In the section "Circular references collection" it's explained that the reference is cleaned up when the outer element dies but may be is not what you looked for ?
Frédéric THOMAS > Date: Wed, 8 Feb 2012 05:09:45 +0900 > From: m...@leichtgewicht.at > To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: JavaScript VS. Weak references > > The content of the link says nothing about "addEventlistener". > > yours > Martin. > > On 08/02/2012 05:03, Frédéric THOMAS wrote: > > I guess you will have element of response here > > http://javascript.info/tutorial/memory-leaks > > > > > > Frédéric THOMAS > > >