Category Archives: Objective-C

Tip: Ensuring ARC is Enabled at Compile Time.

Posted on April 2, 2013 by idz

If you still have legacy code around that is not compiled with Automatic Reference Counting (ARC), accidentally adding some new code that assumes that ARC is enabled can lead to extensive memory leaks. This simple test, placed in a .m … Continue reading →

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Introduction to Properties in Objective-C

Posted on May 5, 2011 by idz

Properties in Objective-C allow you to provide a well-defined interface for other classes to manipulate (i.e. get or set) attributes of a class. They also insulate external classes from the implementation details of the attributes (this separation of function and … Continue reading →

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The init and dealloc idioms.

Posted on May 3, 2011 by idz

For C++ programmers the first surprise waiting for them in Objective-C is that in a derived class they must explicitly call the init and dealloc methods of the superclass (roughly the equivalent of a constructor and destructor). By following the … Continue reading →

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