[REBOL] Re: View app consuming memory
From: nitsch-lists:netcologne at: 13-Jun-2003 3:23
Romano Paolo Tenca wrote:
>Hi,
>
>>Does anyone know how to get the following to not eat memory?
>>
>
>view/new main-box: make face [size: 100x300]
>main-box/pane: layout [sl: slider rate 10]
>loop 1000 [
> probe system/stats ;show memory usage
> sl/rate: none
> show sl
> main-box/pane: layout [sl: slider rate 10]
> show main-box
>]
>
>>triggered by 'rate), but that was removed for clarity. The problem doesn't
>>seem to happen other than with 'rate enabled on the facet (at least it
>>hasn't in my tests). It does not appear to be limited to the 'slider facet.
>>
because 'rate runs even if we throw the face away. And so does not get
garbage-collected:
view/new main-box: make face [size: 300x300]
main-box/pane: layout [
sl: slider rate 10
feel [engage: func [f a e] [probe random 6]] ; will run without face
visible..
]
show main-box
main-box/pane: layout [text "no slider"]
show main-box
do-events
