[jbosstools-dev] simple memory leaks...

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

On 11 May 2015, at 11:05, Max Rydahl Andersen wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Just reading through some recently closed memory leak bugs in Eclipse
> Platform and realising
> how easy it is to forget to set references to null in ones dispose()
> method sometimes ;)
>
> The bug is at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=436225
> and gerrit is at https://git.eclipse.org/r/#/c/36201/17
>
> What is noticeable here its the fixes are mainly about ensuring not to
> hold on to a selection forever
> in a view. It will slowly but steadily leak over time.
>
> Just a reminder to check ones dispose() and listener methods ;)

ha...a few seconds after I posted this it turns out the fix here
caused massive regressions since there code expect some of this state to 
always
be there.

lesson of story - don't rely on state, always have a fallback plan ;)

/max
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