Thanks for the reply Tom,
I just have this on a 1 second timer:
public function timerHandler(event:TimerEvent):void {
time = getTimer()
totmem = flash.system.System.totalMemory;
maxmem = Math.max(maxmem, totmem);
}
I understand that garbage collection doesn't run until it's needed
to, but what's causing the memory to go up when there is nothing
happening? I know that the timer is running now, but I observe the
same behaviour without this timer and just watching memory from the
task manager (usually in jumps of 4K or 8K every couple of seconds).
Also while garbage collection usually kicks in a drops the memory
back to the starting memory (more or less), sometimes (usually when
I've left it overnight, but not alway) the memory will continue to
rise to a much higher level (i.e. from 4.5 to 29.5 million bytes)
never to be recovered by garbage collection. This is my main concern
as in my larger application it has lead to my browser crashing on
occasion!
Cheers
Bill
(P.S. You'll find my test application in my original post - switch
source to a local video as the flv link I posted doesn't work anymore)
--- In [email protected], Tom Chiverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> On Thursday 24 May 2007, beecee1977 wrote:
> > Is it normal for memory to fluctuate when there are no user
> > interactions (or timers or anything else in the code)?
>
> Yes. Memory may not be reclaimed unless there is pressure to free
some.
> How are you measuring it ?
>
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