> On May 11, 2016, at 2:31 AM, Jonathan Taylor <jonathan.tay...@glasgow.ac.uk> > wrote: > > I guess I just found method naming a bit odd (not really referring to an > object at all), and might have expected it to have an ‘alloc/new’ naming > since I’d have thought the API would be almost exclusively used for > activities that continue beyond the calling scope.
The only methods named +alloc or +new are the core methods on NSObject that instantiate objects. (There’s also -copy and -mutableCopy.) Regular methods don’t use that naming scheme nor return owned references, they just consistently return unowned references. That keeps the rules simpler. (And I really recommend using ARC! It saves trouble and eliminates a lot of bugs, like this one.) —Jens _______________________________________________ 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: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
