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Re: Arc and performSelector
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Re: Arc and performSelector


  • Subject: Re: Arc and performSelector
  • From: "Gerriet M. Denkmann" <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 00:19:40 +0700

On 18 Oct 2011, at 00:05, David Duncan wrote:

> On Oct 15, 2011, at 11:58 PM, Gerriet M. Denkmann wrote:
>
>> I have this code:
>>
>> for( id aThing in someArray )
>> {
>> 	if ( [ aThing respondsToSelector: @selector(setTitle:) ] )
>> 	{
>> 		[ self	replaceIn: 		aThing
>> 				readSelector: 	@selector(title)
>> 				writeSelector:	@selector(setTitle:)
>> 				withTable: 		tableName
>> 		];
>> 	}
>> }
>>
>>
>> - (void)replaceIn: thing  readSelector: (SEL)selectorIn  writeSelector: (SEL)selectorOut  withTable: (NSString *)tableName;
>> {
>> 	NSString *key = [ thing performSelector: selectorIn ];
>> 	...
>> 	NSString *rep = ...
>> 	[ thing performSelector: selectorOut withObject: rep ];
>> }
>>
>> Now, using Arc I am told that  "PerformSelector may cause a leak because its selector is unknown".
>> What I am supposed to do about this? I really want to have code without warnings.
>
>
> ARC can't see the selector you pass to know if it conforms to the memory management policy implied by the -performSelector* calls, hence it reports this warning. If you called [thing performSelector:@selector(copy)] for example, you would leak. If you called [thing performSelector:@selector(release)] (not valid in ARC, but possibly if the selector is passed back by other means) you would over-release and crash.

I understand this. So I tried to tell the compiler that the passed selector is not like copy:

- (void)replaceIn: thing  readSelector: (__attribute__((ns_returns_not_retained)) SEL)selectorIn
{
	NSString *key = [ thing performSelector: selectorIn ];
}

But it still complains:  "PerformSelector may cause a leak because its selector is unknown".
Sure, it is unknown, but it's non-retaining behaviour is known.

Is this a bug?

I will have to think about the block approach. But not now — it is past midnight already.

Kind regards,

Gerriet.

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