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Re: { Semi-Newbie } Inverse of +initialize?
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Re: { Semi-Newbie } Inverse of +initialize?


  • Subject: Re: { Semi-Newbie } Inverse of +initialize?
  • From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 12 Oct 2002 08:38:54 +0100

On 12/10/02 12:32 am, John C. Randolph <email@hidden> wrote:
> -dealloc is for freeing memory. If your objects need to know when an
> app is terminating because they do things like create temp files, they
> should sign up for the relevant notifications.

That's interesting, and coincidentally exactly what the Objective-C
reference in the current devtools says (p141).

I have been treating -dealloc as an analogue of a C++ destructor, which
clearly it isn't.

Cheers,

Chris
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