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Re: Is this normal (memory allocation)
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Re: Is this normal (memory allocation)


  • Subject: Re: Is this normal (memory allocation)
  • From: j o a r <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:32:31 +0200

This topic has been on the list several times. If I guess correctly, your problem is that you accumulate a lot of autoreleased objects that will not be released until you have completed your iteration. This is not a memory leak, but can be a problem nonetheless. The solution is simple; implement a local autorelease pool that you empty every so often. More info on this strategy can be found on the web and in the list archives.

j o a r

On 2004-10-28, at 22.12, Jesus De Meyer wrote:

In my app I go through a folder recursively and get the icons of each file which I then put on a menuitem. So basically I just put the folder/item hierachy in a menu structure.

I've found that depending how deep I go through the root folder, the app consumes a lot of memory if I go through a deep hierarchy (over 100 MB). However, when I select a rootfolder that's less deep, the memory consumption is less (around 30 to 40 MB)

To get the icons of the file, I use NSWorkspace iconForFile method, resize the image to 16x16 and put it on an NSMenuItem.

Now, is this behaviour normal, or am I having a nasty memory leak somewhere?

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