Q1:
No. @synthesize does not modify the -dealloc for you. You have to -release the name yourself.
Q2:
Yes it will leak. Same reason as Q1.
Q3:
No it won’t double-release. Same reason as Q1.
Q4:
Yes it will leak. Same reason as Q1.
Q5:
No it won’t double-release. Same reason as Q1.
You can check this yourself by overriding -retain and -release and -dealloc to report what is going on.
#import <Foundation/Foundation.h>
@interface X : NSObject {}
@end
@implementation X
-(oneway void)release {
NSLog(@"Releasing %p, next count = %d", self, [self retainCount]-1);
[super release];
}
-(id)retain {
NSLog(@"Retaining %p, next count = %d", self, [self retainCount]+1);
return [super retain];
}
-(void)dealloc {
NSLog(@"Dealloc %p", self);
[super dealloc];
}
@end
@interface Y : NSObject {
X* x;
}
@property (nonatomic, retain) X* x;
@end
@implementation Y
@synthesize x;
- (void)dealloc { [x release]; [super dealloc]; }
@end
int main () {
NSAutoreleasePool* pool = [[NSAutoreleasePool alloc] init];
Y* y = [[Y alloc] init];
X* x = [[X alloc] init];
y.x = x;
[y release];
[x release];
[pool drain];
return 0;
}
In Q1, Q2 and Q4, the last -retainCount of x is 1, so there is a leak, and in Q3 and Q5 the last -retainCount is 0 and -dealloc is called, so there is no leak.