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AS3: Weakly Referenced Listeners

Published in: ActionScript 3

URL: http://gskinner.com/blog/archives/2006/07/as3_weakly_refe.html

GSkinner show's how to set up a weak listener that way Garbage Collection can come around and recollect some memory when it needs to.

Here's another resource that gives a more in depth look:
http://createandgrow.com/blog/?p=6

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// params: eventName, listener, capturePhase, priority, useWeakReference
someObj.addEventListener("eventName",myFunct,false,0,true);

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