Re: Garbage collection (was Re: JWZ on s/Java/Perl/)

[John Porter]

James Mastros wrote:
> I'd think that an extension to delete is in order here.  Basicly, delete
> should DESTROY the arg, change it's value to undef,...

Huh?  What delete are you thinking of?  This is Perl, not C++.


> ...and trigger a GC that will get rid of the arg.

No.  Perl decides for itself when to do GC.

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John Porter

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