actionscript 3 - Why isn't this garbage collected -

actionscript 3 - Why isn't this garbage collected -

if create timer such as

var timer:timer = new timer(50, 0); timer.addeventlistener(timerevent.timer, ontimer); timer.start();

and function ends, think timer has gone out of scope , nil holding on reference of anymore. timer still works.

so either getting lucky , garbage collector hasn't run yet or holding on reference. if latter how know going garbage collected?

timer still run , dispatching events. declare way can access (as public instance variable) , perform:

timer.stop(); timer.removeeventlistener(timerevent.timer, ontimer); - of import thing in flash timer = null; - if need free memory, set reference null

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