Re: NSMutableDictionary Poitners
Re: NSMutableDictionary Poitners
- Subject: Re: NSMutableDictionary Poitners
- From: Clark Cox <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 22:07:07 -0700
On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:06 PM, Clark Cox<email@hidden> wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 30, 2009 at 10:18 AM, DerNalia<email@hidden> wrote:
>> If I do something like:
>> varName = [dictionaryName objectForKey:@"keyName"];
>>
>> does that return a copy of what is in the dictionary?
>
> No.
>
>> or a pointer?
That should have been:
> All objects are passed as pointers
>
> This method follows the normal Cocoa memory management rules. The object did
> not come from an alloc..., copy... or new... method, and you didn't
> retain it yourself, so you do not own a reference to it. If you want
> it to stick around longer than the dictionary itself, it's up to you
> to either make a copy
>
>
> --
> Clark S. Cox III
> email@hidden
>
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Clark S. Cox III
email@hidden
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