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 _______________________________________________ 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: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com