in 5.6 there is a weaken? pragma, this should do what you need.
marc
----- Original Message -----
From: Radovan Semancik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, 20. December 2000 5:14
Subject: Freeing cyclic refferences
> Hello!
>
> I have perl objects with cyclic refferences to each othen in mod_perl
> environment. I know that these objects will never be freed unless I
> break the refference cycle. But, how to do it transparently for user of
> object?
>
> Is there a way in perl for making a refference to object that is not
> counted in refferrence count? I tought of symbolic refferences, but I
> suppose they are far more ineffective that 'normal' refferences. Am I
> right?
>
> --
> Ing. Radovan Semancik ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> System Engineer, Business Global Systems a.s.
> http://storm.alert.sk
>
