Re: ARC vs Manual Reference Counting
Re: ARC vs Manual Reference Counting
- Subject: Re: ARC vs Manual Reference Counting
- From: Alex Zavatone <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 06:11:40 -0400
On Sep 9, 2013, at 1:43 AM, Patrick Cusack wrote:
> Apologies. I have no desire to start an internecine war. I have been reading up on ARC for the past few hours. I also watched the WWDC video on ARC, and after having watched and read everything, I kept feeling as if I was rather comfortable with the old manual memory model.
>
> I guess my real question is "Why did Apple decide to introduce ARC at all?". I am not convinced that the conventions are any easier than the previous model of manual retain counts.
>
In a large part, it's one less thing to worry about. One less thing to have to keep in your head.
>
> Patrick
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