On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 4:35 PM, Todd Heberlein<todd_heberl...@mac.com> wrote: > Both methods seem to me to do the same thing (releasing foo), but I presume > the first one would trigger any KVO observers where as the second wouldn't. > Is that why the simple "release" is used instead of a setter in the dealloc > methods, to avoid KVO? Is this a general Cocoa pattern?
Yes, it's a general pattern. Not just to avoid KVO, but any custom accessor/mutator behavior. The rule of thumb is never use your accessors/mutators inside -init or -dealloc, and always use them elsewhere. --Kyle Sluder _______________________________________________ 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
