(Intentional) Memory Leak of ECharts library

by kelvinau

HTML

<script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/echarts/4.1.0/echarts-en.js"></script>
<body>
  <button onclick="dispose()">
    Dispose
  </button>
  <div id="main" style="width: 600px;height:400px;"></div>
</body>

JavaScript

var myChart = echarts.init(document.getElementById('main'));

var option = {
  title: {
    text: 'ECharts Example'
  },
  tooltip: {},
  legend: {
    data: ['Sales']
  },
  xAxis: {
    data: ["Shirt", "Cardigan", "Jeans", "Heels", "Shorts", "Socks"]
  },
  yAxis: {},
  series: [{
    name: 'Sales',
    type: 'bar',
    data: [5, 20, 36, 10, 10, 20]
  }]
};

myChart.setOption(option);

window.dispose = function() {
	myChart.dispose();
}