Re: How can an object know when another object has gone away?

FROM : Hamish Allan
DATE : Mon Jun 16 21:52:51 2008

On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 1:39 AM, James W. Walker <<email_removed>> wrote:

> No, the controller does not keep a reference to the task.  Why would it need
> to do that in order to "keep it alive"?


Because that's how memory management works. *Something* needs to keep
a reference to your NSTask, otherwise your program is leaking memory
(unless you're using garbage collection, in which case your task will
simply disappear at some indeterminate point).

Hamish