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js-closure-memory-leak.js
var theThing = null;
var replaceThing = function() {
var originalThing = theThing;
var unused = function() {
if (originalThing)
console.log("hi");
};
theThing = {
longStr: new Array(1000000).join('*'),
someMethod: function() {
console.log(someMessage);
}
};
};
setInterval(replaceThing, 1000);
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