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List:       apache-modperl
Subject:    Re: Wondering about MP1 clean up
From:       Perrin Harkins <perrin () elem ! com>
Date:       2005-08-24 19:46:12
Message-ID: 1124912772.5161.1113.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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On Wed, 2005-08-24 at 09:45 -0500, Boysenberry Payne wrote:
> So it would seem this is a circular reference right?
> How can I get the info I need in each of these without getting caught
> by this?

Some techniques are described here:
http://www.perl.com/pub/a/2002/08/07/proxyobject.html


> I've been using O'reilly books in particular the books in The Perl CD
> Bookshelf v3.0.
> They mentioned an "experimental" WeakRef module for weakening
> references
> to prevent the circular logic thing.  But I usually try and have my
> modules be the
> only "experimental" parts of my apps if possible.  I just found 13.13.
> Coping with Circular Data Structures
> in the Perl Cookbook, maybe that has my solution.

Scalar::Util::weaken is probably what you want.  Be aware of the age of
the books you're using.

- Perrin

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