Did you know that there is no mention--none whatsoever--of weak references anywhere it belongs? * Nothing at all in perlfunc. * Nothing at all in perlref. * Nothing at all in perlreftut. * Nothing at all in perldsc. * Nothing at all in perllol. How did that ever (not) happen? % tcgrep -lpi 'weak\s+ref' blead/pod blead/pod/perl5100delta.pod blead/pod/perl5101delta.pod blead/pod/perl5110delta.pod blead/pod/perl5120delta.pod blead/pod/perl51311delta.pod blead/pod/perl5134delta.pod blead/pod/perl5137delta.pod blead/pod/perl5140delta.pod blead/pod/perl561delta.pod blead/pod/perl56delta.pod blead/pod/perl585delta.pod blead/pod/perl588delta.pod blead/pod/perl593delta.pod blead/pod/perldelta.pod blead/pod/perldiag.pod blead/pod/perlguts.pod blead/pod/perltoc.pod Gee. :( --tomThread Next