Does stopping a timer remove its listeners as well?

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just cause i’m trying to optimize my project to the fullest (concerned about garbage collection and all that…), i want to know something about timers…

is the killTimer function enough? or do i also have to remove the listeners?


var theTimer:Timer;
       
function startTimer():void
{
    theTimer = new Timer(1000);
    theTimer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerRan);
    theTimer.start();
}

function killTimer():void
{
    theTimer.stop();
    theTimer = null;
}

function timerRan(event:TimerEvent):void
{
    // do something...
}