> On Jan 28 11:57, Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes wrote: >> Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> > Thanks for the info. It's interesting to know. What I still don't >> get, >> > however, is the fact that the same statement does not waste memory on >> > the x86 Linux Perl 5.8.5, but does on the x86 Cygwin Perl 5.8.7 and >> the >> > x86_64 Linux 5.8.8. So it has been introduced only in later versions? >> > And why is it defended? It doesn't seem to make sense, rather on the >> > contrary. >> >> This behaviour hasn't changed that I know of. I verified that a 5.8.5 >> cygwin perl behaves the same way. Could you confirm your x86 Linux >> Perl 5.8.5 results again, and send me (privately if you wish) the >> output of: perl -MConfig=config_sh -we'print config_sh' from that >> perl? > > I just ran the testcase under strace on the Linux box again and to my > surprise it behaved identical to the Cygwin and the 64 bit Linux > version, as you say. What have I done wrong in my first tests? Was I > hallucinating, caffein-induced maybe?
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