> [ array objectAtIndex:i ] doesn't create temporaries either. OK, then that blew my logic right out of the water! Thanks for clearing things up Roland :)
On 16 April 2012 10:53, Roland King <[email protected]> wrote: > There are no temporary objects created during fast enumeration, you just > get a reference to one of the objects in the thing you are enumerating. > > [ array objectAtIndex:i ] doesn't create temporaries either. > > > On Apr 16, 2012, at 5:42 PM, Patrick Robertson wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > I've searched the web, but can't seem to find any concrete information on > > how fast enumeration loops manage temporarily created objects. > > Would anybody be able to shine some light on whether fast enumeration > > itself takes care of the objects it creates? > > > > So, for example in: > > > > for (id anObject in anArray) { > > // do some stuff > > } > > > > I'm assuming that the fast enumeration loop itself does something like > this > > behind the scenes for each object in the array: > > id anObject = [anArray objectAtIndex:i] > > > > so are these temp objects created during the enumeration released > > automatically at the end of the loop, or is it work wrapping the whole > > thing in an autoreleasepool? > > > > @autoreleasepool { > > for (id anObject in anArray) { > > // do some stuff > > } > > } > > > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > > > > 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/rols%40rols.org > > > > 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]
