Hi Deven, I'll take a stab at this, but I know that Gordon will correct me if I'm wrong. :) Just set the array to null or [] at the end of the function. It should get GC'd then, because of it's scope. If I remember correctly, delete shouldn't be used for Objects.
-TH --- In [email protected], "devenhariyani" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > hello, > > I'm having some very confusing problems with memory leaks. in one > particular function, I dynamically create a new Array(), and when i > try to delete it I get a compile time error. a simplified version of > the function looks like: > > public static function doSomething():void { > var arr:Array = new Array(); > > //do somestuff with the array > > delete(arr); > } > > When compiling I get the error: > > Error 1189: Attempt to delete the fixed property arr. Only > dynamically defined properties can be deleted. > > In a different situation, I also get similar problems. For example, > when I have a private property that is part of my Application class i > assign dynamic data to it during the life of the app, but i cannot > delete it. > > --Deven >
