NAME

       Test::Memory::Cycle - Check for memory leaks and circular memory references

VERSION

       Version 1.04

SYNOPSIS

       Perl's garbage collection has one big problem: Circular references can't get cleaned up.
       A circular reference can be as simple as two reference that refer to each other:

           my $mom = {
               name => "Marilyn Lester",
           };

           my $me = {
               name => "Andy Lester",
               mother => $mom,
           };
           $mom->{son} = $me;

       "Test::Memory::Cycle" is built on top of "Devel::Cycle" to give you an easy way to check
       for these circular references.

           use Test::Memory::Cycle;

           my $object = new MyObject;
           # Do stuff with the object.
           memory_cycle_ok( $object );

       You can also use "memory_cycle_exists()" to make sure that you have a cycle where you
       expect to have one.

FUNCTIONS

   "memory_cycle_ok( $reference, $msg )"
       Checks that $reference doesn't have any circular memory references.

   "memory_cycle_exists( $reference, $msg )"
       Checks that $reference does have any circular memory references.

   "weakened_memory_cycle_ok( $reference, $msg )"
       Checks that $reference doesn't have any circular memory references, but unlike
       "memory_cycle_ok" this will also check for weakened cycles produced with Scalar::Util's
       "weaken".

   "weakened_memory_cycle_exists( $reference, $msg )"
       Checks that $reference does have any circular memory references, but unlike
       "memory_cycle_exists" this will also check for weakened cycles produced with
       Scalar::Util's "weaken".

AUTHOR

       Written by Andy Lester, "<andy @ petdance.com>".

BUGS

       Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-test-memory-cycle at rt.cpan.org", or
       through the web interface at
       <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Test-Memory-Cycle>.  I will be notified,
       and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.

SUPPORT

       You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.

           perldoc Test::Memory::Cycle

       You can also look for information at:

       •   AnnoCPAN: Annotated CPAN documentation

           <http://annocpan.org/dist/Test-Memory-Cycle>

       •   CPAN Ratings

           <http://cpanratings.perl.org/d/Test-Memory-Cycle>

       •   RT: CPAN's request tracker

           <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/Bugs.html?Dist=Test-Memory-Cycle>

       •   Search CPAN

           <http://search.cpan.org/dist/Test-Memory-Cycle>

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

       Thanks to the contributions of Stevan Little, and to Lincoln Stein for writing
       Devel::Cycle.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright 2006, Andy Lester, All Rights Reserved.

       You may use, modify, and distribute this package under the same terms as Perl itself.