I'm running an older version: This is perl, v5.8.9 built for i686-linux Here's sample script: 
use Switch ;

$perldata = bless { hello => 'world' }, 'superman' ;
# $perldata = { hello => 'world' } ;

sub test {
        my $o = shift ;
        warn $o ;
        my $m = bless { perldata => $o }, 'TQIS::test' ;
        return $m ;
        }

sub TQIS::test::DESTROY {
        my $self = shift ;
        warn $self->{perldata} ;
        }

$a = test( $perldata ) ;
$b = test( $perldata ) ;
$c = test( $perldata ) ;

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Here's what happens when I run the script: 
$ perl /tmp/err.pl
superman=HASH(0x9b0d18c) at /tmp/err.pl line 8.
superman=HASH(0x9b0d18c) at /tmp/err.pl line 8.
superman=HASH(0x9b0d18c) at /tmp/err.pl line 8.
superman=HASH(0x9b0d18c) at /tmp/err.pl line 15 during global destruct
+ion.
superman=HASH(0x9b0d18c) at /tmp/err.pl line 15 during global destruct
+ion.
Warning: something's wrong at /tmp/err.pl line 15 during global destru
+ction.
$

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If I comment out the 'use Switch' statement, the superman reference prints out correctly 3 times on line 15. Incidentally, I also get the correct result of the variable perldata is not blessed. I'm guessing this is a bug. Does anybody else experience the same thing? -Jim

In reply to use Switch wierdness by tqisjim

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