--- Jack Repenning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Feb 22, 2008, at 1:13 PM, Keith Duncan wrote:
> > This would be a problem should the code base ever
> be compiled with
> > GC support.
>
> Interesting point, that retain/release supports a
> lifecycle model
> (free-floating, self-managed object) that can't be
> supported by GC....
I think it can. You'd just need to disable collection
on the object and have it re-enable collection for
itself when it decided it was no longer needed (this
is essentially what CFRetain and CFRelease do under
GC).
Cheers,
Chuck
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