Data::Dumper is a good tool to help track down circular references. If you see something like:
$VAR1 = \$VAR1;
or
$VAR1 = [ $VAR1 ];
or
$VAR1 = { key => $VAR1 };
Then you know you have something to fix.
Also, I've experienced a few problems w/ memory leaks in perl 5.6.0 and linux. e.g.:
eval "use Any::Module";
Leaks memory for me, and doesn't appear to with 5.6.1. But I haven't done enough testing to be definitive about that. Someone else might be able to tell you more about this.
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