Re: [NSView removeFromSuperview] not affecting retain count

FROM : John C. Randolph
DATE : Mon Dec 20 22:26:36 2004

On Dec 20, 2004, at 11:04 AM, Julian Pellico wrote:

>

>> My advice is always that you shouldn't try to track retain count like
>> that. What if it's autoreleased?

> It would hardly be safe for the frameworks to autorelease it.

It's not only safe, it's perfectly appropriate for the framework code
to autorelease a view to balance the -retain that the view got when
added to its superview.

> I might
> want that NSView well past the end of the run loop.

Whenever you want something to stick around, it's up to you to retain
it.

-jcr

John C. Randolph <<email_removed>> (408) 974-8819
Sr. Cocoa Software Engineer,
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations
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