DOH.
Someone beet me to it..
(the recursive function I mean
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jordi - IlMaestro - Ministral" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, February 21, 2001 7:14 AM
Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] Continuing Freeing memory
> We could easily have a destroy function
>
> function destroy(object) {
> for(var i in object) destroy(i)
> delete object
> }
>
> This would appy to any object, not only DynLayers. Maybe DynAPI.destroy()
or even
> destroy(window) and see what happens.
>
> Richard Emberson wrote:
>
> > ECMAScript Language Specification
> > http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/stand/ecma-262.htm
> >
> > ECMAScript Components Specification
> > http://www.ecma.ch/ecma1/stand/ecma-290.htm
> >
> > >From the spec for javascript (Ecma-262):
> >
> > 8.6.2.5 [[Delete]] (P)
> > When the [[Delete]] method of O is called with property name P, the
following
> > steps are taken: 1. If O doesn t have a property with name P, return
true.
> > 2. If the property has the DontDelete attribute, return false.
> > 3. Remove the property with name P from O.
> > 4. Return true.
> >
> > 11.4.1 The delete Operator
> > The production UnaryExpression : delete UnaryExpression is evaluated as
> > follows:
> > 1. Evaluate UnaryExpression.
> > 2. If Type(Result(1)) is not Reference, return true.
> > 3. Call GetBase(Result(1)).
> > 4. Call GetPropertyName(Result(1)).
> > 5. Call the [[Delete]] method on Result(3), providing Result(4) as the
property
> > name to delete.
> > 6. Return Result(5).
> >
> > Implimentations of course can vary.
> >
> > When I wrote my javascript interpreter/compiler 4 years ago I helped (in
a very
> > small way)
> > in debugging the spec.
> >
> > Richard Emberson
> >
> > Pascal wrote:
> >
> > > so:
> > >
> > > myLayer = new DynLayer
> > >
> > > delete myLayer
> > >
> > > destroys it completely? (or do we have to delete every object created
within
> > > the dynlayer object ?)
> > >
> > > Pascal Bestebroer ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > > Software ontwikkelaar
> > > Oberon Informatiesystemen b.v.
> > > http://www.oibv.com
> > >
> > > > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> > > > Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Namens Eytan
> > > > Heidingsfeld
> > > > Verzonden: woensdag 21 februari 2001 14:20
> > > > Aan: Dynapi-Dev
> > > > Onderwerp: [Dynapi-Dev] Continuing Freeing memory
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Amazing news flash:
> > > > Thanx to Bradford Maness and the delete command in JS I found
> > > > that if you
> > > > delete objects(repeating objects not elements) in IE memory is
freed.
> > > >
> > > > 8an
> > > >
> > > >
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