Jeremy Sachs wrote:
Hmm... what do you mean here by configurator, Cryzto?
Well my plan was to fill up the array with object's-name that are
visible in
the configurator (active ones)...
Remember that some objects have name as a property- it's a String. If
by "name" you mean the "name" of the reference you're using when
you're referring to an object, then you mean the "definition".
See, every data type in Flash is an object, and the variables you're
creating are all just references to the objects. By assigning a new
Array object to my_array, you're automatically deleting the reference
to the old Array (so the line where you delete my_array isn't actually
necessary). If that was the only reference to it, it'll be cleaned up
by the GC.
I believe that Arrays and other simple data types are deallocated
almost immediately. More complicated objects tend to take a little
longer. There's a lot of info out there regarding the GC, but what it
comes down to is, you never know exactly when the GC will run, or
whether it'll remove all your garbage. It's a leap of faith. But you
can help the GC operate faster by removing all the references to the
objects you want to delete. For instance, if you write:
var a:Array = new Array();
var b:Array = a, c:Array = b, d:Array = c;
...then you've got four references to the same Array object. That
Array won't be deallocated until each reference is deleted or set to
equal null.
Sorry, but I don't know which assignement you exactly refer to, do
you mean
" my_array.push(z)=z; "?
Yes, push() is a method of Array objects that takes a value passed to
it and adds an element with that value to the very end of the array.
You don't need the "=z", which, well, doesn't make much sense in the
first place. :D
I hope that helps. Regards,
Rezmason
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To Rezmason: The simple data types are called primitives. These include
Numbers, ints, uints, Strings. Complex data types include everything
else (Objects, Arrays etc.)
Primitives are cleaned up immediately (using the delete keyword or null)
For more information you can find a great article on Garbage Collection
(GC) and Resource Management here:
http://www.gskinner.com/talks/resource-management/
Cheers,
Nick
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