Ok thanks. Not changing anything is the easiest and safest approach. Jim Merkel
On Oct 30, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Dave Zarzycki wrote: > On Oct 30, 2011, at 10:32 AM, James Merkel wrote: > >> The document on ARC talks about problematic C structs like: >> >> struct x { NSString *S; int X; } StaticArray[] = { >> @"foo", 42, >> @"bar, 97, >> ... >> }; >> >> I use that pattern quite a bit in my code and haven't had any problems with >> it. These are basically constant strings that never change. > > Is the above pattern in your code used with globals? (Probably.) > >> With ARC, the compiler wants me to change the code to: >> >> struct x { __unsafe_unretained NSString *S; int X; } >> >> Aside from this looking really ugly, will the App store accept this in an >> application? > > Yes. "__unsafe_unretained" is public API, therefore the App store will accept > it. > >> The document on ARC says in order to do this task correctly, the code should >> be changed to a class. Ok, what class are they talking about? > > That depends on the scenario. If the above struct is simply a global (and it > probably is), then changing to a class would be more complicated than just > using __unsafe_unretained. If the above struct is stored in malloc()ed > memory, then switching to a class is the right thing to do. > > davez > > >> I don't see how the collection classes like NSDictionary or NSArray support >> this. Do they mean create your own collection class to do this? >> >> Thanks for any insight on this. >> >> Jim Merkel >> _______________________________________________ >> >> 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/zarzycki%40apple.com >> >> This email sent to zarzy...@apple.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