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Re: How to delay application quit?
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Re: How to delay application quit?


  • Subject: Re: How to delay application quit?
  • From: j o a r <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2008 09:44:31 -0700


On Mar 25, 2008, at 9:26 AM, James Hober wrote:

Do you write the dealloc anyway? Just wondering what others do. Personally I still write a dealloc method in a class for an object that I keep around for the life of the app. Then I preface it with a self-amusing comment:

//actually this dealloc never gets called - the app just relinquishes all memory upon quitting.
//But just to keep things tidy...


I suppose this is utter superstition on my part. Yet somehow I feel better that there are matching releases, etc. that never get called.

And of course, if the class were ever used not solely for a single object that lingers for the life of the app but for objects that come and go, then the proper memory management is in place.


I wouldn't recommend doing that. I'd suggest using something like this:

- (void) dealloc
{
	NSAssert(FALSE, @"Singleton objects should never be released");
	[super dealloc];
}

This communicates better what your intention is, and also catches the unlikely case of this instance ever being deallocated when it shouldn't, or if the class is being repurposed to a multi-instance pattern.

j o a r


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