On Nov 14, 2011, at 1:40 PM, Ken Thomases wrote: > But NSAutoreleasePool doesn't drain on an exception, since it doesn't have an > explicit scope. Code posted earlier in this thread used @try-@finally to > explicitly drain the pool. So, while @autoreleasepool would be equivalent to > a naive use of NSAutoreleasePool, it's not equivalent to the earlier code. > > Quoting from the Transitioning to ARC Release Notes > <http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/ObjectiveC/RN-TransitioningToARC/_index.html>: > >> On entry, an autorelease pool is pushed. On normal exit (break, return, >> goto, fall-through, and so on) the autorelease pool is popped. For >> compatibility with existing code, if exit is due to an exception, the >> autorelease pool is not popped.
You can always put your @try/@catch block inside the @autoreleasepool block, and ensure that it drains normally that way. Charles_______________________________________________ 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
