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On Sat, May 19, 2001 at 08:18:54PM +0200, Christian Hammers wrote:
> The following code leaks memory for each invocation of "sub flub":
>
> H! /usr/bin/perl -w
> use strict;
>
> use DBI;
>
> my $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:Pg:dbname=template1','jdassen', undef,
>{RaiseError => 1});
> Hmy $dbh = DBI->connect('DBI:CSV:f_dir=/tmp', undef, undef, {RaiseError =>
>1});
>
> sub flub() {
> local $dbh->{RaiseError};
> H This construct is recommended by DBI(3pm)
> }
>
> while (1) { flub(); };
This is a known bug in Perl proper with tied hashes (hint: DBI's internal
implementation is a tied hash). See the Known Problems section of `perldoc
perldelta`.
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Stephen Clouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Senior Programmer, IQ Coordinator Project Lead
The IQ Group, Inc. <http://www.theiqgroup.com/>
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