On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Murat Konar wrote: > > On Aug 18, 2010, at 11:06 AM, John C. Randolph wrote: > >> -stringByReplacingCharactersInString: creates and returns a new string, >> which is autoreleased. > > Always? I recall running into a problem that was caused by > -stringByReplacingCharactersInString: (or a method like it) simply returning > self if no substitution occurred.
The memory management rules says it returns a string that you don't own. If you need it to exist in the future, you have to retain it. Its implementation details are irrelevant (to you). -- Dave Carrigan d...@rudedog.org Seattle, WA, USA _______________________________________________ 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
