Re: Setter Gettor method style

[Nicola Pero]

> >Not really - I don't see any difference in switching to GC.
> 
> Sorry, it seems I couldn't make myself clear on this.
> Lets try again. :)
> 
> The pattern Apple (seems to) have chosen wants to fulfill a contract 
> that every reference (pointer) you get remains valid for at least the 
> time of that particular method you are in.
> 
> Then the original Pattern is that if you want to keep something 
> around you have to retain it. But you can not expect it to stick 
> around if you do other things.
> 
> Then when Garbage Collection is enabled, wouldn't this have the same 
> effect? Wouldn't this make objects stay around as long as they have a 
> reference somewhere? (That is, even longer than with autorelease)

Maybe I'm missing your point and am not enough familiar with GC to get
this answer right :-) I haven't used it much (yet) - so I won't try to say
more :-)

If someone else wants to elaborate/discuss on this matter, I would be
pleased to hear.