GC and jQuery
GC and jQuery
A pattern I use quite often within my JS classes is to store relevant
DOM nodes as a property on the class.
e.g.
function Sprite(dom, html) {
this.dom = dom;
}
Sometimes it would be convenient to store the jQuery instance bound to
this node, e.g. :
function Sprite(dom, html) {
this.$dom = $(dom);
}
I've always avoided doing this as I was concerned about memory, GC and
storing a 'whole' jQuery obect for each reference. However, I realise
that this is entirely superstitious and was wondering if anyone knew
whether it was good/bad for GC/memory/style.
Thanks
weepy