Assume some plug-in, which must work with garbage collection on or off.
Assume further, that there is a method (not under our control):
- (NSString *)copySomething;
And that this method returns either an NSString* or a toll free
bridged CFStringRef, of which we are the owner (because the name
contains "copy").
If we do:
NSString *s = [ someObject copySomething];
// do something with "s"
[s release];
it will work without garbage collection, but leak otherwise in the
case of a CFStringRef.
How to get rid of "s" ?
Simply calling CFRelease() is no good, because it might be an
NSString* on which someone has done a CFRetain().
Kind regards,
Gerriet.
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