Re: dealloc methods not being called?

FROM : Randall Meadows
DATE : Fri Mar 21 22:54:18 2008

OK, it would appear that I replied to myself on this...nice.  (Tell me 
again why on a discussion list like that that reply-to-list is not the 
default?)

On Mar 21, 2008, at 3:27 PM, Randall Meadows wrote:
> On Mar 21, 2008, at 3:11 PM, Randall Meadows wrote:
>

>> but...why aren't any of the dealloc methods being hit?

>
> Ok, even explicitly calling -release on some objects isn't causing -
> dealloc to be called.


OK, I've decided that I don't really care about this happening up 
quit...I've moved the code that disconnects my session from the camera 
to applicationWillTerminate:, and all is well (FSDO "all").  However...

> I'm thinking I have overused "retain" on a multitude of properties I 
> have created.  What's a good rule of thumb for using "retain" versus 
> "assign"?  Things I explicitly allocate get "retain", whereas 
> objects I get from other objects get "assign"?  That doesn't seem to 
> cover all the bases.  What about objects instantiated via IBOutlet 
> connections?  Readonly?  Assign?


I'm still interested in knowing this, if anyone's got any tips or 
pointers.  The ObjC 2.0 doc doesn't really seem to go into much detail 
about this.