On 12/09/2013, at 5:27 PM, Steve Mills <smi...@makemusic.com> wrote:

> It might be that setObject: is not safe if object is the same as _object. The 
> correct way to do this is:
> 
> [object retain];
> [_object release];
> _object = object;


Yep, though in the original code a test for equality brackets the assignment 
(again something I don't usually do unless the setter has side effects).

--Graham


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