On 25 Apr 2013, at 11:40, Diederik Meijer | Ten Horses <diede...@tenhorses.com> wrote:
> I don't agree, blocks are very powerful. > > I am using Xcode 4.6 and in a project that uses ARC it was throwing warnings > when a block reference to a property caused a retain cycle. This is how I > found it and why I mentioned it in another thread in the first place. > > I haven't tested it extensively, but it looks as if the compiler recognises > these situations easily and then tells you about it. > > So I wouldn't call blocks dangerous at all… You're right – the compiler *is* detecting some simple cases, as I suggested! Note – this does not make throwing blocks around without paying attention to retain cycles inherently safe though, the compiler can not statically infer all potential cycles. Thanks Tom Davie _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) 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 arch...@mail-archive.com
