On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 4:20 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann <gerr...@mdenkmann.de> wrote: > But, taking my original example: > > NSAttributedString * attributedString = ... > NSFont *aFont = [ attributedString attribute: NSFontAttributeName atIndex: 0 > effectiveRange: NULL ]; > NSString *fontName = [aFont fontName]; > [ attributedString release ]; > > Now aFont no longer exists. > So fontName, being a property of the no longer existing aFont, should have > vanished also, shouldn't it?
Replace "should" with "could." The point is that there's no guarantee, and you need to be prepared for the case where it does. --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
