Anyone have more input on this? Thanks in advance :)
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, "cuttenv" <cutt...@...> wrote:
>
> So at the end of the main function call everything would go out of scope and
> be eligible for garbage collection? The issue is that I see a LOT of
> functions definitions that are not being garbage collected and I am trying to
> pin point if using named functions like this could be the problem. I know you
> can create strong references on Event Listeners and that causes things not to
> get garbage collected. What are other ways that functions might not be
> garbage collected?
>
> private var run:String = "one";
> private function main():void{
> function boo()void{
> Alert.show("boo hoo");
> }
> foo(boo);
> }
> private function foo function(bar:Function):void{
> var str:String = "Hello";
> function fnc1():void{
> function fnc1a():void{
> Alert.show(str+" function 1 A!");
> bar();
> }
> function fnc1b():void{
> bar();
> Alert.show(str+" function 1 B!");
> }
> runFuncs(fnc1a, fnc1b);
> }
> function fnc2():void{
> Alert.show("WOW This can be confusing!");
> }
> if(run == "one"){
> fnc1();
> }
> else if(run == "two"){
> fnc2();
> }
> else{
> bar();
> }
> }
>
> private runFuncs(a:Function, b:Function):void{
> a();
> b();
> }
>
>
> --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Alex Harui <aharui@> wrote:
> >
> > Once it goes out of scope it is eligible for GC unless there is another
> > reference to it
> >
> > Alex Harui
> > Flex SDK Developer
> > Adobe Systems Inc.<http://www.adobe.com/>
> > Blog: http://blogs.adobe.com/aharui
> >
> > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com [mailto:flexcod...@yahoogroups.com] On
> > Behalf Of cuttenv
> > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 7:08 PM
> > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Inline functions and Anonymous
> >
> >
> >
> > Ok what about the second example though? Those are all named functions, but
> > as you can see it gets messy rather quickly. In the example below would the
> > foo function ever get garbage collected because it has all those other
> > functions in it as well...
> >
> > --- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>,
> > Gordon Smith <gosmith@> wrote:
> > >
> > > I've heard that anonymous functions are significantly slower because the
> > > runtime has to create an activation frame for them. We use very few
> > > anonymous functions in the Flex framework.
> > >
> > > Gordon Smith
> > > Adobe Flex SDK Team
> > >
> > > From: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > [mailto:flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>]
> > > On Behalf Of cuttenv
> > > Sent: Thursday, December 03, 2009 6:04 PM
> > > To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com<mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com>
> > > Subject: [flexcoders] Inline functions and Anonymous
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi everyone, I have a quick question. Is there any performance gain when
> > > using an inline or anonymous function in flex??
> > >
> > > For example let's say you have:
> > >
> > > private foo function():void{
> > > var btn:Button = new Button();
> > > var str:String = "Hello Guys";
> > > btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, function(event:MouseEvent):void{
> > > Alert.show(str); } );
> > > }
> > >
> > > So I realize the advantage to using inline functions is that you can use
> > > local variables that are defined in the scope for example the str
> > > variable. But what happens when you have the extreme case like this:
> > >
> > > private var run:String = "one";
> > > private function main():void{
> > > function boo()void{
> > > Alert.show("boo hoo");
> > > }
> > > foo(boo);
> > > }
> > > private function foo function(bar:Function):void{
> > > var str:String = "Hello";
> > > function fnc1a():void{
> > > function fnc1a():void{
> > > Alert.show(str+" function 1 A!");
> > > bar();
> > > }
> > > function fnc1b():void{
> > > bar();
> > > Alert.show(str+" function 1 B!");
> > > }
> > > runFuncs(fnc1a, fnc1b);
> > > }
> > > function fnc2():void{
> > > Alert.show("WOW This can be confusing!");
> > > }
> > > if(run == "one"){
> > > fnc1();
> > > }
> > > else if(run == "two"){
> > > fnc2();
> > > }
> > > else{
> > > bar();
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > private runFuncs(a:Function, b:Function):void{
> > > a();
> > > b();
> > > }
> > >
> > > nice eh? >_< So what are the disadvantages?? My main concern here is
> > > memory leaks and performance. I was looking at the profiler and I think
> > > the garbage collector may not be cleaning up all the unused functions.
> > >
> > > Please help :D
> > >
> >
>
