On 1/7/11, Bryan Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 1/6/11 5:04 PM, Garrett Smith wrote: >> AFAIK MSIE closure based memory leaks was addressed in IE6 sp2. > > Except that IE8 can still leak with ActiveXObjects: > > http://www.reigndropsfall.net/demos/ie_leak/leak_activexobject.html > You are using a meta refresh as a test to see if more memory is consumed on each refresh? A test for a memory leak must navigate between two or more pages.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd361842%28v=vs.85%29.aspx "In Internet Explorer 7, these circular references are broken when users navigate away from the page that contains the leaks." A meta refresh is not the same thing as navigating away. Though if I'm not mistaken, that patch landed in IE6 sp2: http://novemberborn.net/2007/06/javascriptmemory-leaks-gone-115 -- Garrett -- To view archived discussions from the original JSMentors Mailman list: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To search via a non-Google archive, visit here: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]
