@Jason, Yes, that is the sad truth I was hoping to avoid here. It's just another argument for adobe developing a built in Frame class.
@Olivier, While listening for REMOVED_FROM_STAGE is a nice trick, its just one more listener to remove as part of clean. I'll trust myself to stop, close and remove everything I've started for now. I do like that superDestroy() function though. On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 6:31 AM, Olivier Besson <ol...@gludion.com> wrote: > > > Objects removed at any key >> frame therefore should be eligible for garbage collection, assuming no >> event >> listeners or other code created a reference to them. >> >> > Yes. > > Another problem is: even if no listener or code references to these > objects, they continue "playing" when they are removed by a blank keyframe. > "playing" means that if the playhead was in play mode, the playhead > continues playing, possibly triggering sounds, scripts, etc... :( > > It seems that as3 dev team just forgot what a blank keyframe is. > > I'm interested in the topic of "removeMovieClip" in as3, because it's a > convenient use of the timeline, but I didn't take time to establish best > practices about it. > > However here are some tracks or tips: > - listen to REMOVED_FROM_STAGE at the top of display list. When an object > is removed, "stop" it. > - add complex behaviors to displayObjects (such as listeners, sounds, > timers, etc..) using a "safe" API. That is: when you add something new (for > example A) to displayObject B, you listen B's REMOVED_FROM_STAGE to > "dispose" A. > > I don't want to use a IDisposable interface everywhere. Probably I will use > a more brutal approach with a function similar to > http://blog.gludion.com/2008/11/script-code-test.html (sorry it's in > french but the script is quite self-explanatory). > > I anyone has other ideas, don't hesitate to share ;) > > > -- > Olivier Besson (gludion) - (33 1) 44 64 78 99 > http://www.gludion.com > http://blog.gludion.com > > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > -- --Joel Stransky stranskydesign.com _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
