Path: usenet.cise.ufl.edu!huron.eel.ufl.edu!usenet.eel.ufl.edu!news.bright.net!iagnet.net!newsfeed.direct.ca!news.he.net!news.aracnet.com!news.rain.net!news.teleport.com!not-for-mail From: "Jesse N. Glick" Newsgroups: comp.lang.perl.announce,comp.lang.perl.modules Subject: Devel::WeakRef 0.003 alpha on CPAN Followup-To: comp.lang.perl.modules Date: 30 Sep 1997 13:27:59 GMT Organization: Strategic Interactive Group, Inc. Lines: 16 Sender: news-merlyn@gadget.cscaper.com Approved: merlyn@stonehenge.com (comp.lang.perl.announce) Message-ID: <60quov$odp$1@news1.teleport.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadget.cscaper.com X-Disclaimer: The "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. Xref: usenet.cise.ufl.edu comp.lang.perl.announce:33 comp.lang.perl.modules:952 Devel::WeakRef attempts to provide "weak references" for Perl--things that can be stored in a scalar, and act like references (to other reference types only), but do not "tie up" the referred-to object with a reference count. If the target is destroyed (loses all normal references), the weak reference will point to undef. If you are interested, please try it out and let me know if you have problems with it, or are successful with it. The module uses C and definitely requires more testing on various platforms. -- Jesse N. Glick * mailto:jglick@sig.bsh.com Sr. Programmer/Analyst * Strategic Interactive Group 800 Boylston St. Boston MA 02199 * 617-867-1017 (tel) 617-867-1111 (fax) .