On 8/6/07, Mark Hawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That isn't a reference to a function -- it's a reference to a object method.
> The object has to hang around.

No, it's a reference to a function. The VM doesn't know anything about methods.
The interval keeps a reference to the function, the object gets
garbage collected, then the function gets called. It doesn't need an
object. In fact, if you'd add a trace( this ), it would be undefined.

Mark
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