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Memory leaks - what causes them?

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I have a leak that’s costing me about 3Mb/hr.

Fri 06/02/09 21:00:00 37.9 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 168.1 -> 168.6 at 3.02 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 21:10:00 38.1 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 168.6 -> 169.1 at 3.05 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 21:20:00 38.3 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 169.1 -> 169.6 at 3.02 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 21:30:00 38.4 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 169.6 -> 170.1 at 3.02 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 21:40:00 38.6 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 170.1 -> 170.6 at 3.07 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 21:50:00 38.8 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 170.6 -> 171.1 at 3.02 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 22:00:00 38.9 hours: 0.5 MB in 0.2 hours. 171.1 -> 171.6 at 3.02 MB/hour. Total: 3.11 MB/hour

Fri 06/02/09 22:10:00 39.1 hours: 1.3 MB in 0.2 hours. 171.6 -> 172.9 at 7.68 MB/hour. Total: 3.13 MB/hour

I have a couple of custom user code “modules” so I’m presuming that it’s in one (or more) of those.

What sorts of coding practices lead to memory leaks within MH? Does, for example, the use of “my($var) = …” within a loop cause a leak?

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