on 2008-03-24 10:32 AM, Scott Thompson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Over time, there will be more code able to take advantage of the > Garbage Collector, but I think it will be some time before it's > ubiquitous enough to remove the retain/release memory management > scheme from the literature.
Let me be one of the first to say that the Emperor has no clothes. What I mean is, for those of us who are already fully comfortable with reference counting, it's easier than learning the nuances and limitations of garbage collection. Frankly, reading the garbage collection docs scares me to death because of all the nooks and crannies where you apparently have to be careful, while I can code retain/release with my eyes shut. I'm sure I'll eventually get comfortable with garbage collection, but I do hope that reference counting doesn't go away. I've written a Cocoa framework that is intended to be usable with both retain/release and garbage collection (and 32-bit and 64-bit). But I don't know whether I did it right, and I have no idea how to go about finding out. -- Bill Cheeseman - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quechee Software, Quechee, Vermont, USA www.quecheesoftware.com PreFab Software - www.prefabsoftware.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
