On Wed, Aug 18, 2010 at 12:49 PM, Sherm Pendley <sherm.pend...@gmail.com> wrote: > The "[foo release]" is perfectly correct, but if > -stringByReplacingOccurrencesOfString:withString: is implemented with > a simple "return self;" then *both* foo and bar would be immediately > released. Implementing it as "return [[self retain] autorelease]" > prevents such problems.
It doesn't violate the memory management guidelines to do so. The onus is technically on the caller to retain bar if he wants to use it later. See: http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmAccessorMethods.html --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
