upper limit on retain count

FROM : Ivan S. Kourtev
DATE : Mon Apr 18 22:43:59 2005

Hello,

I wasn't able to find any documented upper limits on retain count on
32-bit machines (or in general).  I am interested in knowing this
because I foresee a situation where I may have objects with retain
counts of hundreds of millions of billions and more.  So the two
questions I have are:

(1) is there a documented limit to the retain count?
(2) is there a documented behavior once the retain count max is reached?

Thanks,

--
ivan