in reply to Re^2: memory sieve discovery
in thread memory sieve discovery

I wouldn't give any credence to a report that says that Math::BigInt leaks memory.

Cheers,
Rob

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Re^4: memory sieve discovery
by Pstack (Scribe) on Jan 19, 2008 at 20:20 UTC
    Sure seems unlikely. The full list for Math::BigInt is:

    582 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 143
    36 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 178
    4 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 188
    5 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 189
    5 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 190
    14 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 197
    27 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 215
    18 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 229
    1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 23
    2947 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 2303
    3 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 24
    18 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 243
    2 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 2437
    2 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 2441
    16 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 2503
    546 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 2628
    8 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 2639
    27 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 268
    38 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 29
    53 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 325
    46 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 366
    104 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 431
    22 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 448
    112 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 519
    144 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 627
    55 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 661
    321 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 850
    52 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt.pm line 907
    8 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 108
    52 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 122
    1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 124
    1 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 136
    167 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 138
    1834 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 1420
    13 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 149
    269 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 1626
    57 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 1661
    62 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 1697
    13 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 1931
    19 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 3
    3 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 4
    370 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 9
    4 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 92
    4 /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.7/Math/BigInt/Calc.pm line 93

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