There are no temporary objects created during fast enumeration, you just get a reference to one of the objects in the thing you are enumerating.
[ array objectAtIndex:i ] doesn't create temporaries either. On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > Hi all, > > I've searched the web, but can't seem to find any concrete information on > how fast enumeration loops manage temporarily created objects. > Would anybody be able to shine some light on whether fast enumeration > itself takes care of the objects it creates? > > So, for example in: > > for (id anObject in anArray) { > // do some stuff > } > > I'm assuming that the fast enumeration loop itself does something like this > behind the scenes for each object in the array: > id anObject = [anArray objectAtIndex:i] > > so are these temp objects created during the enumeration released > automatically at the end of the loop, or is it work wrapping the whole > thing in an autoreleasepool? > > @autoreleasepool { > for (id anObject in anArray) { > // do some stuff > } > } > > Thanks > _______________________________________________ > > 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/rols%40rols.org > > This email sent to r...@rols.org _______________________________________________ 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