On May 12, 2012, at 2:31 PM, Quincey Morris wrote: > On May 12, 2012, at 10:18 , Charles Srstka wrote: > >> Ugh, so you’re saying that ARC isn’t actually as deterministic as we’ve been >> led to believe? > > Indeterminism isn't the problem. Unmarked interior pointers *are*.
But if the behavior is deterministic, you can predict where the NSMutableData will get dealloced, and so you’ll know for sure how long the interior pointer will be valid. 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
