On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 10:19 AM,  <k...@highrolls.net> wrote:
>
> On Jul 8, 2010, at 10:41 AM, Kyle Sluder wrote:
>
>> On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 8:57 AM,  <k...@highrolls.net> wrote:
>>>
>>> - (IBAction)sewing:(id)sender   {
>>>
>>>       [[[SewingController alloc] initWithWindowNibName:@"Sewing and
>>> Color"
>>> andBFileName:&mBFilename] release];
>>
>> This is entirely wrong. Why would you create an object just to
>> immediately release it? Please review the Cocoa Memory Management
>> Guide:
>> http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/MemoryMgmt.html
>
> Because I retain it in the init method , I don't need a reference to it
> where the alloc is called

Retaining self in -init is wrong. It doesn't matter if it works.

>
>>
>>> }
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> - (id) initWithWindowNibName:(NSString*)windowNibName
>>> andBFileName:(BFilename*)bfilename
>>> {
>>>       self = [super initWithWindowNibName:windowNibName];
>>>       if (self != nil)
>>>       {
>>>               [self retain];
>>
>> This is insanity. Again, please reread the memory management guide.
>>
>>>               m_design = [[self window] contentView];
>>>
>>>
>>>               [[self window] setDelegate:self];
>>
>> Why don't you just make these outlets and wire them up in Interface
>> Builder? And even if you wanted to do this in code for some reason,
>> the appropriate place to do it would be in -windowDidLoad. Right now
>> you're loading the window from within the initializer, which is wrong.
>
> Ok, I understand -windowDidLoad is the place for these
>>
>>>       }
>>>       return self;
>>> }
>>>
>>> - (void)windowWillClose:(NSNotification *)notification {
>>>
>>>       if(m_design->m_dirtyDesign)
>>>               NSLog(@"dirty message");
>>>       else
>>>               NSLog(@"clean, no message");
>>
>> If you're writing a document-based application, NSDocument does dirty
>> tracking for you already.
>
> Not document based
>>
>>>       [self release];
>>
>> Again, read the memory management guide. Perhaps consider investing in
>> Aaron Hillegass's Cocoa Programming for Mac OS X.
>
> this release balances the retain in the init method seems correct to me

It is not.

>>
>>> }
>>
>> --Kyle Sluder
>>
>
>
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