On Jun 27, 2012, at 09:12 , Tito Ciuro wrote:

> However, if something critical happens within the init method when ARC is 
> activated, what would be the proper way to exit? Would it look like this?:
> 
> - (id)init
> {
>    self = [super init];
> 
>    if (self) {
>        if (<somecondition != good>) {
>            // Cleanup here if needed...
>            return nil;
>        }
>    }
> 
>    return self;
> }

Yes, just return nil.

Like other local variables, 'self' will be released automatically (if non-nil) 
at exit from its scope, which is the entire method in this case. Because this 
is an 'init'-family method, the return value is retained (if non-nil) on 
execution of the 'return' statement.

If you put those 2 behaviors together, you'll see that your ARC code has the 
same memory management effect as your non-ARC code, no matter which 'return' 
statement is executed.


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