Re: Live_Objects behavior depends on garbage collection timing

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On Mon, Jul 12, 2004 at 09:49:15AM -0700, Siamak Pazirandeh wrote:
> I tried :
> if (1) {
>     do {
>         if (my $hh=WH::DBI::Whitehat::html->retrieve(25189)) {
>             $hh->html;
>             1;
>         }
>         1;
>     };
> print STDERR WH::DBI::Whitehat->dump_object_index();
> }
> 
> and still got the object leakage.

Can you post a self-contained example? Without it we can't be sure that
an extra reference isn't being taken by your code.

Tim.

> Max
> 
> On Sat, Jul 10, 2004 at 10:56:13AM -0400, Drew Taylor wrote:
> > 
> > Siamak Pazirandeh said:
> > >
> > > Sorry about not clarifying, but the card object remains "Live" even if I
> > > don't keep a local var pointed to it, and even if I return "1" from the
> > > block. That's why I suspect has_a as the culprit.
> > >
> > > Here is a revised version of example 4:
> > >
> > > -----------
> > > do {
> > > 	Class::DBI::card->retrieve(25189);
> > > 	if (my $hh=Class::DBI::html->retrieve(25189)) {
> > > 	$hh->html;
> > > 	}
> > > 	1;
> > 
> > What happens if you add a "1;" after $hh->html? The if clause is a block,
> > so the solution would seem to be the same as for curing #1 you previously
> > posted. I think adding the extra op before ending the block should do the
> > trick.
> > 
> > Drew
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