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| Newsgroups | comp.lang.javascript |
|---|---|
| Subject | Re: removeEventListener why |
| From | "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> |
| References | <hbCdnUYE2rVRhQTFnZ2dnUU7-dvNnZ2d@westnet.com.au> <o7bjl9$rir$1@dont-email.me> <XnsA71576F20B91eejj99@194.109.6.166> <17lq30tu5zsgb$.xcbdekfxmxh$.dlg@40tude.net> |
| Date | 2017-02-07 18:17 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <XnsA715BA26090D4eejj99@194.109.6.166> (permalink) |
JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> wrote on 07 Feb 2017 in comp.lang.javascript: > On Tue, 07 Feb 2017 11:41:34 +0100, Evertjan. wrote: >> >> No, you should not. >> >> Any 'page' has so many listenters by default that you trust are >> destroyed when you leave the page, you could as well suspect a modern >> browser not keeping good care for that. btw, should you reset all >> variables before you exit a page too? >> >> Memory-leakage is a task for the [individual browser]-maker to worry >> about, not for the page programmer. > > This won't work when developing some kind of HTML demo which can be > stressful such as HTML based particle demo. > > e.g. the script creates many elements and listen to them. Before > presenting the next set of demo, if it simply remove the elements > without removing the listeners, the garbage will fill up eventually. > When the browser finally collect the garbage, it may interfere the > progress of the current demo. Different problem. We were discussing removing the listeners when the page is unloaded. -- Evertjan. The Netherlands. (Please change the x'es to dots in my emailaddress)
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Re: removeEventListener why "Julio P. Di Egidio" <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-07 05:51 +0100
Re: removeEventListener why "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-07 11:41 +0100
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Re: removeEventListener why JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-02-07 22:50 +0700
Re: removeEventListener why "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-07 18:17 +0100
Re: removeEventListener why JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-02-08 23:11 +0700
Re: removeEventListener why "Evertjan." <exxjxw.hannivoort@inter.nl.net> - 2017-02-08 19:39 +0100
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Re: removeEventListener why Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2017-02-07 21:55 +0100
Re: removeEventListener why Julio Di Egidio <julio@diegidio.name> - 2017-02-07 13:23 -0800
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