On Thu, Dec 18, 2008 at 11:33 AM, slasktrattena...@gmail.com <slasktrattena...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > my app keeps annoying me by crashing at launch every now and then. > What's weird about the backtrace is that it tells me I have called a > CLASS method named setFrame:. The class varies: in this case it says > NSClipView, sometimes is says NSAttributedString, or NSObject, or > whatever. Of course, I don't make any such calls explicitly, and most > of the time the app launches just fine. Any idea what the problem > could be, or how to locate it with gdb? I never learned using the > debugger properly.
This is indicative of not correctly retaining an object (likely an object given to you that you then stick into an instance var without taking "ownership" of it) . As a result the object is deallocated out from under you (likely as a result of the currently auto release pool being drained) and then that slot in memory is randomly replaced with a different object instance likely of a totally unrelated class. You can use NSZombie to help isolate... http://developer.apple.com/technotes/tn2004/tn2124.html -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 arch...@mail-archive.com
