XML::Simple - memory leak?

[Joe Casadonte]

I've got a simple script, that consumes enormous amounts of memory:

while (<IN>) {
chomp;

next unless m{sampleResult};

my($xml) = eval { XMLin($_, %SIMPLE_OPTS); };
if ($@) {
warn qq(Malformed XML - $fname: $. - $@\n);
next;
}

$xml = undef;
}

close IN;

Underlying XML::Simple is XML::Sax::Expat, and of course it's possible
(probable?) that the problems lies somewhere below XML::Simple. It
happens with or without the eval, so that's not an issue.

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This is perl, v5.8.0 built for MSWin32-x86-multi-thread
(with 1 registered patch, see perl -V for more detail)

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Built 23:15:13 Dec 1 2002
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perl -MXML::Simple -e "print $XML::Simple::VERSION"
1.06

(that's the latest version available via 'ppm' -- maybe that's my issue?)
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Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!

--
Regards,

joe
Joe Casadonte
(e-mail address removed)

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