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From: Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de>
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Subject: Re: Is it necessary to explicitly destroy elements?
Date: Sun, 17 May 2015 19:06:55 +0200
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Joao Rodrigues wrote:

> On 17/05/2015 03:01, Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>> Joao Rodrigues wrote:
>>> 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.
> 
> I tested the new tools in my Chrome Version 42.0.2311.152 yesterday. So
> Addy's article still applies to the current stable version.

It applies in the way that the tools are still available, although arranged 
differently.

Whether it applies in the way that there still is the possibility for such 
memory leaks is questionable.

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