On Wed, May 21, 2008 at 11:35 AM, Johnny Lundy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's why the OP was not aware of the behavior of an NSArray class method: > Here's the verbatim documentation for +arrayWithObjects: > > >> arrayWithObjects: >> Creates and returns an array containing the objects in the argument list. >> >> + (id)arrayWithObjects:(id)firstObj, ... >> >> ParametersfirstObj, ... >> A comma-separated list of objects ending with nil. >> >> Return Value >> An array containing the objects in the argument list. >> >> Discussion >> This code example creates an array containing three different types of >> element: >> >> NSArray *myArray; >> NSDate *aDate = [NSDate distantFuture]; >> NSValue *aValue = [NSNumber numberWithInt:5]; >> NSString *aString = @"a string"; >> myArray = [NSArray arrayWithObjects:aDate, aValue, aString, nil]; >> Availability >> • Available in Mac OS X v10.0 and later. >> See Also >> • + array >> • + arrayWithObject: >> Declared InNSArray.h > > See? Not a word about autoreleasing anything, or having to retain the > returned array. Nada.
The "Cocoa" memory contract is almost universally applied to all of Cocoa and related frameworks. So no point exists in stating that something follows the expected memory contract (only the exceptions are documented). It is expected that you have at least looked at the getting started documentation before you attempt to dive much into anything else. You would quickly run across the following... <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/CocoaFundamentals/CocoaObjects/chapter_3_section_1.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40002974-CH4> Also note any verbiage talking about retain / autorelease, etc isn't (really) relevant if the garbage collection is being used. -Shawn _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
