Hi,
hmm okay this might seem like a basic question, but this has been bothering
me for a while:)
Imagine i have a class that prints "boo" 10 seconds after it has been
created, but returns immediately, so eg:
public function doTest() {
trace("here 1");
new BooTest();
trace("here 2");
}
doTest();
this will print:
here 1
here 2
boo
My question is how does the garbage collector works in this case?
Why isnt the BooTest object garbage collected before it executes since it
has long fallen out of scope?
I have no longer have any reference to the object, but still it is
executing.
My definition of BooTest:
class BooTest {
public function BooTest() {
setInterval (test, 1000);
}
public function test() {
trace ("boo");
}
}
setInterval has a reference to the test function, but not to the object
itself.
Any ideas / pointers?
greetz
JC
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