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Objective-C and Foundation running on a Sega Dreamcast

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Post by calypso » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 1:19 AM UTC

Re: Objective-C and Foundation running on a Sega Dreamcast

Post by ksherlock » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 1:50 AM UTC

Pretty cool. [+NSArray alloc] isn't auto-released so it needs to be released but it doesn't need to be retained.

Post by calypso » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 1:51 AM UTC

ksherlock wrote: post #2

Pretty cool. [+NSArray alloc] isn't auto-released so it needs to be released but it doesn't need to be retained.

I knew someone would catch that. I caught that after looking back at the tweet.

It’s definitely been a hot minute since working without ARC.

Post by gyrovorbis » Mon, Oct 23, 2023, 8:32 AM UTC

ksherlock wrote: post #2

Pretty cool. [+NSArray alloc] isn't auto-released so it needs to be released but it doesn't need to be retained.

Haha, somebody knows their Objective-C!