On Jun 21, 2010, at 9:43 AM, Eiko Bleicher wrote:

> One of my initializers can fail and thus it should return nil. Consider the 
> following example:

> Does this code leak? I am inclined to think I need to call [self release] 
> before returning nil

Yes, you need to release self.  This is documented here (among other places):
<http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/cocoa/conceptual/objectivec/Articles/ocAllocInit.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP30001163-CH22-SW13>

Cheers,
Ken

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