AFAIK, any instances will remain in memory if there is a reference to it anywhere. Even if you call the remove methods, they just remove them from the Stage/screen but not from the memory stack. You will have to remove any references in any instances in order to garbage collect them properly.
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of geng wang Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 10:51 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: [Flashcoders] would this bother you? hello flashcoders, i have two fundamental questions. they somewhat keep bothering me: 1. what are the datatypes of a MovieClip instance and a Textfield instance after calling "removeMovieClip()"/"removeTextField()" on that MovieClip/Textfield instance? 2. do they remain in the memory after "removeMovieClip()"/"removeTextField()"? do i need to "delete" the references to them in order to have them "garbage collected"? pls see below: var tn:MovieClip = this.createEmptyMovieClip("tn", 0); var tn_nested:MovieClip = tn.createEmptyMovieClip("tnNested", 0); var tf_nested:TextField = tn.createTextField("tf", 1, 0, 100, 100, 100); tf_nested.text = "hello world!"; tn.loadMovie("http://assets0.twitter.com/images/twitter.png?1175908827";); destroy_btn.onRelease = function(){ tf_nested.removeTextField(); tn.removeMovieClip(); trace("is tn instanceof MovieClip after removeMovieClip: "+(tn instanceof MovieClip));//false trace("is tn instanceof Object after removeMovieClip: "+(tn instanceof Object));//false trace("tn type after removeMovieClip: "+ typeof(tn));//movieclip trace("is tf_nested instanceof Object after removeMovieClip: "+(tf_nested instanceof Object));//false trace("tf_nested type after removeMovieClip: "+(typeof(tf_nested)));//movieclip trace("tn is "+tn+"; tf_nested is "+tf_nested);//tn is ; tf_nested is delete tf_nested; delete tn; trace(newline+">>>>delete tn>>>>"); trace("tn after destroy: "+(tn instanceof MovieClip)); trace("tn after destroy: "+(tn instanceof Object)); trace("tn type after destroy: "+ typeof(tn)); trace("tf_nested type after destroy: "+(typeof(tf_nested))); } _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
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