Setting PERL_VALGRIND=1 and PERL_DEBUG=1 didn't change my results.

My debugperl is built from the 5.8.8 source; grepping both that and bleadperl's source for VALGRIND didn't turn up any change in behavior; it looks like the only thing PERL_VALGRIND does is turn on some tests. A similar grep for PERL_DEBUG was produced more voluminous output which was harder to scour; nothing that would change memory management jumped out at me, though maybe I missed something.

In contrast, PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL affects perl_destruct in perl.c rather dramatically. Perhaps the system that this perl is built on (RedHat 9) has something to do with our divergent results.

BTW, I'm eager to improve my skills in this area, so if anyone knows some useful links, please let me know.

If you're still following p5p, you may have seen this, but there was a thread recently on running Perl's test suite under Valgrind

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Marvin Humphrey
Rectangular Research ― http://www.rectangular.com

In reply to Re^2: Valgrind, Perl, and banishing leaks by creamygoodness
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