Does window.opener persist (javascript)?

If a new popup (created from a parent window) uses window.opener, and the popup reloads itself when it's form is submitted to the same page by calling the same url (jsp) it was created with, does the window.opener retain it's handle on the parent window? Assume both the parent and the popup are never closed between submissions.
In simple testing, I am finding that window.opener is in fact retained, and the popup can manipulate the parent window even after the popup is reloaded. Likewise, the parent window can still be manipulated from the popup when the parent is reloaded. But I just wanted to more sure before I incorporate this in a larger application, in case my simple test was some accidental fluke.
I realize javascript variables are normally reloaded, but my initial testing suggests that the window.opener is a special persistant variable.

Curt,
In the DOM opener is a Window property, therefore, if neither window is closed, all of the window properties persist.
Alex C.

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