Matt Chotin wrote: > Funny you bring this up, it came up in a separate discussion today. We > don't have a "typical" memory usage for a Flex app, it really depends on > what kind of work your application does. Do you load lots of images? > Those can take up space. How many components do you have, do you load > them in a deferred manner or all at once? One thing to remember is that > the Flash Player allocates memory in chunks, and it may not release > memory until enough has been allocated to force it to GC. So let's say > it allocated 40 megs. If the app happened to get to 33 megs there may > be no need for the Player to GC. And it could be that in reality the > Player could get away with only 20 megs, but it will take that whole 40 > b/c the OS is letting it and it. Still not technically a memory leak, > even if you think the task manager should show less. > > Remember to remove children from the display list. Remember to remove > event listeners or use weak listeners where appropriate. >
Hmm, can you elaborate? Or is there a specific doc. I can read for some enlightenment on these? I don't know what weak listeners are or when I would need/want to remove children from the display list. cheers, - shaun
