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| author | Dave Mitchell <davem@fdisolutions.com> | 2002-11-16 22:18:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Rafael Garcia-Suarez <rgarciasuarez@gmail.com> | 2002-11-16 21:23:15 +0000 |
| commit | 5a6c59efdb6adbea810f12ca2ce4a559f52eca2e (patch) | |
| tree | e3b44afaa3ba8467da5cfdc3b7fa515ff02cd453 /pod/perlhack.pod | |
| parent | 7b2a0f841a9bbe7062cc61dc1e243a85576b8e52 (diff) | |
| download | perl-5a6c59efdb6adbea810f12ca2ce4a559f52eca2e.tar.gz | |
Re: [PATCH] optional code for debugging leaking scalars
Message-ID: <20021116221823.A23614@fdgroup.com>
Documentation for change #18150.
p4raw-link: @18150 on //depot/perl: eba0f806800ee6c16a404edf6a6aff3df57bdcb5
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@18152
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diff --git a/pod/perlhack.pod b/pod/perlhack.pod index fbb7c9b456..023c243843 100644 --- a/pod/perlhack.pod +++ b/pod/perlhack.pod @@ -2064,7 +2064,14 @@ For example, for "third-degreed" Perl: (Note: the mod_perl apache module uses also this environment variable for its own purposes and extended its semantics. Refer to the mod_perl -documentation for more information.) +documentation for more information. Also, spawned threads set this +variable to the value 2.) + +If, at the end of a run you get the message I<N scalars leaked>, you can +recompile with C<-DDEBUG_LEAKING_SCALARS>, which will cause +the addresses of all those leaked SVs to be dumped; it also converts +C<new_SV()> from a macro into a real function, so you can use your +favourite debugger to discover where those pesky SVs were allocated. =head2 Profiling |