Objective C - Re: memory leaks (reworded so you will have no doubts on what's

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Re: memory leaks (reworded so you will have no doubts on what's

Sherm Pendley

2005-12-09, 7:26 pm

Santa Claus <santa@northpole.com> writes:

> // in order to stop string2 from changing when you change string1, you
> // need to do the following line which i would like to know if it's a
> // memory leak
> [string2 setString: [NSMutableString stringWithString: string1]];

The string you pass to -setString: is created with +stringWithString:.

You didn't create that string with +alloc, +allocWithZone:, +new, -copy,
or -mutableCopy, and you haven't sent it a -retain. So, you don't need
to -release or -autorelease it, and there's no leak here.

sherm--

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