how to 'free' a matrix ?
Hey there,
i'm discovering the joys of javascript, and i'm making a kind of 'coll'
object to store matrices.
i send it a keyword and a matrix, and the script makes a new matrix
internally, copies the input into it, and puts both keyword and matrix
in an array within a 'Global' namespace.
It works and all is great, but I discover that my copied matrices
persist even after deleting them from my delay.
they stop existing when I delete the 'Global' object in which namespace
they live, so to say.
but how can I 'free' an individual javascript-created jit.matrix object
?
is there something like
myMatrix.free(); ???
am I making myself a bit clear ?
the problem is probably somewhere in my knowledge of how javascript
created, maintains and disposes of objects, universes in general...
any info very welcome !!
ciao,
Joost.
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Hi Joost,
I think freepeer() is what you're looking for. Not completely sure, but
I've seen it before in jitter js.
hth, T_
As I believe is mentioned in the MaxMSP mailing list archives, it is
mymatrix.freepeer() to free the C peer object. Same is true for
Sketch, and Image. The general problem is that the JS GC doesn't know
about the C peer's memory and doesn't prioritize the collection of JS
garbage which is small despite the C peer's memory. So for these
cases you need to free the peer (or explicitly run the GC, which
happens to happen in new JitterObject() FWIW).
-Joshua
thanks Joshua and Thijs for the swift and exact reply...
now all is fine and I can go to bed peacefully...
ciao,
Joost.
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