Instances referenced by 'bound_this' only are not garbage collected

Question

I have a question regarding garbage-collection in google chrome (Version 20.0.1132.47, Ubuntu 11.04 64bit).

While comparing heap-dumps and checking for memory-leaks, I d

Answer 1

Are you triggering a "forced GC" using the developer tools? If that is the case and the objects then persist then the research above is of value.

If you are not triggering a GC via the developer tools, then do remember that the way the GC engine works is quite complicated and it has the concept of generational collection (using two generations).

http://www.html5rocks.com/en/tutorials/memory/effectivemanagement/#toc-v8-gc

It could simply be that you have not reached the required threshold to trigger a young generation GC, or that the objects have been tenured to the old Generation but that a old generation GC was never triggered.

Unfortunately the developer tools don't seem to show which generation was GC'd.