Re: [xmlvm-users] Using categories vs. encapsulation in Objective-C compat-lib

[Panayotis K. <pan...@pa...>]

On 12 Ιουλ 2010, at 11:10 μ.μ., Paul Poley wrote:

> An associative reference looks to be just what I need.  I'm assuming it works with at least the latest version of iOS 3 & not just 4.0 & beyond.
> 

It requires iOS 3.1 and above - and it is not supported at the simulator.
Of course there you don't really care so much of memory leaks, as with iPhone.


> I suppose the best solution is to lazily create the reference only when first needed, since most objects won't need it.  That will also not create any overhead to existing functionality.
> 

Have in mind that this solution actually retains the object - it is not just a weak reference.