Subj : Atom leaks in 1.5 rc5?
To   : netscape.public.mozilla.jseng
From : "Anthony Moquin" <anth@kjsl.com>
Date : Mon May 19 2003 01:29 pm

Hi,

The following code appears to leak 1 atom using js-1.5-rc5:

    function f() { function g() {} }
    for(var p in {}) {}

I'm running this script using the JSShell, built with VC7.1, and I get the
following message on shutdown:

JS engine warning: 1 atoms remain after destroying the JSRuntime.
                   These atoms may point to freed memory. Things reachable
                   through them have not been finalized.

The leak appears only when a for..in block is executed in the presence of an
inner function declaration.  Removing function g() fixes the problem, so I
assume that it's the inner function declaration which is leaking.
Unfortunately, we're using LOTS of inner functions in our code, and this
leak is becoming quite an annoyance.

I couldn't find this issue in bugzilla...  Any ideas?

Thanks in advance!
-Anthony

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