without -Dusethreads, perl_construct dumps core when called twice in the same process, patch below fixes. i also noticed thread-multi leaks 12 bytes for each perl_construct...perl_destruct, but i'm out of time and on a 6am flight. --- perl.c~ Sun Mar 5 23:22:49 2000 +++ perl.c Mon Mar 6 23:12:53 2000 @@ -393,6 +393,9 @@ PL_main_root = Nullop; } PL_curcop = &PL_compiling; +#ifndef USE_ITHREADS + CopFILEGV_set(PL_curcop, Nullgv); +#endif PL_main_start = Nullop; SvREFCNT_dec(PL_main_cv); PL_main_cv = Nullcv; @@ -672,6 +675,7 @@ /* free special SVs */ +#ifdef USE_ITHREADS SvREFCNT(&PL_sv_yes) = 0; sv_clear(&PL_sv_yes); SvANY(&PL_sv_yes) = NULL; @@ -679,6 +683,7 @@ SvREFCNT(&PL_sv_no) = 0; sv_clear(&PL_sv_no); SvANY(&PL_sv_no) = NULL; +#endif if (PL_sv_count != 0 && ckWARN_d(WARN_INTERNAL)) Perl_warner(aTHX_ WARN_INTERNAL,"Scalars leaked: %ld\n", (long)PL_sv_count);Thread Next