* Joe Schaefer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2002-07-09 12:47]:
> Dave Rolsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > On 8 Jul 2002, Joe Schaefer wrote:
> > If I do this:
> >
> > my $x = shift;
> > $x = make_something_from($x);
> >
> > then it seems like the original $x should go out of scope when it is
> > assigned to, so its refcount should stay at 1.
> ^^^^^^
>
> Right, it should stay at 1. But all bets are off when
> $x is has magic and make_something_from() is an XS sub :-).
But the leak is not with $x, it's with what $_[0] is; $x is just a
reference to that, and the reassignment in the second line should
reassign $x, and decrement the ref count for what $x is pointing to at
that point. So, it all depends on what make_something_from() does with
the $x's referent.
(darren)
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