Re: [Pyobjc-dev] Reference Counting

[Michael T. <li...@mj...>]

On Apr 8, 2004, at 4:08 PM, b.bum wrote:

> Releasing a pool only ever releases a single pool;  it will never  
> cause two pools to be released (because a pool can never be  
> autoreleased).
>
>  [...]
>
> Like thread looking, pulls are a stack.  You shouldn't pull a pool  
> after pushing a new pool on top.

I've never heard that before. The docs say:

> Released autorelease pools, if not on the top of the stack, cause all  
> (unreleased) autorelease pools above them on the stack to be released,  
> along with all their objects. If you neglect to send release to an  
> autorelease pool when you are finished with it (something not  
> recommended), it is released when one of the autorelease pools in  
> which it nests is released.

<http://developer.apple.com/Documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/MemoryMgmt/ 
Concepts/AutoreleasePools.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000047/EGGBFFED>

--Michael