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ocarlsen
ocarlsen

Reputation: 1440

Objective C: ARC with IVars declared in implementation file

I found an interesting post describing how, in Objective-C 2.0, instance variables can be declared in the implementation file. Consider this example: 

@interface MyClass {}
@end

@implementation MyClass {    
  NSObject *obj1;
  NSObject *obj2;
}
@end

Notice the ivars obj1 and obj2 are not declared properties. Since they are not declared with an @property statement, there are no corresponding ownership qualifiers such as weak/strong.

My question is, will a project using Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) remember to clean up objects declared in this manner? Any documents addressing this specific issue would be appreciated.

Upvotes: 10

Views: 1460

Answers (1)

Joshua Weinberg
Joshua Weinberg

Reputation: 28688

Yes, these implicitly have a __strong in front of them. ARC will deal with them just as you'd expect from a strong property. The appropriate section in the docs is 4.4.1. Objects.

Upvotes: 15

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