WebGPURenderer.dispose() null pointer exception

[LarryWu1]

Description

Calling WebGPURenderer.dispose() causes Cannot read properties of null (reading 'dispose')

Reproduction steps

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import { WebGPURenderer } from "three/webgpu";

const renderer = new WebGPURenderer();
renderer.dispose();

Code

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[LarryWu1]

The error seems to come from here. _animation is initialized asynchronous here, so if dispose() is called too early there will be a null pointer exception.