On 2/2/06, Pine Yan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Hi, what happens to the memory space with the following code:
>
> my @full_list = ();
>
> if (...) {
> my @tmp_list;
> @tmp_list = split(...);
> @full_list = (@full_list, [EMAIL PROTECTED]);
> }
>
>
> Here @tmp_list is a local variable and its definition terminates at the
> end of this code segment. Does this mean the
> memory space it occupies will be freed, too? If yes, what will happen to
> the reference of that variable stored in @full_list?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sincerely
> Pine
Perl uses reference count garbage collection. This means that as long
as a reference to the memory that was allocated by my exists it sticks
around.
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