Re: NSMutableDictionary autorelease chrashes application

• Subject: Re: NSMutableDictionary autorelease chrashes application
• From: mmalc crawford <email@hidden>
• Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:19:50 -0700
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On Jul 18, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Andy Lee wrote:

"Autoreleased" is inaccurate and is not a proper shorthand for "you must retain it if you want it to stick around".
To understand why, consider two possible implementations of a get accessor:

- (NSString *)name {
  return name;
}
- (NSString *)name {
  return [[name retain] autorelease];
}

I don't see the difference from the caller's point of view.

NSString *name = [aPerson name];
[aPerson setName:@"Fido"];
NSLog(@"Old name: %@", name);

I don't think I have ever said method X returns an autoreleased object. I was suggesting either the term could be accepted in the way that other people (and some Apple docs) use it, or someone could come up with a better term.

There is a reason people keep using the term incorrectly

That's exactly what you're doing here.

mmalc

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