Text Field Memory Leak on CPP, and HL

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TextField Memory Leak on CPP and HL

Ver: 9.2.x

Problem : On native targets openfl TextField allocates memory as the text increments this is also exposed on haxe flixel FlxText because it extends openfl TextField.

Reproducing: Creating a simple flixel app and adding a textfield that displays an incrementing integer will show it both at the flixel level or in an openfl textfield.

Author: 47rooks

import flixel.FlxG;
import flixel.FlxState;
import flixel.text.FlxText;
import openfl.text.TextField;
import openfl.text.TextFormat;

class PlayState extends FlxState
{
    var _textF:FlxText;
    var _textStr:String;
    var _myInt:Int;
    var _firstDone:Bool;
    var _oflText:TextField;

    override public function create()
    {
        super.create();

        _myInt = 0; // Counter to increment
        _textStr = Std.string(_myInt);
        _textF = new FlxText(20, 100, 200, _textStr, 20);
        add(_textF);

        _oflText = new openfl.text.TextField();
        _oflText.selectable = false;
        _oflText.text = _textStr;
        _oflText.defaultTextFormat = new TextFormat(null, 14, 0xffffff);
        FlxG.game.addChild(_oflText);
    }

    @:access(flixel.system.frontEnds.BitmapFrontEnd)
    override public function update(elapsed:Float)
    {
        super.update(elapsed);

        _myInt++;

        // Uncomment for a flixel level test
        // _textF.text = Std.string(_myInt);

        // Check cache size
        var numEntries = 0;
        for (k in FlxG.bitmap._cache.keys())
        {
            numEntries++;
        }
        trace('FlxG.bitmap._cache numEntries=${numEntries}');

        // Update the OpenFL text - comment out to run the flixel only test```
        _oflText.text = Std.string(_myInt);
    }
}

[RapperGF]

This issue does not affect lime.