Memory efficient javascript

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• monNom0

  ^ a huge sprite sheet is probably going to be more trouble than individual files unless we're talking a clock or something smaller.

  I'd suggest something like

  var myImage = new Image()
  myImage.src = 'url';
  // do things with the image, either append to DOM or draw to canvas
  //when done with it
  delete myImage();

  that should free up the memory used by the image when the garbage collector comes around.

  otherwise, your only problem might be a long running loop, but my link above gives strategies for that.

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    delete myImage;monNom

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