On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Jean-Daniel Dupas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the rule may be: > use __strong for retained/copied ivars, and nothing for assigned ivars. > There is no equivalent of zeroing ref, but weak ref are really common in > Cocoa. For example, delegate are not retain. the Notification center does > not retain observers, and the drawer probably does not retain the runloop. The reason delegates and observers aren't retained it to avoid retain cycles. In a GC world cycles aren't a problem (cycle with no roots will be collected). As a result ivars to delegates and observers, etc. can (and some do IIRC) use strong references. -Shawn _______________________________________________ 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]
