Cheers, I tried searching “release method definition” but that doesn’t bring it up - go figure!
All the Best Dave > On 25 Jan 2017, at 19:04, Doug Hill <cocoa...@breaqz.com> wrote: > > >> On Jan 25, 2017, at 10:59 AM, Dave <d...@looktowindward.com >> <mailto:d...@looktowindward.com>> wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >>> Look at Apple's Foundation NSObject protocol reference document for the >>> -release method. It includes this statement: >> >> Could you point me to the URL I still can’t find it. Apple’s documentation >> is absolutely shocking! I’m looking at >> https://developer.apple.com/reference/objectivec/protocol?language=objc >> <https://developer.apple.com/reference/objectivec/protocol?language=objc> >> but no mention of release to be found? >> >> All the Best >> Dave > > https://developer.apple.com/reference/objectivec/1418956-nsobject?language=objc > > <https://developer.apple.com/reference/objectivec/1418956-nsobject?language=objc> > > release - Decrements the receiver’s reference count. > > Language - Objective-C > > Declaration > > - (oneway void)release; > > Discussion > > The receiver is sent a dealloc message when its reference count reaches 0. > > You would only implement this method to define your own reference-counting > scheme. Such implementations should not invoke the inherited method; that is, > they should not include a release message to super. _______________________________________________ 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
