Re: Newbie question: autorelease sends autorelease
Re: Newbie question: autorelease sends autorelease
- Subject: Re: Newbie question: autorelease sends autorelease
- From: Chris Ridd <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 07:50:34 +0100
On 22/9/04 7:41 am, j o a r <email@hidden> wrote:
>
> On 2004-09-22, at 08.24, Chris Ridd wrote:
>
>> That's a good question, but I can't see any reason why a dealloc method
>> would ever autorelease something in the first place. There's no point -
>> autorelease is only useful if you're returning an object to someone
>> else,
>> and by definition dealloc doesn't do that.
>
> This is not true. The ability to autorelease objects can be useful also
> in cases where you're not returning objects. Take for example the case
> with the self contained window controller that should be released after
> it's window is closed. It's customary to autorelease it on
> "windowWillClose:". Autorelease is also often used in place of release
> to be able to alloc-init-autorelease on one single row - in order to
> create code that's easier to understand, and therefore maintain.
OK, so what's the answer to the original question then? :-)
Cheers,
Chris
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