From 26342de04689f7d6c2fc5680b0803f8eb752ec67 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: thelamer <ryankuba@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:28:16 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] try to help browser garbage collection a bit by null pointing
 large data arrays

---
 frontend/js/libretro.js | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/frontend/js/libretro.js b/frontend/js/libretro.js
index bcf7b06..090e6fc 100644
--- a/frontend/js/libretro.js
+++ b/frontend/js/libretro.js
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ async function downloadGame(dlGame) {
     if (rom.split('.').pop() !== 'bin') {
       var romFile = await downloadFile(EJS_gameUrl);
       fs.appendFileSync(retroArchDir + 'roms/' + rom, new Buffer(romFile));
+      romFile = null;
     } else {
       var EJS_gameUrlCue = EJS_gameUrl.split('.').shift() + '.cue';
       var cue = rom.split('.').shift() + '.cue';
@@ -125,6 +126,7 @@ async function downloadGame(dlGame) {
       var romFile = await downloadFile(EJS_gameUrl);
       fs.appendFileSync(retroArchDir + 'roms/' + cue, new Buffer(cueFile));
       fs.appendFileSync(retroArchDir + 'roms/' + rom, new Buffer(romFile));
+      romFile = null;
     };
   };
   $('#loading').empty();