Re: problem with large hash vanishing
From: David K. Wall (dwall_at_fastmail.fm)
Date: 02/03/04
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Date: Tue, 03 Feb 2004 15:53:40 -0000
Jack <j.cawkwell@open.ac.uk> wrote:
> I have a perl v5.6.0 program, which reads a
> configuration file into a hash of hashes.
Depending on the format of the config file, you may be able to use a CPAN
module to do this (if you're not already doing so).
> The rest of the program does a fetch from
> an oracle database, and uses the configuration
> hash to do processing. After a number of
> successful loops the configuration hash
> vanishes, becoming undefined. I have used
> perl -d with the W command to watch the
> config hash change, but it does not get zapped
> to undefined in the debugger.
>
> Can anyone suggest what might be going wrong,
My crystal ball says you have a bug on line 537 that is overwriting your
hash.
> and what further debugging I could try?
No, because you didn't post any code.
> The program is a bit big to post, and it belongs
> to my employer.
I doubt we'd want to see the entire program anyway.
Standard advice: Break it down into a short, preferably self-contained test
case that exhibits the problem. The process of doing so often reveals the
problem (it usually works for me), and if not you have a snippet of code
you can post for us to look at.
-- David Wall
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