On 13 Mar 2010, at 23:56, Tobias Jordan wrote:

> Hi Paul,
> 
> You said 'an object you don't manage' -- If I alloc/init an instance of 
> NSTimer I am responsible for this object, in my opinion.

Until you release it.  After that, you are not responsible for it.  That 
doesn't mean that something else hasn't taken over responsibility.


> That's why I tried to do everything properly.
> You see I am actually really just trying to prevent memory leaks and I see 
> lots of leaks in sample code I am downloading somewhere. That's the reason I 
> am so careful.
> Let's just close the topic here, I thank everyone for the explanations, I 
> appreciate all of them!
> 
> Best regards,
> Tobias Jordan.
> 
> On Mar 13, 2010, at 9:53 PM, Paul Sanders wrote:
> 
>> I don't understand all the confusion on this issue.  The NSTimer
>> documentation makes the life-cycle of this object very clear.
>> Until it goes away, it is probably retained by the runloop.
>> 
>> As Joar says, you often can't make any concrete predictions
>> about when an object you don't manage yourself might be released
>> for the last time, but if you put a breakpoint on [NSTimer
>> dealloc] you will be able to see it when it happens.
>> 
>> Paul Sanders.
>> 
>> 
>> 
> 
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