Re: Does [NSApp setApplicationIconImage] leak memory?
Re: Does [NSApp setApplicationIconImage] leak memory?
- Subject: Re: Does [NSApp setApplicationIconImage] leak memory?
- From: Matt Neuburg <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 09 Aug 2008 10:02:58 -0700
- Thread-topic: Does [NSApp setApplicationIconImage] leak memory?
On Fri, 8 Aug 2008 23:53:08 +0100, Mark Allan <email@hidden>
said:
>>On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 9:02 AM, Matt Neuburg <email@hidden> wrote:
>>> On Thu, 7 Aug 2008 20:14:04 +0100, Mark Allan <email@hidden>
>>> said:
>>>>Hi all,
>>>>
>>>>Before I file a bug report against this, I just thought I'd check I'm
>>>>not being monumentally stupid first!
>>>>
>>>>I'm trying to animate my app's Dock icon, which works fine and looks
>>>>great, but unfortunately, it appears to leak memory like crazy.
>>>>Every time I call [NSApp setApplicationIconImage:(NSImage *)] and
>>>>pass it pointer to an existing image, it leaks more memory.
>>>
>>> Wrap each call to setApplicationIconImage in an autorelease pool creation
>>> and release, like this:
>>>
>>> NSAutoreleasePool *pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
>>> [NSApp setApplicationIconImage: whatever];
>>> [pool release];
>>>
>>> I think you'll find that solves the problem.
>Sorry, I should have said in my original message that I'd already
>tried that, and the autorelease pool did solve the problem.
Yes, that sure would have been a nice thing to do.
>At 6:24 pm -0400 08/08/2008, Sumner Trammell wrote:
>>Is the need for the autorelease pool because of the use of
>>setApplicationIconImage, or because of the array that is being used in
>>conjunction with setApplicationIconImage?
>Your idea of removing the
>array from the equation also solves the leak and I suspect is more
>efficient than creating and releasing a tonne of autorelease pools.
Really? Can you explain what "removing the array from the equation" has to
do with the memory behavior you're seeing? m.
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