How do I clear memory after a save()

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Posted at 2014-10-10 by tobor

It appears to just replace existing functions but not remove the old ones.

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Posted at 2014-10-10 by @gfwilliams

All you need to do is a reset() then a save(). The Web IDE should do a reset before uploading code from the right-hand side though (unless you set it up not to).

If you just do save() then you're saving the current state of the interpreter, which is the state that it last loaded from flash, plus any extra functions you defined this time around.

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Posted at 2014-10-10 by DrAzzy

save(); will erase the current saved program, and save the current state of the Espruino to flash, and then reset the Espruino (which will then start up with the freshly saved program and call onInit() if that function is defined).

If you want to clear the saved program, you can do reset(); (which restarts without loading saved code) and then save(); to save this clean slate.

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Posted at 2014-10-10 by tobor

That seem to work, but I lost the Espruino Banner.

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Posted at 2014-10-10 by DrAzzy

The Espruino banner comes and goes, IME. I've never noticed a pattern in when it does or doesn't show up, though I'm sure there is one.

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Posted at 2014-10-10 by @gfwilliams

Yes, it's a bit odd, but:

If Espruino is loading from flash (even if it is loading empty code written by save()) it doesn't display the logo... So pretty much the only way you get the logo displayed is right after you update the firmware :)

The reason is that if you've saved anything and you connect to a PC, you want to print as little text as possible in case the PC isn't listening to what's being printed - because if the PC isn't reading data, output buffers get full, and the code halts waiting for it to empty again.

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Posted at 2016-12-11 by ChristianW

reset() and save() do not always work for me:
http://forum.espruino.com/conversations/297205

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Posted at 2016-12-12 by @gfwilliams

Just to add the answer here too: If you've set the IDE to Save on Send, it saves the code in a different area (as it's saving raw JS, rather than an image of interpreter state).

To force what you saved that way to be removed, just run E.setBootCode() without arguments.

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Posted at 2016-12-12 by @allObjects

oops... should be documented where the save option is can be enabled...

Is 'auto-save on/after upload' it using E.setBootCode() internally?

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Posted at 2016-12-12 by @gfwilliams

The 'auto save' option in the IDE? That just tries to save your code into Chrome, so next time you start the IDE it remembers - it doesn't have anything to do with the board