Use of alloc init instead of new

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There are a bunch of reasons here: http://macresearch.org/difference-between-alloc-init-and-new

Some selected ones are:

  • new doesn’t support custom initializers (like initWithString)
  • alloc-init is more explicit than new

General opinion seems to be that you should use whatever you’re comfortable with.

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