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by pyre 6028 days ago
IIRC, Firefox extensions are Javascript+XML... so shouldn't there be a garbage collector for 'memory leaks?' Or are we also including 'run-away memory usage' as 'leaks?'
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In garbage collected environments, 'memory leaks' usually mean keeping references to objects even when they're not needed anymore.