Re: Calling objc_getAssociatedObject in -finalize.
Re: Calling objc_getAssociatedObject in -finalize.
- Subject: Re: Calling objc_getAssociatedObject in -finalize.
- From: Greg Parker <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 09:50:05 -0700
On Mar 10, 2012, at 3:19 AM, email@hidden wrote:
> Consider a GC app.
> It is not safe to access object ivars during -finalize due to the uncertainty which self and the ivar objects will be finalised.
>
> Question:
> Is it safe to call objc_getAssociatedObject in -finalize or do the same caveats apply?
> I have no real idea how the collector treats such associated objects.
> My guess would be that it simply collects them like any other object and that objc_getAssociatedObject cannot be safely called in -finalize.
The same caveats apply. You can safely call objc_getAssociatedObject(), but the pointed-to objects may already have had their own -finalize methods called.
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Greg Parker email@hidden Runtime Wrangler
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