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Re: [perl #24061] shared array memory leak in 5.8.1

From:
Nick Ing-Simmons
Date:
October 24, 2003 03:08
Subject:
Re: [perl #24061] shared array memory leak in 5.8.1
Message ID:
20031024100833.2868.3@llama.elixent.com
Dave Mitchell <davem@fdgroup.com> writes:
>
>Turned out to be slightly different. The AV in the shared interpreter
>wasn't geting its AvREAL flag set, so when cleared, it wasn't
>REFCNTdec-ing its elements.

My fault I expect - I have never really grasped what AvREAL means.
Would you care to contribute a patch to one of the PODs (or even 
comments in av.h) that describes what AvREAL/AvREALISH _mean_ ?

I _should_ have caught the FREETMPS thing - those I do understand!

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