On Jan 23, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Jan E. Schotsman wrote: > On Jan 23, 2012, at 11:37 AM, Conrad Shultz wrote: > >>> if I try to pass on someString in a C struct (contextInfo) then the >>> compiler complains that ARC doesn't like object pointers in C structs. >>> I could serialize and unserialize the string. Or is there a better way? >> >> Just use the NSString * right in the block - no need for structs, >> serialization, or anything. That's why blocks are so useful. > > > I still need an alternative because I want to support Leopard where blocks > aren't available. I've written some code using NSPropertyListSerialization > which should do the trick.
If you're supporting Leopard, then you can't use ARC and the original problem goes away. Also, serializing a string doesn't help because you still have a Cocoa object -- an NSData now instead of an NSString -- and you have to manage its memory just the same. Regards, Ken _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
