Which is the preferred method of object allocation & initialization?

<header file>.h
@property(nonatomic, release) IRMSerialDetailsDO *serialIDs;
...
<body>.m
@synthesize mySerialIDDO

...
// 1)
self.serialIDs = [[IRMSerialDetailsDO alloc] init];

or...

// 2)
IRMSerialDetailsDO *mySerialIDDO = [[IRMSerialDetailsDO alloc] init];
self.serialIDDO = mySerialIDDO;
[mySerialIDDO release];


I would assume #1 is the simplest, but I see a lot of #2 .

Thoughts?

Ric.
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