set('html', newHTML) first collects all the child elements before setting
the new content.

On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 9:07 AM, electronbender (via Nabble) <
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> wrote:

>
> 1.1 has only remove, 1.2 has destroy.
>
> Doesnt set('html' create memory leaks?
> I am killing all elements i created, but not their events...
>
> On Apr 3, 5:34 pm, nutron 
> <anut...@...<http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2581570&i=0>>
> wrote:
>
> > Yes, the garbage collection is still there in 1.2, it's just not
> available
> > for you to access.
> > Ognen, if your app is open for a long period and you are adding new
> things
> > and removing others, you should use the .destroy method on the elements
> you
> > are retiring to remove them from the document. You can also collect
> things
> > by using .set('html', newHTMLhere), which destroys the content of the
> > container element before writing in the new html. Element.empty() does
> the
> > same thing (destroying all children).
> >
> > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 3:26 AM, gabriel munteanu (via Nabble) <
> > ml-user+62800-579843...@...<http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2581570&i=1>
> <ml-user%2b62800-579843...@...<http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2581570&i=2>>
>
> >
> >
> >
> > > wrote:
> >
> > > yes, i did, long time ago - in a far far galaxy :) .
> > > there is a special class in mootools 1.1 [Garbage/Trash or something]
> > > that fires upon onBeforeUnloading event.
> > > in the cleanup method of that garbage collector, it ran through all
> > > objects created, and collected them away.
> > > well i limited that cycle to 100 or so - very bad , i know.
> > > for the rest of the objects  i was hoping the browser GC itself will
> > > do the dirty job, when the user would not notice in a background
> > > thread or something.
> > > doing GC in mootools is possible only in the main thread, that is why
> > > the unresponsive closing of the window.
> >
> > > in 1.2, that class disapeared, it could have been replaced by
> > > something else, didn't digg deep enough on this one.
> > > i know they state in the doc, at Element.destroy , that GC occurs upon
> > > destroy call, so you can do some GC yourself, as new objcts come in,
> > > and old objects will never get used again in the future.
> >
> > > jgabios - gamer
> > >http://www.e-forum.ro/bomberman/dynagame.html
> >
> > > On Fri, Apr 3, 2009 at 12:55 PM, electronbender
> > > <ognen.plavev...@...<
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> > > wrote:
> >
> > > > Yes, but in this case i'm still using moo 1.1, so i dont know if that
>
> > > > applies there.
> > > > And when it comes to the garbage collection, i'm experiencing
> > > > something strange, which i presume is garbage cleenup:
> > > > I have mootools on top of google maps, where i update the data every
> 5
> > > > minutes. If you let the app run for +20 minutes, and try to close the
>
> > > > window, you get a non responsive javascript window.
> > > > As far as i can tell there is no extensive calculation on my end, so
> > > > i'm presuming this is with the cleanup.
> > > > Has anyone experienced this?
> >
> > > > On Apr 2, 8:56 pm, nutron <anut...@...<
> http://n2.nabble.com/user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=2579879&i=1>>
> > > wrote:
> > > >> Using MooTools this is something you don't have to worry about so
> much
> > > these
> > > >> days. It has its own garbage collection mechanisms. The important
> thing
> > > is
> > > >> that you always use the MooTools methods for selecting elements: $,
> $$,
> > > >> element.getElements, etc. But never document.getElementById,
> > > >> document.getElementByClassName. If you use those methods, you must
> wrap
> > > >> their results in $ and $$.
> > > >> So long as your elements are collected through mootools (or passed
> > > through
> > > >> $), they will be extended by MooTools and then garbage collected by
> > > >> MooTools.
> >
> > > >> On Thu, Apr 2, 2009 at 5:08 AM, electronbender (via Nabble) <
> > > >> ml-user+55942-1381446...@...<
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> >
> > > >> > wrote:
> >
> > > >> > I was just reading an article by Aaron about memory leaks, and
> > > >> > although he does say what is bad he does not say what is good.
> > > >> > So from the example this is bad:
> > > >> > function sayHi(observeId, message) {
> > > >> >   var el = $(observeId);
> > > >> >   Event.observe(el, "click", function() {
> > > >> >     alert(message);
> > > >> >   });
> > > >> > }
> >
> > > >> > But what is good?
> > > >> > Is this:
> > > >> > function sayHi(observeId, message) {
> > > >> >   Event.observe($(observeId), "click", function() {
> > > >> >     alert(message);
> > > >> >   });
> > > >> > }
> >
> > > >> > Also, which of these 2 is good and which is bad:
> > > >> > var someEl = new Element('div',{'id':'someEl'})
> > > >> > someEl.addEvent('click',function(){
> > > >> >   alert('bla')
> > > >> > })
> > > >> > someEl.injectInside($(somediv))
> >
> > > >> > Or this:
> > > >> > var someEl = new Element('div',{'id':'someEl'})
> > > >> > someEl.injectInside($(somediv))
> >
> > > >> > $('someEl').addEvent('click',function(){
> > > >> >   alert('bla')
> > > >> > })
> >
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