# Weak references

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weak-references/325076>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [September 25, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weak-references/325076 "2011-09-25T09:04:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![lehman4oyw0l](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f04885/32.png) [@lehman4oyw0l](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/lehman4oyw0l)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2011, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/weak-references/325076/1 "2011-09-25T09:04:55Z")

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Hello all

Considering setting useWeakReference to true… Is there a risk that a listener, thus configured, may be grabage collected before it has a chance to perform its action? After all, the garbage collector does its thing at its own discretion…

Thanks for any advice!