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Re: ARC and Singletons
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Re: ARC and Singletons


  • Subject: Re: ARC and Singletons
  • From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:12:25 -0700

On Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:05 AM, Dave Zarzycki <email@hidden> wrote:
> The simplest and most ARC friendly way to implement the singleton pattern is to switch from instance methods to class methods – because the class itself is by definition a singleton. In other words:

Eek, this might be conceptually simple but it's a ton of work and
giant step backwards in API design. Remember when -[NSFileManager
alloc] became useful in 10.5?

Is there some reason we cannot continue to use the previously common
path of storing the shared instance in a static global variable? Or,
if it's necessary to store the shared instance in an ivar, why not do
the following:

// MyClass.h
@interface MyClass : NSObject
+ (MyClass *)sharedInstance;
@end

// MyClass.m
@interface MyClass ()
{
  MyClass *_sharedInstance;
}
@end

@implementation MyClass

+ (void)sharedInstance;
{
  static dispatch_once_t once;
  dispatch_once(&once, ^{
    _sharedInstance = [[self alloc] init];
  });

  return _sharedInstance;
}

@end

--Kyle Sluder
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