Re: [Flashcoders] Weak eventListener Problem

No, it's not true. You're misunderstanding how weak listeners work, how anonymous functions work (you shouldn't use those anyway), and you're also misunderstanding how the garbage collector works. Whenever you addEventListener, immediately write a function that removes the event listener

Re: [Flashcoders] Weak eventListener Problem

I make destroy methods, avoid using extra references to listeners and am compulsive about cleaning them up, still some continue to execute imperviously. I hate when this happens cause its unpredictable and unexplainable. All I know is the Real garbage collectors are sometimes late picking up

Re: [Flashcoders] Weak eventListener Problem

@Steven, I know anonymous functions are horrible, but I was trying to anything to get the GC to pick it up. I'm really just testing, to see how GC might react, and how the weak event listeners work. I know mediocre practice (and higher) you need to remove event listeners. I was just wondering,