How do events cause memory leaks in C# and how do Weak References help mitigate that?

Question

There are two ways (that I know of) to cause an unintentional memory leak in C#:

1. Not disposing of resources that implement IDisposable
2. Re

Answer 1

Read Jon Skeet's excellent article on events. It's not a true "memory leak" in the classic sense, but more of a held reference that hasn't been disconnected. So always remember to -= an event handler that you += at a previous point and you should be golden.