Say I instantiate a large object with var and new. After I’m done with it, can I “free” it by setting it to null? Is this something Javascript GCs look for?
Say I instantiate a large object with var and new . After I’m done
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Say I instantiate a large object with var and new. After I’m done with it, can I “free” it by setting it to null? Is this something Javascript GCs look for?
The garbage collection is interested in objects, that are not referenced by ANY other object. So make sure there are no references left anywhere in your application (Arrays etc.)