Thanks for both your replies... I'll check out those links :) er, Alex, what is a Strong Reference? Is that on your blog?
Cheers... 2010/1/7 Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> > > > There is also a presentation on my blog. As long as there is one strong > reference the object will not be GC’d. > > > > 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 *Nick Middleweek > *Sent:* Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:16 AM > *To:* flexcoders@yahoogroups.com > *Subject:* [flexcoders] garbage Collection articles > > > > > > Hi, > > > Can anyone recommend a good read for garbage collection and when it kicks > in, how it works, etc?... > > I'm particularly interested in learning about what happens to variables/ > objects that are declared in a local function but are assigned to the global > 'Model', then the function ends so the local variable, I guess dies with > it... Am I right to assume that because that Object is still referenced by > the global 'Model' the Object in memory is kept and not garbage collected. > > I'm interested in how it works as I'm sure it'll help my coding with better > understanding... > > > Thanks, > Nick > > __._ >
