>granted that the eventListener was added with a weak reference This seems to be one of the biggest mis-understandings these days. The listener does *not*add a reference to the object that you are listening too. For extensive discussion and proof of this issue you can read the following thread:
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg38700.html In short: adding a listener to an object will only create a reference from the object to the listener, not the other way around. This means that you can remove the object without removing the listener, the object will then still be garbage collected. Greetz Erik On 4/2/08, Meinte van't Kruis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > granted that the eventListener was added with a weak reference > > On Wed, Apr 2, 2008 at 3:35 PM, EECOLOR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > *if (this.basicNews != null) { > > > this.basicNews.removeEventListener(RepeaterEvent.CLICK, > > this.onNewsClicked); > > this.removeChild(this.basicNews); > > this.basicNews.die(); > > this.basicNews = null; > > }* > > > > In the above code I do not see why you would need any more then the > > following lines: > > > > *basicNews = null; > > removeChild(basicNews);* > > > > All references to basicNews are now removed and it is (along with its > > children) marked for garbage collection. Calling the other extra methods > > seems a waste of CPU. > > > > > > Greetz Erik > > > > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
