Re: Running out of Memory

It's as if the arrays aren't getting garbage collected, but I've examined the reference count just prior to the reference leaving scope and it only has one reference (using Devel::Peek Dump).

Oh look, a reference count of 1 :)

my @one;
my @two;
my @three;
push @two, \@three;
push @three,\@two;
push @one, \@two, \@three;
use Devel::Peek;
Dump(\@one );
__END__
SV = RV(0x3e8a90) at 0x3e8a84
  REFCNT = 1
  FLAGS = (TEMP,ROK)
  RV = 0x98a404
  SV = PVAV(0x3e995c) at 0x98a404
    REFCNT = 2
    FLAGS = (PADMY)
    ARRAY = 0x997dec
    FILL = 1
    MAX = 3
    ARYLEN = 0x0
    FLAGS = (REAL)
    Elt No. 0
    SV = RV(0x98a4b0) at 0x98a4a4
      REFCNT = 1
      FLAGS = (ROK)
      RV = 0x98a424
      SV = PVAV(0x3e9b84) at 0x98a424
        REFCNT = 3
        FLAGS = (PADMY)
        ARRAY = 0x9b1d7c
        FILL = 0
        MAX = 3
        ARYLEN = 0x0
        FLAGS = (REAL)
        Elt No. 0
        SV = RV(0x3e8b30) at 0x3e8b24
          REFCNT = 1
          FLAGS = (ROK)
          RV = 0x98a444
    Elt No. 1
    SV = RV(0x3e8970) at 0x3e8964
      REFCNT = 1
      FLAGS = (ROK)
      RV = 0x98a444
      SV = PVAV(0x3e9b9c) at 0x98a444
        REFCNT = 3
        FLAGS = (PADMY)
        ARRAY = 0x994b2c
        FILL = 0
        MAX = 3
        ARYLEN = 0x0
        FLAGS = (REAL)
        Elt No. 0
        SV = RV(0x3e8b80) at 0x3e8b74
          REFCNT = 1
          FLAGS = (ROK)
          RV = 0x98a424
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Re^2: Running out of Memory by nwboy74 (Novice) on Oct 07, 2010 at 22:16 UTC
If you look at SV = PVAV(0x3e995c) at 0x98a404, which is the array reference, it has two.	[reply]
Re^3: Running out of Memory by Anonymous Monk on Oct 07, 2010 at 23:37 UTC
:) If you look at `...` in your original post, it could be hiding an elephant :)	[reply] [d/l]