[Anti-Leak] Do you always have to remove variables?

[jayhant]

Im wondering if you always have to remove your used variables to prevent leak/lag
I have a few variables that are used over and over again, should I remove them after very use or is it necessary?

 

[Slapshot136]

see this, but in general yes, you should always remove them before you assign a new value to them.

 

[PurgeandFire]

You should. Remember that variables are pointers. They don't actually hold the information. e.g.:

set L = Location(0, 0)
set L = Location(0, 0)

That makes 2 locations. The first one isn't removed when you reassign it.

See this:
http://oi50.tinypic.com/dg0115.jpg

 

[Hatebreeder]

But carefull, everything that returns non-native types ( location, Ubersplat, ... ) will leak ( unless stored in a Variable. If thats the case and you use it over and over again, there is no need to clear it. However, once you use it and don't need it again, clear it ).

 

[chobibo]

Handle type variables point to objects, the objects are the ones you destroy or remove. The issue with variables is that it interferes with the game engine's garbage collector, since it does not remove objects from memory when there is still a reference to it. To avoid memory leaks, set the handle variables (on all local variables) to null.