Force Garbage Collection in AS3?

Question

Is it possible to programmatically force a full garbage collection run in ActionScript 3.0?

Let\'s say I\'ve created a bunch of Display objects with eventListeners a

Answer 1

As others said: do not try to GC manually, there are hacks but it's not safe.

You should try recycling objects when you can - you'll save a lot of memory.

This can be applied for instance to BitmapDatas (clear and reuse), particles (remove from display and reuse).