Hi again, BearState. Your confusing different things here.
The behaviour you are describing isn't related to memory leaks at all, your most probably just passing the _result_ of a function call to setTimeout rather than the function itself. In other words, if you are doing the following, you're almost certainly doing something wrong (or using some very obscure functional programming tricks): setTimeout(myFunc(), 1000); // WRONG This, on the contrary, works you're passing the function itself, not the _result_ of it): setTimeout(myFunc, 1000); // CORRECT Anyway, if you're doing ajax requests, you should NOT be using timeouts, but the provided callback system (as advised in a previous post). I suggest you buy yourself a good book on Prototype[1] and maybe one on JavaScript too, while you're at it. ;) Best, Tobie [1] http://prototypejs.org/2008/8/11/practical-prototype-and-scriptaculous or http://prototypejs.org/2007/5/7/prototype-and-script-aculo-us-the-bungie-book-has-landed On Mar 3, 1:43 am, BearState <wixelb...@yahoo.com> wrote: > Hidie-ho, > > Well Ok, I've used setTimeout a few times in my code to delay resuming > run of a code module until Ajax.Request() has had time to do its > thing. And the use of the timer is cyclic as the user may repeat the > operation over and over again, but in different parts of the page. > > And ... holy spacetime wormhole continuum out of wack batman! Why is > that timer firing off so quickly? What in the wide wide world of > sports is go'n on? > > Robin, haven't you done a web search yet? There's people complaining > about memory leaks with regard to timers? > > Holy abscent minded browser batman! Is it the setTimeout() function > causing the problem? > > Damned if I know Robin, I only stomp on Penquins and Jokers, not > memory leaks and I'm not int he habit of waiting for anything, not > even queues at the bank when I cash my checks. > > Holy Fast Food Diet out the window with Cheese, Fries and Shake > Batman! What's the answer? > > You weren't listening Robin ... damned if I know. > > Does anyone know? > > BearState --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Prototype & script.aculo.us" group. To post to this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to prototype-scriptaculous+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/prototype-scriptaculous?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
