The analyzer is great at what it does but it can't be omniscient about your code.
When you start a method name with "make" or "new" or "create" it assumes that you're returning a +1 value. -- Glenn L. Austin, Computer Wizard and Race Car Driver <>< <http://www.austinsoft.com> > On Sep 26, 2019, at 6:05 AM, Gabriel Zachmann via Cocoa-dev > <cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com> wrote: > > >> >> The Xcode "analyze" step should check for errors of this kind. I have xcode >> set to analyze on every build, since it's usually not too slow. > > Thanks a lot for the hint! > > I tried it and it works pretty well. > I actually found 2 (small) leaks. > > There is one place in my code (different from my OP), > where I get a "leaked" warning from the Analyzer, but I am not sure why that > is. > > Here is what the function basically does: > > - (void) makeTextLayerRectangle: (CATextLayer*) textlayer fontsize: (float) > fontsize text: (NSString*) text > { > ... > textlayer.bounds = CGRectMake( 0.0, 0.0, string_rect.width, > string_rect.height ); > textlayer.shadowPath = CGPathCreateWithRect( textlayer.bounds, NULL ); > } > > > But I get the warning > "Object leaked: allocated object of type 'CGPathRef _Nonnull' is not > referenced later in this execution path and has a retain count of +1" > > Note that text layer is a call-by-reference var. > > Is that just a bug in the Analyzer? Am I missing something? > > Best regards, Gabriel > > _______________________________________________ > > 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: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/glenn%40austinsoft.com > > This email sent to gl...@austinsoft.com
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