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Quick question on classes
amaximov
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I am using classes for my app and I have a quick question. I have a class called bullet which I can call using Bullet.new() and store into a variable for reference. However, I made it so that the class takes care of itself and I really do not need an outside reference to it. I have tested with a blank Lua file calling my class using Bullet.new() but NOT storing it to a variable. Within the class I have a timer that removes the bullet from the stage and sets self = nil after 60 frames. I monitored texture memory and lua memory and there are no leaks and everything is properly collected. Is this safe practice?
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Bullet will not be collected while added to the stage, and once you remove it, it has no references and will be collected. So everything should be ok.