On Nov 23, 2009, at 8:13 AM, Michael A. Crawford wrote: > I wouldn't have though so. I would assume that since I did not allocate them > directly, I don't need to clean them up. I've just inspected some code that > declares properties that are marked as outlets and whose member variables are > allocated in the NIB file. When the class' dealloc method is called, it > calls release for said properties. > > I would assume this is bad form. But I would like to know if I'm mistaken > and if this is valid.
Actually, that is correct. The retain/release rules for nibs are documented at http://developer.apple.com/iphone/library/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/LoadingResources/CocoaNibs/CocoaNibs.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/10000051i-CH4-SW6 Note that they are different for Mac OS X and iPhone. Dave _______________________________________________ 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
