Re: Instance or Class Methods?
Re: Instance or Class Methods?
- Subject: Re: Instance or Class Methods?
- From: "Stephen J. Butler" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2008 21:16:26 -0500
On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Brian Norwood <email@hidden> wrote:
> NSString *stuff = [NSString stringWithString:otherStuff];
>
> or
>
> NSString *stuff = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:otherStuff];
Those aren't equivalent statements, unless you're running under
garbage collection.
> The question is this: is there an advantage to one over the other, and why?
> If so, is this something I should determine on a case by case basis? Is
> +stringWithString: just a shortcut for +alloc and -initWithString:?
It's a shortcut for [[[NSString alloc] initWithString:aString] autorelease].
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