Your reference is weak, old man… oh, wait, that’s kung-fu…. um….

Seriously - I always make my references strong unless I have a good reason not 
to (avoiding retain cycles is one such good reason). Weak references, while 
nice for what they do, do have some overhead and other drawbacks (like the lack 
of KVO compliance Gerd Knops mentioned).


> On Dec 6, 2015, at 7:15 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 5 Dec 2015, at 17:31, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Weak.
>> 
>> There is only one reference to it, right?
>> 
> 
> It seems that the actual answer is “it depends”……. But making them strong 
> unless you specifically need to do otherwise seems like the best practise 
> approach…..
> 
> Dave
> 
> 
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