RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Freeing Memory

[Pascal B. <pa...@dy...>]

so on a url change everything is freed?

couldn't we then check for a on window close or window blur event? (not sure
if these are available).. in that case we could do a fast url change or
something (again, not sure if that's possible)

Pascal Bestebroer
pa...@dy...
http://www.dynamic-core.net

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: dyn...@li...
> [mailto:dyn...@li...]Namens Eytan Heidingsfeld
> Verzonden: dinsdag 20 februari 2001 20:18
> Aan: Dynapi-Dev
> Onderwerp: [Dynapi-Dev] Freeing Memory
>
>
> Since IE is way more popular I started with it. I was wrong with my
> assumption that nullifying objects (not even talking about html
> elements(layers)) does the whole thing. Let me tell you what I discovered:
> if you create 10000 small object and then nullify them nothing happens but
> when you recreate them still the memory stays stable. I want to
> test replace
> "= null" with "= [];" maybe that will help.
> Identified positive freeing of memory when changing url. Now you all may
> say: "so what this sux we can't force them to change url!!" it might be ok
> if we design such a system(this design fits well with the talks
> about a new
> API"
> We create a framed page
> one called RAM and one regular one where you place your project.
> In the RAM page there is a method called createObject which does the
> following:
> * takes the type of object expected
> * adds a new object of that type to an array called mem
> * returns the index
> then on the regular page we say
> i = createObject(DynLayer);
> myDynLayer = parent.frames[0].mem[i];
> (there will be a shortcut to parent.frames[0]).
>
> Then when we want to free mem we pass the mem array to the main
> frame change
> the url to an empty page and reassign the mem array.
>
> Not even sure if this system works. Gonna try it now anyone else
> got ideas?
>
> 8an
>
>
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