On Jan 19, 2010, at 1:20 PM, Jack Carbaugh wrote: > It is my understanding that, the array returned as "result" would be auto > released. Therefore, you would want to retain it for your use, then release > it later.
Again, that's impossible to know, without looking at the PerformXPathQuery function. Although, since it was written by Matt, it almost certainly returns an object that you don't own, since it doesn't contain the words copy, new or alloc in it. Whether it returns an autoreleased object or not is orthogonal to the discussion. All you care about is if it returns an object that you own or not. Please go and read the memory management rules at http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmRules.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000994 It fits on a single page and tells you everything you need to know. -- Dave Carrigan d...@rudedog.org Seattle, WA, USA _______________________________________________ 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
