On 24.08.2016 at 22:25 Jens Alfke wrote:
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 1:04 PM, Andreas Falkenhahn <andr...@falkenhahn.com> > wrote: > Now, will "setFormatter" call retain on "formatter" or not? Looking > at "retainCount" seems to suggest so, although I know that this > isn't reliable and shouldn't be done at all... > These days, with ARC, we call those “strong references” vs. “weak” or > “unretained” references. > Strong (retained) references are the default for properties. There > are a few cases in system frameworks where a property is weak or > unretained — usually this is used for delegates or data sources, to > avoid reference cycles that can lead to memory leaks. In this case > the docs should call out the style of the reference. If there’s no > mention of it, you can assume it’s strong. Thanks, this would make "setFormatter" a case of strong reference because it isn't documented otherwise... -- Best regards, Andreas Falkenhahn mailto:andr...@falkenhahn.com _______________________________________________ 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
