That just repeats the question - as I said (and you quoted), "are the docs just lying?" The point is that I prefer not to guess. I would like to be told officially that on iOS (not Mac OS X) these classes are doing ARC-__weak references under ARC when asked for weak behavior. m.
On Jan 22, 2013, at 7:08 AM, Mike Abdullah <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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. -- matt neuburg, phd = [email protected], http://www.apeth.net/matt/ pantes anthropoi tou eidenai oregontai phusei Programming iOS 5! http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023562.do RubyFrontier! http://www.apeth.com/RubyFrontierDocs/default.html TidBITS, Mac news and reviews since 1990, http://www.tidbits.com _______________________________________________ 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]
