in reply to Re^2: perl5.10 Devel::Size behaviour changed?
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Again, I ask: which version of Devel::Size are you using?

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Re^4: perl5.10 Devel::Size behaviour changed?
by sang1986 (Novice) on Sep 04, 2009 at 17:18 UTC
    I am using 0.71 version http://cpansearch.perl.org/src/TELS/Devel-Size-0.71/lib/Devel/Size.pm
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Re^4: perl5.10 Devel::Size behaviour changed?
by sang1986 (Novice) on Sep 09, 2009 at 04:38 UTC
    I'm still stuck without any clue as to how to handle this. :( Any ideas?
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      Sorry no. Except petition p5p to back out the core change that causes this and revert to 5.8.9 until they do.

      Beyond that, realise that this is a few tens of extra bytes per array; if the array holds more than half a dozen scalars, then this new overhead just gets lost in the noise.

      And Devel::Size is a development/testing tool. Once you've sorted out whatever malady caused you to go looking, and stop using D::S, then for the most part you won't be getting those extra bytes any more.

      Finally, go through your code and change any references to $#array to ( scalar( @array ) - 1 ) and litter your code with large comments explaining why these should not be reverted.

      I don't think that there is anything you can do to an ex-OSS programmer, if they leave behind time bombs :)

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        It will show the exact same symptoms as it uses the exact same core macros to to test if there is any magic attached to the AV*--which since 5.10 causes there to be magic attached whether it is needed or not.

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