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Re: Garbage Collection Docs Puzzle
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Re: Garbage Collection Docs Puzzle


  • Subject: Re: Garbage Collection Docs Puzzle
  • From: "Sean McBride" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 26 Jan 2010 16:51:08 -0500
  • Organization: Rogue Research Inc.

On 1/25/10 4:49 PM, Robert Clair said:

>The garbage collection docs section on the interior pointer issue shows
>this example:
>
>NSData *myData = [someObject getMyData];
>[myData retain];
>const uint8_t *bytes = [myData bytes];
>NSUInteger offset = 0, length = [myData length];
>
>while (offset < length) {
>  // bytes remains valid until next message sent to myData
>}
>[myData release];

My favourite solution is this one:
<http://lists.apple.com/archives/Objc-language/2009/Mar/msg00060.html>

It's been working well for me.

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Rogue Research                        www.rogue-research.com
Mac Software Developer              Montréal, Québec, Canada


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