On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM, DerNalia<theprecognit...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I do something like: > varName = [dictionaryName objectForKey:@"keyName"]; > > does that return a copy of what is in the dictionary?
No. > or a pointer? All objects are passed It follows the normal Cocoa memory management rules. The object did not come from an alloc..., copy... or new... method, and you didn't retain it yourself, so you do not own a reference to it. If you want it to stick around longer than the dictionary itself, it's up to you to either make a copy -- Clark S. Cox III clarkc...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ 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
