Secrets of the JavaScript Ninja demonstrates the following code to remove an HTML element:
function remove() {
// Go through all descendants and the element to be removed
jQuery("*", this).add([this]).each(function () {
// Remove all bound events
jQuery.event.remove(this);
// Remove attached data
jQuery.removeData(this);
});
// Remove the element (if it's in the DOM)
if (this.parentNode)
this.parentNode.removeChild(this);
}
If jQuery.event.remove(this) were commented out, would a memory leak occur? Meaning, if an event is tied to an element, but then the element (but not its events) are removed, what will happen?
