I like "transfer" but I think this would be mostly helpful to people familiar with manual ref. counting in Obj-C. It's probably just as confusing to others and the visual similarity could be confusing as well (like with `Unmanaged`).
But I also wouldn't be opposed to these if they were selected... > On 20 Dec 2015, at 06:56, Félix Cloutier via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > There's still the "release" issue (std::unique_ptr::release versus -[NSObject > release]), but "transfer" seems like a good word to me. What about > "transferByRetaining" and "transferWithoutRetaining"? > > Félix > >> Le 20 déc. 2015 à 00:01:22, Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org>> a écrit : >> >> Floating an idea here—not sure if it’s even in the right ballpark, and I’m >> certainly not tied to the specific wording, but what about something along >> the lines of: >> >> .transferByReleasing() >> .transferWithoutReleasing() // or perhaps just .transfer() >> >> Or the slightly-more-verbose: >> >> .transferObjectByReleasingReference() >> .transferObjectWithoutReleasingReference() // or .transferObject() >> >> Nevin - Janosch
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