That is precisely what is giving me the confusion. If retained the received block in a NSMutableArray, the block should stick around (via a strong array pointer) for another method. It only stays around if I equate the block to a typedef variable and then put that variable in the array. I'm using ARC.
On Jan 28, 9:51 am, Ken Thomases <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jan 28, 2012, at 10:40 AM, R wrote: > > > I originally chose to hold the block in an array, but that failed. > > I'm still confused over that... > > By itself, an array only retains the block. A block must be explicitly > copied if it is to outlive the scope that created it. And, of course, that > copy operation has to be balanced with an eventual release. > > Regards, > Ken > > _______________________________________________ > > Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) > > 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/cocoa-dev-garchive-... > > This email sent to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list ([email protected]) 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 [email protected]
