On Mar 17, 2012, at 5:05 PM, G S wrote:
> I would've converted my project to ARC had time permitted.  I will say that
> this new understanding does make me reconsider my opinion on the merits of
> properties (meaning I think they have more merit than I used to).
> 
> Would it be a waste of time to go through and add properties for my members
> before converting to ARC?  Does it make any difference?

With ARC, instance variables by default get the same automatic memory 
management as retaining properties. When you assign to a strong ivar in ARC any 
old value is released and the new value is retained. You don't need to use 
properties in ARC solely to get their memory management behavior.


-- 
Greg Parker     [email protected]     Runtime Wrangler



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