Re: Browser Memory Leaks

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <thunderaxiom@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan Andelin skrev  den 31-07-2008 15:54:
> > From: Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen
> > Garbage collection can only collect those objects which are not 
> > referenced from _anywhere_.
> >     
>
> I thought I read somewhere that setting a value to null (in JavaScript) would allow memory to be reclaimed.  But I'm less certain about arrays, where you might set its length to 0.
>
>   
If setting the length to zero does not clear out the objects in the 
array you have these invisible references that are just a pain to find. 


> > This is a frequent issue in Java too, where you cannot explicitly
> > tell an object to go away forever.
> >     
>
> I think I got the problem under control by explicitly evoking the DOM removeEventListener() and removeChild() methods.  But I'm going to keep an eye on it.
>   
Good luck and have fun :)