Don't use inline methods to create your data, and it should stop
creating tons of references.
var callback = function(data){
alert(data.success);
// .. do some other stuff ..
data = null; // Destroys the reference to the data
}
$.get('somurl.php', callback, 'json');
On Feb 1, 11:26 pm, nathanziarek <nzia...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm repeatedly loading data via JSON every 2 seconds or so to keep a
> page updated. Each time data is returned. I take the data, update a
> list (the list can only have 5 items) and then never reference the
> data again.
>
> If I let this run for an hour, it crashes Safari. Looking at the
> inspector palette, it looks as if every document is loaded and stays
> loaded.
>
> I'm basically poking around at this point, but my thought was that I
> need to somehow "unload" the JSON data that was loaded (and the
> associated function that appears to be created as the callback) after
> I'm done with that data.
>
> Is that the right way to think about it?
>
> If so, how do I do that? I can't seem to figure out how to reference
> the data object to remove() it.
>
> Thanks!
