On 1/31/06, Paul Harvey <email@hidden> wrote:
> Two quick examples:
>
> 1 NSMutableAttributedString *ns = [[NSMutableAttributedString alloc]
> initWithString: chapterText];
>
> 2 NSString *lookFor = [[NSString alloc]initWithFormat:@"\n%d",i];
>
> The rule for memory management says that if you obtain an object
> through alloc, you have retained it and it must be manually released
> at a later point.
>
> Yet methods like initWithFormat create an autoreleased object don't
> they?
No, they don't. Both of your examples were obtained from alloc,
period. So, you are responsible for releasing them.
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