With this SIMPLE code : 
use Scalar::Util qw(weaken isweak);
{
    my (@a, @b);
    tie @a, 'Monitor::TestArray';
    tie @b, 'Monitor::TestArray';
    $a[0] = \@b;
    $b[0] = \@a;
    weaken($b[0]);
    if (isweak($a[0])) {
       print "\@a is weak\n";
    } else {
       print "\@a is not weak\n";
    }   
    if (isweak($b[0])) {
       print "\@a is weak\n";
    } else {
       print "\@a is not weak\n";
    }
    print STDERR "Leaving scope\n";
}
print STDERR "Scope left\n";
package Monitor::TestArray;
use Tie::Array;
use base 'Tie::StdArray';

sub DESTROY { print STDERR "Monitor::TestArray::DESTROY : $_[0]\n"; }

1;

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I get this input : 
@a is not weak
@a is not weak
Leaving scope
Scope left
Monitor::TestArray::DESTROY : Monitor::TestArray=ARRAY(0x813f2e8)
Monitor::TestArray::DESTROY : Monitor::TestArray=ARRAY(0x813f378)

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I don't understand why the weaken is inneffective to break the circular reference. If I remove the "tie", it works. But the problem is that I need to know when my variables are destroyed. So I need the "tie" call. Is it a perl bug ? I'm using perl 5.8.3
Thanks,
nothing94

In reply to Bug with weaken vs tie ??? by nothing94

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