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Subject: circular references
From: wmeler@wp-sa.pl (Wojtek Meler)

When you run:
<?
$a=array();
$b[]=&$a;
$a[]=&$b;
?>

You will get warnings about memory leaks. I know that it is ugly code 
etc. but shouldn't it be solved by ZE? It should free such things properly.
I know that in this simple case whole memory is freed, but if we add 
resource to $a table, resource desctructor won't be called because
of reference - that's why PHP leeks memory. Am I right?

regards,
Wojtek