On 22 Jun 2011, at 11:10 AM, Joanna Carter wrote: >> My book is about iOS 4; there is no GC in that world! ☺ > > Aha! Missed that bit <embarrassed> > > But was I finally right?
Consider the multi-threaded case where you want property access to be atomic (and remember, properties might not always be objects). You still would like to take advantage of the locking behavior the @synthesized getter/setter pair offers you rather than writing it yourself. The accessor synthesis doesn't just get you retain counting. Labeling and @property with the 'atomic' specifier can help in writing thread-safe accessors as well. .chris _______________________________________________ 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
