$el is just a empty DIV with a background-image. That sounds
plausible. Later tonight I'll get the test case up an running, and see
what happens deleting prevObject.

Hope this thread isn't flamed before I get back.

On Sep 28, 11:46 pm, Dave Methvin <[email protected]> wrote:
> > var $clone = $el.clone().addClass('preload')
> >         .css({ backgroundImage: 'url('+curImg+')' })
> >         .insertAfter( $el );
> > $el was subsequently remove()d, the remaining object put through a
> > custom discard function (one attempt at a fix) and then nulled.
>
> OK, here's my guess. Since the .clone() does a pushStack and selects
> the clones, there's a reference to $el hiding in the $clone.prevObject
> property so it won't be garbage-collected even if $el is nulled later.
> Is $el complex? From the replacement code it sounds like it was not
> much more than <div class="bg" /> and that shouldn't be 12MB.
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