is <bitmap>.finish() no longer necessary?
Going thru old posts and the SDK there is mention of issuing <bitmap>.finish() before drawing it to the screen. I naturally forgot and then put it in afterword. 😉 Instead of guaranteeing no t...
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The ref count is the number of variables referring to the object. It's set to 1 when you do CreateObject, and it get incremented every time a new variable is set to refer to that object, and decremented every time any such variable is modified or destroyed.
In answer to another one of your questions, all local variables are destroyed when the containing function exits. There is no need to set a variable to invalid unless it's going to remain in scope.
Also, I've updated section 4.3 of the Brightscript Language Reference to explain a bit more about references and such. I'd appreciate any feedback if it isn't clear.
--Mark
In answer to another one of your questions, all local variables are destroyed when the containing function exits. There is no need to set a variable to invalid unless it's going to remain in scope.
Also, I've updated section 4.3 of the Brightscript Language Reference to explain a bit more about references and such. I'd appreciate any feedback if it isn't clear.
--Mark
