I cant help but think the preferable way Objective C should would is to send a release automatically to the receiver of a product of itself.

inputString = [inputString myMethod];

Its fairly clear in this situation that the original 'inputString' is not wanted and needs to die, and would seem like a more sensible way for the compiler to work as I struggle to think of a situation where the old value serves any perpose, being that it is now orphaned and useless.

Hence my confusion on the matter.


On 6 Feb 2009, at 03:17, Scott Ribe wrote:

So, how do I keep a copy hanging around AND kill the mysterious new
copy then (which shares the same name as the old one presumably)?

2 pointer variables...

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