To all who replied, thank you. This is awesome. Thanks for outlining the difference between the two. Now I know and can ignore it. But if I didn't, I'd always be wondering.
This certainly puts my mind at ease. Well, at least with regards to [NSArray new]. Other issues shall remain uneased for the moment. Cheers. - Alex Zavatone On Aug 19, 2016, at 12:59 PM, Gary L. Wade wrote: > The class method new is the same as alloc/init although by implementation, it > may be faster if the class doesn't need to pass a placeholder object from > alloc—some classes do that. The class method array is much like > alloc/init/autorelease in the MRC days although it may coalesce things, but > that's an implementation detail you as a user shouldn't be too concerned > about. > > The biggest cause for concern is if you're writing this code in MRC vs ARC > since you'd have to manage these memory points yourself. > -- > Gary L. Wade (Sent from my iPhone) > http://www.garywade.com/ > >> On Aug 16, 2016, at 7:42 AM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> I sent this out this morning but it got eaten, so this is a resend. Sorry >> if it gets to some of you twice. >> >> >> >> Yes, I know about literals, but I have a different question here. >> >> >> Is this safe? >> >> I have seen this in some code in our codebase: >> array = [NSArray new]; >> >> I'm familiar with using the public method from the NSArray header and what >> the docs say to use: >> or array = [NSArray array]; >> >> Is there any risk to using [NSArray new] to init an array instead of >> [NSArray array]?? >> >> I'm surprised to see this being used in our codebase and would like to make >> sure we are not destroying the universe by using it. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> - Alex Zavatone >> > _______________________________________________ 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
