Werth.

Instead of using anonymous functions we can write something like this to access variables from within eventListeners:

private classVar:String    = 'A string just for fun';

private function myClassFunction():void{

    var FunctionVar:String = 'A string just for fun';

    var myHandler:Function = function(e:Event):void{

        classVar           = 'Something else';

        FunctionVar        = 'Something else';

        trace('----Event.CLOSE-----');

        pslnote.removeEventListener(Event.CLOSE, myhandler);

        pslnote            = null;

        return;

    }//handlerEnd

    pslnote.addEventListener(Event.CLOSE,myHandler);

}//functionEnd

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