On Jan 24, 2014, at 11:12 AM, Kevin Meaney <k...@yvs.eu.com> wrote:

> On 24 Jan 2014, at 19:02, David Duncan <david.dun...@apple.com> wrote:
> 
>> Compiler folks could explain this better, but the root issue is that 
>> __attribute__((NSObject)) doesn’t do as much as you might expect given the 
>> way you’ve declared it. Its better in the long run to just not rely upon it.
> 
> When you say the way I've declared it, you mean as a readonly property or is 
> there just a better way to get the desired the result. I don't like the 
> manual solution I described because it is really declared as an assign then 
> goes and retains the context. So I'm not finding an answer I'm happy with and 
> I can't believe others are not having the same problem.


Basically every reference needs to carry the attribute in order for the right 
thing to be done in all cases. I suspect most people aren’t having this problem 
because this particular attribute is not very well known or widely used.
--
David Duncan


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