On 10/01/2010, at 1:27 PM, Mr. Gecko wrote:

> So I do not own the object when I get it from string, but I do when I get it 
> from new and that means that I have to release it.
> So according to that, this code shouldn't leak, right?
> NSMutableString *string = [NSMutableString string];
> if (http) {
>       [string appendString:@"http://";];
> } else {
>       [string appendString:@"https://";];
> }
> [string appendString:@"example.com/"];
> return [NSURL URLWithString:string];
> 
> Just seeing if I understand that, it is kinda a lot to remember.
> 


Correct - you do not own any object here.

'string' does not contain 'new', 'alloc' or 'copy' therefore you do not own it. 
That's all there is to it - just those three things to remember.

--Graham


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