No idea about your messages.
On the leaking:
I define a memory leak as meaning that the ram in use for your page is not
dynamically released, and keeps increasing , either when you refresh the
page, or during continuous animations.
DynAPI used to have this problem, now it doesn't .
DHTML does not have this problem inherently, but some things might create a
leak. for instance, building a lot of layers (500+), nesting them in tables,
and other div's (five layers deep, or more), and having dozens of
setTimeout() and setIntervals, calling themselves recursively.
What I do not consider a memory leak, is that if you create a tree with 2000
nodes, it takes 30 seconds to render, as long as it takes the same amount of
time after 10 refreshes, that's not a leak . (in practice there is an
increase after the first refresh, but it stays stable from then on).
This is processor use, which would be improved by more efficient code.
To recap, there used to be a memory leak in DynAPI, which was said to be
caused by a browser bug, but it was not, and Jordi managed to eliminate it
completely. So the problem IS now solved.
As in any situation, you have to keep your code efficient though.
I edited the FAQ to reflect this:
http://dynapi.sourceforge.net/doccenter/index.php?FrequentlyAskedQuestions
Cheers,
Richard Bennett
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(Everything running on, and ported to DynAPI2.53)
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alex Chong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: 14 May, 2001 06:08
Subject: [Dynapi-Help] Re: Please help
> Hi all,
>
> When I choose to receive Dynapi messages in Digested mode, how do I reply
to an individual message within the digest? Currently, what I did was to
click on "reply" and then delete off all
> messages but the one I need to reply to. It is difficult when the digest
has large amount of content.
>
> Thank you Scott for your reply. But I wasnt referring to your claim.
There are quite a few people who have claimed that the memory leak is caused
by the way browsers handle DHTML and NOT
> Dynapi. I hope to verify this. For example, if I do simple DHTML stuffs
like just creating lots of layers, will this cause memory leaks? If it
does, then we can safely assume that there
> is nothing we can do in Dynapi to improve the situation. But if it
doesnt, that means only certain DHTML codes causes memory leak. In this
case, we can avoid those codes in Dynapi and the
> problem is solved. Please comment.
>
> > Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Help] Memory leaks
> > Date: Fri, 11 May 2001 05:20:33 -0700
> > From: Scott Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > I you are referring to my claims of memory leaks at
www.richardinfo.com - I
> > was WRONG.
> >
> > See, I CAN admit when I'm wrong.
> >
> > Scott
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Alex Chong [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Friday, May 11, 2001 12:15 AM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: [Dynapi-Help] Memory leaks
> > >
> > >
> > > Hi, I need help with two problems:
> > >
> > > First, I choose to receive Dynapi messages in Digested mode.
> > > But when I
> > > want to reply to an individual message within a digest, I
> > > dont know how.
> > >
> > > Secondly, there are a couple of messages that suggest that the memory
> > > of IE is caused by the way IE handles DHTML as a whole and not Dynapi.
> > > Has anyone verify this with concrete proof, example, can
> > > anyone write a
> > > piece of small simple DHTML code that still crashes IE?
> > >
> > > --
> > > Alex Chong
> > > School of IT,
> > > Murdoch University, Australia
> > >
> > >
> > >
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> >
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> School of IT,
> Murdoch University, Australia
>
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