feat: when zcfSeats exit or fail, delete objects holding cycles #8697
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refs: #8401
refs: #8672
refs: #8682
Description
Drop cyclic references to zcfSeats and seatHandles when seats exit so GC can collect more cycles.
in zcfSeat.js: zcfSeatToSeatHandle.delete(self)
in exit.js: state.zccfSeat = undefined
Security Considerations
N/A
Scaling Considerations
Vast improvement in reducing retained garbage.
Documentation Considerations
Not visible to users
Testing Considerations
No tests added. It would be very hard to demonstrate freed objects in a test.
Upgrade Considerations
This is intended to be part of a fairly large collection of updates to Zoe/ZCF.