On Mar 12, 2012, at 1:44, Jean-Daniel Dupas wrote:

> Le 11 mars 2012 à 22:37, Jordan Rose a écrit :
> 
>> After I complained about it a few days ago, I figured I'd take a stab at 
>> fixing this:
>> 
>> [@"abc" release]; // should warn!
> 
> I'm not sure I agree it should warn. It is a well known fact that 
> retain/release are noop on constant string literal and it is used in many 
> place.
> 
> IHMO, the static analyzer should continue to ignore String literals as it 
> actually does.

Hm. I don't like it cause it smells like bad style to me, but you're right; I 
forgot that this was documented behavior:

> The compiler makes such object constants unique on a per-module basis, and 
> they’re never deallocated, though you can retain and release them as you do 
> any other object.

(from Apple's String Programming Guide)

So maybe the contortions necessary to get it working aren't worth it.


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