On Oct 20, 2011, at 3:43 PM, Matt Neuburg wrote: > > On Oct 20, 2011, at 1:20 PM, Greg Parker wrote: > >> On Oct 20, 2011, at 10:11 AM, Matt Neuburg wrote: >>> You know there's a rule that Create means a retained ref is returned >> >> There is no such rule in the Cocoa memory management conventions. >> >> http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmRules.html >> >> There is a "Create" rule in the convention for CoreFoundation functions, but >> that convention does not apply to Objective-C methods. > > Sure, but still, he's returning a retained CGColorRef. And CGColor > participates in this convention (CGColorRelease, CGColorRetain, CGColorCreate > etc.). I'm not saying he has to do it; I'm merely suggesting that the magic > word "Create" will help him remember what he's trying to remember, namely > that he's returning a retained CGColorRef and the caller will need to call > CGColorRelease on it later. m._______________________________________________
Yeah, but CGColorRelease, etc. are functions. He’s writing an Objective-C method, where the conventions are different. Myself, I’d prefix that method’s name with “new”, but that’s me. Charles_______________________________________________ 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
