Thanks Wyatt. On Thu, Dec 11, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Wyatt Webb <ww...@inspiration.com> wrote: > Have a look at the Memory Management Programming Guide for Cocoa. Especially > the section on Object Ownership and Disposal. The trick is in the name of > the methods you call to get the reference. Generally, methods with "alloc", > "new", or "copy" in the name are making you responsible for releasing. > Others do not and you would need to retain if you expect to hang on to them > for a while. > > http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Concepts/ObjectOwnership.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000043-BEHDEDDB > > Wyatt > > On Dec 11, 2008, at 4:13 PM, aaron smith wrote: > >> Hey All, >> >> Quick question, what is the best way to determine what kind of cleanup >> I need to do with objects that were returned from other objects' >> methods, or class methods. >> >> For example, the NSTextField has a method called (NSString >> *)stringValue - which returns a string of the value in the text box. >> how do I know if that NSString will have a retain count of 1 when >> returned to me, or if it was autoreleased before being returned to me. >> >> Beyond just that example, is there any other cheat sheets, or more >> documentation in the cocoa docs about those types of concerns? >> >> Thanks. >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/wwebb%40inspiration.com >> >> This email sent to ww...@inspiration.com > > _______________________________________________
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