2011/12/22 Olivier Mengué <perlbug-followup@perl.org> > # New Ticket Created by Olivier Mengué > # Please include the string: [perl #106864] > # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. > # <URL: https://rt.perl.org:443/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=106864 > > > > This is a bug report for perl from dolmen@cpan.org, > generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.10.1. > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > With the following expression: > > my $x = sub { }; > > the refcount of $x is 2 instead of 1. > There is no such problem if the sub, instead of behind a simple sub, > is a closure. > >perl -MDevel::Peek -e"for (1..3) { push @a, sub {}; } Dump($a[0]);" SV = IV(0x57b650) at 0x57b654 REFCNT = 1 FLAGS = (ROK) RV = 0x57b624 SV = PVCV(0x4a9dd4) at 0x57b624 REFCNT = 4 FLAGS = (PADMY,ANON,WEAKOUTSIDE,CVGV_RC) COMP_STASH = 0x57b444 "main" START = 0x4d2cb8 ===> 0 ROOT = 0x4d2c9c GVGV::GV = 0x4a961c "main" :: "__ANON__" FILE = "-e" DEPTH = 0 FLAGS = 0x490 OUTSIDE_SEQ = 96 PADLIST = 0x4a954c PADNAME = 0x4a960c(0x4a12f4) PAD = 0x4a98fc(0x4a0c64) OUTSIDE = 0x57b6b4 (MAIN) 4, one for each element in @a, and one to the sub alive until sub {} needs it next. With closures, there would be 4 CVs with one reference each instead of 1 CV with 4 reference.Thread Previous | Thread Next