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Asked: 2026-05-25T17:12:02+00:00

I’m working on a flash game that has developed an obvious memory leak. I

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I’m working on a flash game that has developed an obvious memory leak. I do what I’m supposed to do with GC; remove all references to the object, nullify it, remove all listeners (or use weak listeners); but the leak is still present.

I’ve stumbled across this article:
http://www.andymoore.ca/2010/03/motherfucking-as3-garbage-collection/

It claims that objects that are too large will never be garbage collected. This theory fits well with my project since all of my game resides in a couple of huge MovieClips that are created and destroyed often.

Is there any merit to the claim that objects that are too large will never be garbage collected?

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  1. Editorial Team

    You can try using SWFWire Debugger to see exactly which objects aren’t being collected.

    Disclaimer: This is my own project

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