Confirmed in blead. ** VALGRIND ** Die in sort comparator at 127759.pl line 11. ==25188== Invalid read of size 4 ==25188== at 0x5A0B2E: S_SvREFCNT_dec (inline.h:162) ==25188== by 0x5A3078: Perl_av_clear (av.c:492) ==25188== by 0x656495: Perl_leave_scope (scope.c:1108) ==25188== by 0x6641BA: Perl_dounwind (pp_ctl.c:1527) ==25188== by 0x46EA22: S_my_exit_jump (perl.c:5186) ==25188== by 0x46E892: Perl_my_failure_exit (perl.c:5173) ==25188== by 0x66534E: Perl_die_unwind (pp_ctl.c:1722) ==25188== by 0x560B43: Perl_croak_sv (util.c:1758) ==25188== by 0x560A2C: Perl_die_sv (util.c:1668) ==25188== by 0x684534: Perl_pp_die (pp_sys.c:523) ==25188== by 0x55A6BC: Perl_runops_debug (dump.c:2239) ==25188== by 0x73D402: S_sortcv (pp_sort.c:1783) ==25188== Address 0x6030a40 is 0 bytes after a block of size 32 alloc'd ==25188== at 0x4C28C0F: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:299) ==25188== by 0x55BDE7: Perl_safesysmalloc (util.c:153) ==25188== by 0x5A12AE: Perl_av_extend_guts (av.c:186) ==25188== by 0x5A0EBB: Perl_av_extend (av.c:80) ==25188== by 0x5AEA7E: Perl_pp_aassign (pp_hot.c:1375) ==25188== by 0x55A6BC: Perl_runops_debug (dump.c:2239) ==25188== by 0x46282A: S_run_body (perl.c:2517) ==25188== by 0x461E55: perl_run (perl.c:2440) ==25188== by 0x41EEDD: main (perlmain.c:116) ==25188== ==25188== Invalid read of size 4 ==25188== at 0x5F8349: Perl_sv_free2 (sv.c:6964) ==25188== by 0x5A0B62: S_SvREFCNT_dec (inline.h:166) ==25188== by 0x5A3078: Perl_av_clear (av.c:492) ==25188== by 0x656495: Perl_leave_scope (scope.c:1108) ==25188== by 0x6641BA: Perl_dounwind (pp_ctl.c:1527) ==25188== by 0x46EA22: S_my_exit_jump (perl.c:5186) ==25188== by 0x46E892: Perl_my_failure_exit (perl.c:5173) ==25188== by 0x66534E: Perl_die_unwind (pp_ctl.c:1722) ==25188== by 0x560B43: Perl_croak_sv (util.c:1758) ==25188== by 0x560A2C: Perl_die_sv (util.c:1668) ==25188== by 0x684534: Perl_pp_die (pp_sys.c:523) ==25188== by 0x55A6BC: Perl_runops_debug (dump.c:2239) ==25188== Address 0x6030a44 is 4 bytes after a block of size 32 alloc'd ==25188== at 0x4C28C0F: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:299) ==25188== by 0x55BDE7: Perl_safesysmalloc (util.c:153) ==25188== by 0x5A12AE: Perl_av_extend_guts (av.c:186) ==25188== by 0x5A0EBB: Perl_av_extend (av.c:80) ==25188== by 0x5AEA7E: Perl_pp_aassign (pp_hot.c:1375) ==25188== by 0x55A6BC: Perl_runops_debug (dump.c:2239) ==25188== by 0x46282A: S_run_body (perl.c:2517) ==25188== by 0x461E55: perl_run (perl.c:2440) ==25188== by 0x41EEDD: main (perlmain.c:116) ==25188== ==25188== Invalid read of size 4 ==25188== at 0x5F8364: Perl_sv_free2 (sv.c:6970) ==25188== by 0x5A0B62: S_SvREFCNT_dec (inline.h:166) ==25188== by 0x5A3078: Perl_av_clear (av.c:492) ==25188== by 0x656495: Perl_leave_scope (scope.c:1108) ==25188== by 0x6641BA: Perl_dounwind (pp_ctl.c:1527) ==25188== by 0x46EA22: S_my_exit_jump (perl.c:5186) ==25188== by 0x46E892: Perl_my_failure_exit (perl.c:5173) ==25188== by 0x66534E: Perl_die_unwind (pp_ctl.c:1722) ==25188== by 0x560B43: Perl_croak_sv (util.c:1758) ==25188== by 0x560A2C: Perl_die_sv (util.c:1668) ==25188== by 0x684534: Perl_pp_die (pp_sys.c:523) ==25188== by 0x55A6BC: Perl_runops_debug (dump.c:2239) ==25188== Address 0x6030a44 is 4 bytes after a block of size 32 alloc'd ==25188== at 0x4C28C0F: malloc (vg_replace_malloc.c:299) ==25188== by 0x55BDE7: Perl_safesysmalloc (util.c:153) ==25188== by 0x5A12AE: Perl_av_extend_guts (av.c:186) ==25188== by 0x5A0EBB: Perl_av_extend (av.c:80) ==25188== by 0x5AEA7E: Perl_pp_aassign (pp_hot.c:1375) ==25188== by 0x55A6BC: Perl_runops_debug (dump.c:2239) ==25188== by 0x46282A: S_run_body (perl.c:2517) ==25188== by 0x461E55: perl_run (perl.c:2440) ==25188== by 0x41EEDD: main (perlmain.c:116) ==25188== Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x6030a38 at 127759.pl line 8. Attempt to free unreferenced scalar: SV 0x6030a30 at 127759.pl line 8. ==25188== ==25188== HEAP SUMMARY: ==25188== in use at exit: 326,160 bytes in 1,190 blocks ==25188== total heap usage: 4,007 allocs, 2,817 frees, 675,586 bytes allocated ==25188== ==25188== LEAK SUMMARY: ==25188== definitely lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==25188== indirectly lost: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==25188== possibly lost: 121,696 bytes in 119 blocks ==25188== still reachable: 204,464 bytes in 1,071 blocks ==25188== of which reachable via heuristic: ==25188== newarray : 1,024 bytes in 32 blocks ==25188== suppressed: 0 bytes in 0 blocks ==25188== Rerun with --leak-check=full to see details of leaked memory ==25188== ==25188== For counts of detected and suppressed errors, rerun with: -v ==25188== ERROR SUMMARY: 3 errors from 3 contexts (suppressed: 0 from 0)