Not if you've retained the timer - and if you haven't, then you shouldn't release it. Conversely if you *have*, you should release and nil it when it fires.
On Aug 3, 2012, at 2:10 PM, Charlie Dickman wrote: > You must use the 2nd way. If you don't you could get a memory exception if > the timer has fired and, therefore, been invalidated. > > On Aug 3, 2012, at 4:19 PM, Trygve Inda wrote: > >> NSTimer* myTimer = [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:60 target:self >> selector:@selector(wantsUpdate:) userInfo:nil repeats:NO] >> >> Sometime after it fires (and occasionally before), I call >> >> if ( myTimer ) >> { >> [myTimer invalidate]; >> [myTimer release]; >> myTimer = nil; >> } >> >> >> Should I really be doing: >> >> if ( myTimer ) >> { >> if ([myTimer isValid]) >> [myTimer invalidate]; >> >> [myTimer release]; >> myTimer = nil; >> } >> >> >> >> I am doing it the first way without trouble... At least I think it is ok. >> The docs say non-repeating timers are invalidated after they fire. >> >> Which way is better? >> >> Comments? >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/3tothe4th%40comcast.net >> >> This email sent to 3tothe...@comcast.net > > Charlie Dickman > 3tothe...@comcast.net > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/lrucker%40vmware.com > > This email sent to lruc...@vmware.com _______________________________________________ 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