> Hi!
>
> I'm a rookie with Cocoa development, please excuse if this question is
> stupid, but I'm struck with memory management (an even Aaron's book
> doesn't help me):
>
> In a method I use a (temporary) dictionary "vAttributes" to read an
> object from an instance variable "vColors" (a dictionary, too):
>
> - (NSString *)descriptionByColorCode:(int)colorCode
> {
> NSMutableDictionary *vAttributes = [[NSMutableDictionary alloc] init];
>
> vAttributes = [vColors objectForKey:[NSNumber
> numberWithInt:colorCode]];
> return [vAttributes objectForKey:@"colorDescription"];
> }
>
> It is my understanding, that after the "alloc" message "vAttributes"'
> retain count is 1 and as I use it in the return statement, a "release"
> out of question. So "vAttributes" should receive an "autorelease"
> message before the return statement to avoid an object leak, but than
> the application crashes after the first invokation of this method.
>
> ... where am I wrong?
If you autorelease this, then as soon as you fall back into your run loop,
the object will be released. What happens to the dictionary after it is
returned? Perhaps the calling code should be responsible for releasing this.
Trygve
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