RE: How do I view the retain count in Xcode's debug window?
RE: How do I view the retain count in Xcode's debug window?
- Subject: RE: How do I view the retain count in Xcode's debug window?
- From: "Karan, Cem (Civ, ARL/CISD)" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:45:25 -0400
- Thread-topic: How do I view the retain count in Xcode's debug window?
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Ribe [mailto:email@hidden]
> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 9:54 AM
> To: Karan, Cem (Civ, ARL/CISD); xcoders
> Subject: Re: How do I view the retain count in Xcode's debug window?
>
> > So something like this: override retain, release, and
> autorelease so
> > that every time any of them get called, the object's location in
> > memory, its retain count, and its description get written to a log
> > file. Then set up the appropriate environment variables so that I
> > kill the program the moment overreleasing happens. I can then grep
> > for the object in the log file via its location in memory, and then
> > try to work out every place that it is being retained/released to
> > figure out what is happening.
>
> No, override them, set breakpoints, and look at the stack
> each time to see what code is retaining & releasing, as it
> happens. You may see the problem long before the object is
> actually over-released.
Well, that's a LOT easier than my plan! OK, I'll do that, and only if I can't get things to work right will I go for my plan.
Thanks,
Cem Karan
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