On 25 Apr 2013, at 11:40, Diederik Meijer | Ten Horses <[email protected]> 
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
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