Re^7: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory

How can I tell if Scalar::Util is properly installed. Here is the perl I'm using and a check for the Scalar::Util module.

C:\Users\mmitchell>perl -v

This is perl, v5.10.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 9 registered patches, see perl -V for more detail)

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C:\Users\mmitchell>perl -e "use Scalar::Util"

C:\Users\mmitchell>

I did as almut suggested and ran the process() function twice.

Size after first process() 
167,472 MB
Size after second process()
316,212 MB

It seems memory is not "freed" or its just not available for re-use for some reason.

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Re^8: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 23, 2010 at 15:39 UTC
It doesn't matter since you're calling `dispose`, but the relevant test is to call Scalar::Util's `weaken`	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^9: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by carcus88 (Acolyte) on Jul 23, 2010 at 16:33 UTC
Can you advise me how to use weaken in my example? I Tried to add weaken($t) after calling $t->dispose() but nothing changed, memory use remained the same. I also tried to call weaken($t) after $t= new XML::Twig but that simply made the XML::Twig object break, it failed on the next method call.	[reply]
Re^10: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 24, 2010 at 13:38 UTC
Twig uses `weaken` so you don't have to call `dispose`. Don't call `weaken`. There does appear to be a memory leak, so you should be submitting a bug report.	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^10: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by Anonymous Monk on Jul 23, 2010 at 16:55 UTC
http://search.cpan.org/grep?cpanid=MIROD&release=XML-Twig-3.35&string=weaken&i=1&n=1&C=0	[reply]
Re^8: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by toolic (Bishop) on Jul 23, 2010 at 14:49 UTC
How can I tell if Scalar::Util is properly installed. Scalar::Util is a core module for 5.10.0. If perl is correctly installed, than so should this module.	[reply]
Re^9: XML::Twig loves to eat my memory by ikegami (Patriarch) on Jul 23, 2010 at 15:37 UTC
It's not installed properly on some linux distros.	[reply]