Re: Non-document app's NSWindow keeps getting retained

FROM : Scott Stevenson
DATE : Tue Feb 05 23:04:58 2008

On Feb 5, 2008, at 11:05 AM, David Dunham wrote:

> I've got a Cocoa app that manually creates an NSWindow (it's an 
> easier fit for a cross-platform engine). From my debugging, it 
> appears that every time I click another app's window, the retain 
> count on my NSWindow goes up by 2 (I have a windowDidResignKey 
> delegate which prints the retain count). I don't make an 
> NSWindowController.


High retain counts are not necessarily a problem. Sometimes the 
frameworks may do things like that for reasons that are not obvious on 
the surface.

Are you actually seeing memory leaks after your window has been closed 
and you have released it? If so, then you may want to file a bug.

    - Scott