Re: [xmlvm-dev] ARC

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

On Jun 8, 2011, at 9:03 PM, Arno Puder wrote:

> I don't know yet what ARC is but just to note that we are in
> compliance with Apples guidelines. If ARC should make reference
> counting more efficient, then that is nice for the Objective-C
> backend, however, it is irrelevant for the C backend since we use a
> garbage collector.
> 
> Arno


From my understanding, it automates the procedure of retain and release/autorelease
Practically you don't need to (or probably you should not) use retain/release any more.
The compiler takes care of that and automatically adds this code for you.
Indeed a GC is a more elegant solution of course.