@Steven, I know anonymous functions are horrible, but I was trying to anything to get the GC to pick it up.
I'm really just testing, to see how GC might react, and how the weak event listeners work. I know mediocre practice (and higher) you need to remove event listeners. I was just wondering, I've made a few classes that use weak references so that the person using my class does not have to worry about GC with the object. I wanted to make sure that it works how I thought it would. Ktu On Sun, Nov 8, 2009 at 10:59 AM, Keith H <kh...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I make destroy methods, avoid using extra references to listeners and am > compulsive about cleaning them up, still some continue to execute > imperviously. > I hate when this happens cause its unpredictable and unexplainable. > > All I know is the "Real" garbage collectors are sometimes late picking up > my garbage after I put it outside for them. > > -- Keith H -- > www.keith-hair.net > > > > > > Steven Sacks wrote: > >> No, it's not true. You're misunderstanding how weak listeners work, how >> anonymous functions work (you shouldn't use those anyway), and you're also >> misunderstanding how the garbage collector works. >> >> Whenever you addEventListener, immediately write a function that removes >> the event listener (such as a destroy method). If you get into this habit, >> you will never forget to do it and you'll never have this issue ever again. >> _______________________________________________ >> Flashcoders mailing list >> Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com >> http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
