I put Devel::Leak in my outer loop and am not quite sure what I'm looking at - most loops it does this:
old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0

but every say 5 iterations it does this:
ew 04EF14D4 : new 04EF14E0 : new 04EF1510 : new 04EF1558 : new 04EF15E +8 : new 04EF16B4 : new 04EF17E0 : new 04EF17F8 : new 04EF184C : new 0 +4EF1858 : new 04EF18A0 : new 04EF1CB4 : new 04EF1CD8 : new 04EF1FF0 : + new 04EF214C : new 04EF21C4 : new 04EF21E8 : new 04EEA73C : new 04EE +A748 : new 04EEA760 : new 04EEA8BC : new 04EEAA3C : new 04EEAA9C : ne +w 04EEAAC0 : new 04EEAB50 : new 04EEABBC : new 04EEACA0 : new 04EEACB +8 : new 04EEAD90 : new 04EEAF1C : new 04EEAFE8 : new 04EEB0CC : new 0 +4EEB138 : new 04EEB21C : new 04EEB228 : new 04EEB234 : new 04EEB240 : + new 04EEB2D0 : new 04EEB378 : new 04EEB3D8 : new 04EEB3E4 : new 04EE +B480 : new 04EE38BC : new 04EE394C : new 04EE3970 : new 04EE39B8 : ne +w 04EE3B50 : new 04EE3DE4 : new 04EE3DFC : new 04EE3EC8 : new 04EE3EE +0 : new 04EE3FAC : new 04EE4018 : new 04EE40C0 : new 04EE4120 : new 0 +4EE41E0 : new 04EE4534 : new 04EE45F4 : new 04EE46F0 : new 04EE4744 : + new 04EDCC7C : new 04EDCEA4 : new 04EDCEF8 : new 04EDCF28 : new 04ED +D528 : new 04EDD690 : new 04EDD6CC : new 04EDD708 : new 04EDD930 : ne +w 04EDD948 : new 04ED6190 : new 04ED61C0 : new 04ED6460 : new 04ED648 +4 : new 04ED6688 : new 04ED66A0 : new 04ED66D0 : new 04ED66F4 : new 0 +4ED6868 : new 04ED69D0 : new 04ED6A54 : new 04ED6B14 : new 04ED6B8C : + new 04ECF238 : new 04ECF364 : new 04ECF5A4 : new 04ECF6AC : new 04EC +F700 : new 04ECF994 : new 04ECFB20 : new 04EFF644 : new 04EF850C : ne +w 04EF87AC : new 04EF8D70 : new 04EF8D88 : new 04EF18F4 : new 04EF1A7 +4 : new 04EF1DEC : new 04EF2338 : new 04EEA700 : new 04EEAD48 : new 0 +4EEAE08 : new 04EEAE2C : new 04EEB234 : new 04EEB2E8 : new 04EE3C64 : + new 04EE3D90 : new 04EE42C4 : new 04EE454C : new 04EE46D8 : new 04ED +69AC : new 04F064F8 : new 04EFF008 : new 04EFF344 : new 04EFF854 : ne +w 04EFFE60 : new 04EF83C8 : new 04EF84D0 : new 04EF87AC : new 04EF881 +8 : new 04EF181C : new 04EF1894 : new 04EF18D0 : new 04EF1A20 : new 0 +4EEA994 : new 04EEB15C : new 04EEB180 : new 04EEB4F8 : new 04EE4294 : + new 04EE46FC : new 04EDCEE0 : new 04ED5E60 : new 04F0D36C : new 04F0 +6744 : new 04EFF008 : new 04EFF44C : new 04EFF6EC : new 04EFF794 : ne +w 04EFFB54 : new 04EFFCE0 : new 04EF8524 : new 04EF87E8 : new 04EF1C3 +C : new 04EF1D38 : ... etc .... old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0 old (1): 0

Any insight would be appreciated!

In reply to Re^2: memory leak by bob_dobalina
in thread memory leak by bob_dobalina

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