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Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements?

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Joao Rodrigues wrote:

> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Stefan Ram wrote:
>>> - avoid circular references between JavaScript objects and DOM objects
>>> - avoid using closure variables in event handlers
>>> - avoid using inline event handlers (onclick='f()')
>>> - avoid using expando properties
>>> - nullify expando properties and DOM references when not needed anymore
>>
>> The IE memory leak issue has been resolved as of IE 9, so given the
>> target environments none of this is necessary anymore.  Therefore, the
>> programming language to which these measures applied, was JScript, not
>> JavaScript, and only the MSHTML DOM, not all DOMs.
> 
> Even though newer versions of modern browsers seem to have solved the
> memory leak problems of yore, this issue may arise again because of the
> single-page applications, for one, JS animations without properly
> clearing timers.

That is a separate issue.  Yes, one should clear one?s timers.

> So, we have one more reason to use CSS animations instead of JS 
> animations.

True, but /non sequitur/.
 
> There is a good article by Addy Osmani teaching how to chase leaks with
> Chrome DevTools [2].
> 
> [2]
> <http://addyosmani.com/blog/taming-the-unicorn-easing-javascript-memory-> profiling-in-devtools/>

Your research is lacking depth.

This article was published on 2013-04-11, around the time that Chrome 26 was 
released, which used WebKit as layout engine.  The current stable Chrome 
version is 42 and uses a different layout engine, Blink.

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Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? "Leonardo Azpurua" <leonardo@exmvps.org> - 2015-05-16 11:14 -0430
  Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-16 17:44 +0200
    Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? "Leonardo Azpurua" <leonardo@exmvps.org> - 2015-05-16 11:32 -0430
      Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-16 18:06 +0200
  Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? "Leonardo Azpurua" <leonardo@exmvps.org> - 2015-05-16 11:42 -0430
    Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-16 18:12 +0200
  Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-16 18:09 +0200
    Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-16 22:05 -0300
      Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-17 08:01 +0200
        Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-17 13:29 -0300
          Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2015-05-17 19:06 +0200
      Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2015-05-17 11:53 +0200
        Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements? Joao Rodrigues <groups_jr-1@yahoo.com.br> - 2015-05-17 13:20 -0300

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