repl: keep reference count for process.on('newListener')#61895
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When investigating a memory leak in one of our applications, we discovered that this listener holds on to a `REPLServer` instance and all heap objects transitively kept alive by it by capturing as part of its closure. It's cleaner to declare the listener outside of the `REPLServer` class and to actually clean it up properly when it is no longer required or meaningful, which is easily achieved through keeping a reference count.
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When investigating a memory leak in one of our applications, we discovered that this listener holds on to a
REPLServerinstance and all heap objects transitively kept alive by it by capturing as part of its closure.It's cleaner to declare the listener outside of the
REPLServerclass and to actually clean it up properly when it is no longer required or meaningful, which is easily achieved through keeping a reference count.