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

FROM : Nick Zitzmann
DATE : Thu Feb 14 21:12:13 2008

On Feb 14, 2008, at 12:49 PM, Uli Kusterer wrote:

> 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.



That'll cause a crash if GC isn't being used, since -drain is 
documented as doing the same thing as -release in non-GC applications.

Nick Zitzmann
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