Index: modules/menu/menu.module
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RCS file: /cvs/drupal/drupal/modules/menu/menu.module,v
retrieving revision 1.209
diff -u -r1.209 menu.module
--- modules/menu/menu.module	13 Oct 2009 01:24:07 -0000	1.209
+++ modules/menu/menu.module	14 Oct 2009 00:04:04 -0000
@@ -282,8 +282,8 @@
     // To speed up the deletion process, we reset some link properties that
     // would trigger re-parenting logic in _menu_delete_item() and
     // _menu_update_parental_status().
-    $link['has_children'] = FALSE;
-    $link['plid'] = 0;
+    $link->has_children = FALSE;
+    $link->plid = 0;
     _menu_delete_item($link);
   }