Thanks Quincey!
On Jun 27, 2012, at 9:54 AM, Quincey Morris wrote:
> On Jun 27, 2012, at 09:12 , Tito Ciuro wrote:
>
>> However, if something critical happens within the init method when ARC is
>> activated, what would be the proper way to exit? Would it look like this?:
>>
>> - (id)init
>> {
>> self = [super init];
>>
>> if (self) {
>> if (<somecondition != good>) {
>> // Cleanup here if needed...
>> return nil;
>> }
>> }
>>
>> return self;
>> }
>
> Yes, just return nil.
>
> Like other local variables, 'self' will be released automatically (if
> non-nil) at exit from its scope, which is the entire method in this case.
> Because this is an 'init'-family method, the return value is retained (if
> non-nil) on execution of the 'return' statement.
>
> If you put those 2 behaviors together, you'll see that your ARC code has the
> same memory management effect as your non-ARC code, no matter which 'return'
> statement is executed.
>
>
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