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    <h1>This answer from the previous decade,</h1> <h1>is now only of historic interest.</h1> <p><strong>Today, you must use ARC.</strong></p> <p>Cheers</p> <hr> <p>The very short answer is <strong><em>DO NOT</em></strong> just set it to nil. <strong><em>You must release it.</em></strong> Setting it to nil has no connection to releasing it. You must release it.</p> <p>However it's worth remembering that <strong>if it is a property</strong>, then</p> <pre><code>self.obj = nil; </code></pre> <p>will in a fact release it for you. Of course, you must not forget the "self." part !!!!</p> <p>Indeed,</p> <pre><code>self.obj = anyNewValue; </code></pre> <p>will indeed release the old memory for you, clean everything up magically and set it up with the new value. So, self.obj = nil is just a special case of that, it releases and cleanses everything and then just leaves it at nil.</p> <p>So if anyone reading this is new and completely confused by memory,</p> <ol> <li><p>You must release it, [x release] before setting it to nil x=nil</p></li> <li><p><strong>IF</strong> you are using a property, "don't forget the self. thingy"</p></li> <li><p><strong>IF</strong> you are using a property, you can just say self.x=nil or indeed self.x=somethingNew and it will take care of releasing and all that other complicated annoying stuff.</p></li> <li><p>Eventually you will have to learn all the complicated stuff about release, autorelease, blah blah blah. But life is short, forget about it for now :-/</p></li> </ol> <p>Hope it helps someone.</p> <h1>Again note, this post is now totally wrong. Use ARC.</h1> <h1>Historic interest only.</h1>
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    1. COThe bit about properties being magically released is not entirely true. If you declare a property with the "retain" attribute you have to release it yourself, only if you declare it with the "copy" attribute it is released for you in the described manner. See http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ObjectiveC/Articles/ocProperties.html
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    2. COI think he may have meant "assign", not "retain". Also, wouldn't self.obj = someNewValue, trigger KVO listeners?
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    3. COTo clarify, self.obj = newValue DOES release the old value, if you're using properties correctly. I'd like to add that self.obj = newValue is identical to [self setObj:newValue], which is how the release occurs (the setObj method contains [oldValue release]). Also, if you're releasing the object, wouldn't you WANT KVO to be triggered?
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