in reply to Re^2: Variable scoping when a sub calls itself??
in thread Variable scoping when a sub calls itself??

I noticed that that was not what OP was after on re-reading the node (cf my update). My initial assumption was that OP needed to forcibly delete each node in the structure to get around leaks due to circular references or some such.

Perl is environmentally friendly - it saves trees
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