How do you avoid memory leaks from accumulating closures in JavaScript?
Remove handlers when no longer needed (removeEventListener, clearInterval), do not close over large objects unnecessarily (extract only what you need), use WeakMap for caches, and clear references when done.
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A closure that captures a variable from a previous render (common in React useEffect with missing deps). The variable never updates. Fix by using the functional form of setState (setCount(c => c + 1)) or adding the variable to the dependency array.
Use .bind(obj) to permanently bind this, or wrap the method call in an arrow function (() => obj.method()), or define the method as an arrow in the object. Arrows inherit this lexically, so they preserve the correct binding.
Because the closure holds a reference to the entire lexical environment, which contains the large object. Some modern engines optimize this, but not all. Extract only what you need into a separate variable to ensure the large object can be freed.
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