On 12 Oct 2011, at 5:39 PM, Rick Mann wrote:

> I can't tell from the docs for -viewDidUnload if it is not guaranteed to be 
> called when cleaning up. It does say that it's called for low-memory 
> situations, but also says it's called as a counterpart to -viewDidLoad, which 
> is always called when a view controller is created.

The docs say specifically: 
> When a low-memory condition occurs and the current view controller’s views 
> are not needed, the system may opt to remove those views from memory.

It doesn't refer to any other scenario, and given that the recommendation is 
that -viewDidUnload do many of the same releases (+ plus nil-outs) as would be 
done in -dealloc, I take it that low-memory (and therefore -viewDidUnload) and 
deallocation are separate paths.

        — F

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