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On Thu, Jul 23, 2009 at 7:19 PM, Kevin Ryde <perlbug-followup@perl.org>wrote: > # New Ticket Created by Kevin Ryde > # Please include the string: [perl #67838] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=67838 > > What's the impact of the bug? substr, pos and vec operate on strings. Delaying the freeing of strings has next to no impact. Problems can occur if the scalar containing the string is then repurposed (e.g. to hold an object with a destructor), but the odds of this occurring is probably next to nil. keys operate on hashes. Delaying the freeing of a hash could have a significant impact. On the other hand, lvalue keys is probably almost never used. What's the impact of the fix? Small slowdown due to the creation of a new SV for every lvalue call to these ops Our options at this time: - Apply the provided patch, even though it will cause returning substr/pos/vec/keys from an lvalue sub croaks. - Apply an adjusted patch that doesn't fix the leak when substr/pos/vec/keys are returned from an lvalue sub. - Don't fix until a better solution is found. - WONTFIXThread Previous | Thread Next