused them.

There no chance of upgrading your test box to 2.8 I suppose?

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In reply to Re^5: Change in memory consumption when using debugger by BrowserUk
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