Under ARC there should be no appreciable difference. People who prefer +new will generally point out it's a keyword or operator in other languages so its meaning is not ambiguous.
With manual reference counting, the difference is that +array is autorelease where as with +new your code is responsible for releasing the object. Some projects used to discourage the use of +new as it was one less selector/function name to memorize (i.e. copy, alloc, create..., new). On Tue, Aug 16, 2016 at 7:42 AM, Alex Zavatone <z...@mac.com> wrote: > I sent this out this morning but it got eaten, so this is a resend. Sorry > if it gets to some of you twice. > > > > Yes, I know about literals, but I have a different question here. > > > Is this safe? > > I have seen this in some code in our codebase: > array = [NSArray new]; > > I'm familiar with using the public method from the NSArray header and what > the docs say to use: > or array = [NSArray array]; > > Is there any risk to using [NSArray new] to init an array instead of > [NSArray array]?? > > I'm surprised to see this being used in our codebase and would like to > make sure we are not destroying the universe by using it. > > Thank you in advance. > - Alex Zavatone > > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) > > Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. > Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com > > Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: > https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/ > conceptuallyflawed%40gmail.com > > This email sent to conceptuallyfla...@gmail.com _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
