Memory leak when using .html with large files

[cirvine]

When using Ajax to retrieve a large file (70k) and using .html to load the message into a div, the system memory continues to climb. Simply run the attached test.html which loads the ipsum2.html file every 20 seconds and watch the memory usage of IE grow. I am using IE6 but have tested this on IE7 and FF3 with the same results. I ahve also attached a screen shot of sIEve that shows the growth. The drop between is when I removed the .empty() call.

[cirvine]

Test file that loads the large ipsum page every 20 seconds.

[cirvine]

The 79 KB ipsum page that test.html calls.

[cirvine]

Screen shot of sIEve. The drop is when i removed .empty() and reloaded.

[john]

This should be resolved in jQuery 1.4.x