On 10 Dec 2012, at 20:26, Matt Neuburg <[email protected]> wrote: > Bump. I'd still like to hear about this. The docs have a *huge* box saying > that iOS NSPointerArray is not doing __weak references, but it sure looks to > me like it is. But I don't know how to test. Thanks for any help. m. > > On Fri, 30 Nov 2012 07:51:57 -0800, Matt Neuburg <[email protected]> said: >> The docs for NSPointerArray say, in a big bold box right at the top: >> >>> Important: NSPointerArray does not support weak references under Automatic >>> Reference Counting (ARC). >> >> However, a [NSPointerArray weakObjectsPointerArray] does NULL an element >> that has been released through ARC; I can test this directly, and I've also >> been using NSPointerArray successfully to break retain cycles. So are the >> docs just lying (in a big bold box right at the top), or is this some other >> kind of weak reference (i.e. somehow weak, but not ARC-__weak)?
I spotted this elsewhere in the docs today: > Starting in OS X v10.8, the Foundation framework offers the following > features and enhancements: > > Support for zeroing weak references with enhancements to the NSMapTable, > NSHashTable, and NSPointerArray classes. So I guess the regular docs just haven't been updated yet. _______________________________________________ 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]
