OK, thanks for the links, and the help - I am going to read through and apply what I have learned to my code, I have already managed to fix two other leaks as a result of what I have learned.
Thank you. On 28 Mar 2010, at 19:03, Philip Mobley wrote: > > On Mar 28, 2010, at 10:42 AM, mmalc Crawford wrote: > >>> That would be gut for the fact that my fields are released and set to nil >>> whenever a new SELECT query is executed - however, I think I can do this by >>> emptying the array when a new query is done and just counting the size of >>> the array in my fetch method - thanks... >>> >> Why not follow what someone else suggested earlier in the thread, and the >> pattern that is recommended in the documentation, and use accessor methods. >> As soon as you start sprinkling retains and releases throughout your code, >> you're liable to make a mistake. >> <http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/Articles/mmPractical.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40004447> > > Plus when you use accessor, you can put in a call to your NSLog( ) and see > exactly whats going on... > > - (void)setFields:(NSMutableArray *)newFields { > NSLog( @"-setFields, old fields value: %p with new value %p", fields, > newFields ); > [fields autorelease]; > fields = [newFields mutableCopy]; > } > > When calling setFields, you are then responsible for releasing the > "newFields" NSMutableArray you created in your sample code, because > [newFields mutableCopy] increments the ref counter. > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/frak.off%40gmail.com > > This email sent to frak....@gmail.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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
