Widget leaks

[sol@…]

Hey. I seem to still encounter memory leaks with dojo in IE:

• General minor leaks - It seems that in general dojo leaks a little bit. When I load a simple test (test_SlideShow.html for example) in Drip (http://outofhanwell.com/ieleak/index.php?title=Main_Page) and let it refresh auto-refresh for a while I notice memory consumption going up. It's not major in general, but it could lead to major problems in some instances... This could also be the browser not completely cleaning up right away. IE is known to delay garbage collection.
• Some widgets leak mercilessly - I found several widgets that do it: TabContainer? (test_TabContainer.html), ToolBar? (test_Toolbar.html). Interestingly, toolbar doesn't leak when created using markup (test_Toolbar_Markup.html), only when created using (test_Toolbar.html). I don't know if any other widgets have leak problems and I will report any I might find.

[bill]

Do you mean that every time you refresh the test_TabContainer.html page, IE's memory usage goes up? Or something about dynamically creating TabContainers? without refreshing the page?

[ornus]

Every time I refresh test_TabContainer.html memory usage goes up.

[bill]

OK, I'll take a look. You didn't say which browser, so I will assume IE6. But if I need to check another browser instead (for example, if it's a FF only problem) then let me know.

[ornus]

Yeah, it's IE6. I specified it in the ticket description. Drip (old version, new doesn't seem to work with Dojo well) also reports that some elements (divs and spans) don't get released by the browser.

[francis]

I had this problem with 0.3.1. I retested with the current SVN trunk and the TabContainer? is not leaking anymore.

BTW, ticket #1122 already defines this problem with the TabContainer?.

[ornus]

As far as I can tell the leak is still there. I think it's smaller now, but still detectable.

[dante]

dup of #1122