Sprite Sheet eventListener: is this leaking memory?

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
#1

The sprite onComplete call back isn’t removing the event listener. Is this creating a memory leak? Can I even remove the event listener while in the middle of it processing?

local function removeExplosion(event)  
 -- print(event.phase)  
 if event.phase == "end" then  
 -- print ("end explosiion")  
 event.target:removeSelf()  
 event.target = nil  
 end  
 return true  
end  
  
local function newExplosion(x,y)  
 local boomInstance  
 boomInstance = sprite.newSprite(boomSpriteSet)  
 boomInstance:prepare("boom")  
 boomInstance.x = x  
 boomInstance.y = y  
 boomInstance:addEventListener( "sprite", removeExplosion )  
 boomInstance:play()  
end

Thanks
Rob

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