From dad7e2757ef54b91030ce47347e0b6805dead561 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Brad Dunbar <dunbarb2@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 28 May 2012 16:52:59 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Fix #1339 - Add Backbone.View#destroy.

---
 backbone.js | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/backbone.js b/backbone.js
index f1728acc..351e137c 100644
--- a/backbone.js
+++ b/backbone.js
@@ -1183,6 +1183,13 @@
       return this;
     },
 
+    // **destroy** should clean up any references created by this view,
+    // preventing memory leaks.  The convention is for **destroy** to always
+    // return `this`.
+    destroy: function() {
+      return this;
+    },
+
     // Remove this view from the DOM. Note that the view isn't present in the
     // DOM by default, so calling this method may be a no-op.
     remove: function() {