Re: SVG in Firebug, large memory leak?

Boris Zbarsky <[email protected]> Fri, 18 Dec 2009 14:12:29 -0800
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.svg
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 12/18/09 2:08 PM, Steven Roussey wrote:
> Dealing with memory leaks sounds a lot like a day job. ;) I'm used to
> finding leaks on IE, at which point if fixed there it is fixed
> everywhere. What tools are available in Firefox?

The problem is that these aren't actual leaks in the C sense.  They're 
just Firebug holding references to stuff for the lifetime of the app, 
then dropping them at shutdown (at least if I'm right that there are 
app-lifetime leaks).  So your typical tools won't help much...

-Boris