Re: In-loop releasing of objects does not free memory?

FROM : Uli Kusterer
DATE : Thu Feb 14 20:49:16 2008

On 14.02.2008, at 17:31, Randall Meadows wrote:
> NSAutoreleasePool * loopPool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
> {  // loop
>  <do various things>
>  [loopPool drain];
> }



Just for completeness' sake, this should really be:

NSAutoreleasePool * loopPool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
while( whatever ) // loop
{
    // do stuff here.
    [loopPool drain];
}
[loopPool release];    // don't forget this.

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-- Uli Kusterer
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