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Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime



On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Charles Srstka
<email@hidden> wrote:

> I think the problem is that if NSArray has +[NSArray array] returning an
> NSArray, then NSMutableArray has to return an NSArray also, since it can't
> have a different method signature for the same method. As a result, if you
> called +[NSMutableArray array], the compiler would think you were getting a
> regular, non-mutable NSArray, and you'd get a warning if you tried to do
> this, although the code would still work:
>
> NSMutableArray *array = [NSMutableArray array];

Ah, yes, so you would. I see!

Hamish
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References: 
 >Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Quincey Morris <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: John Engelhart <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: John Engelhart <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: "Hamish Allan" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Chris Hanson <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: "Hamish Allan" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Garbage collector vs variable lifetime (From: Charles Srstka <email@hidden>)



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