Re: NSWindowController subclasses, and retain cycles
Re: NSWindowController subclasses, and retain cycles
- Subject: Re: NSWindowController subclasses, and retain cycles
- From: Kyle Sluder <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 24 May 2012 11:27:40 -0400
On May 24, 2012, at 10:26 AM, Jonathan Taylor <email@hidden> wrote:
> I have been battling a retain cycle for a couple of hours, assuming I am at fault, but I am starting to think there is something fishy going on. Can anybody advise?
>
> - I have a window controller subclass (and associated window) A, and a separate window controller subclass (and associated window) B. B contains a property, designated 'retain', that keeps a pointer to A. B is programatically closed first, and later on A is programatically closed
> - I believe that I am correctly balancing retain/release for A.
> - I believe I am doing the same for B.
Please post your code.
>
> 1. If I do not set B's pointer to A, both A and B are deallocated correctly
> 2. If instead I set B's pointer to A, but reset it to nil just before B is closed, both A and B are deallocated correctly
> 3. If instead B still has a live pointer to A when B is closed, this should be autoreleased by the runtime, which it is. However, A never gets deallocated.
If A somehow has a chain of retains that keeps B alive, #3 is wrong. Your approach with #2 seems sensible.
>
> There appears to be some weird runtime voodoo behind the scenes involving NSAutounbinder, which I think is what should ultimately be sending the final release to A. That is what sends the final release to B, but that final release for A is missing under that third scenario above.
It sounds like you're (erroneously) associating an autorelease coming from some framework code with a retain that you're performing yourself.
>
--Kyle Sluder
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