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From: eps@toaster.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: [self free] is a bad example
Message-ID: <252@toaster.SFSU.EDU>
Date: 12 Jan 90 21:33:46 GMT
References: <1842@opus.cs.mcgill.ca> <130056@gore.com>
Reply-To: eps@cs.SFSU.EDU (Eric P. Scott)
Organization: San Francisco State University
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In article <130056@gore.com> jacob@gore.com (Jacob Gore) writes:
>This is indeed a bad example.  It's technically correct, but it belongs in
>something like "Objective-C Traps and Pitfalls", not as an example for the
>typical use of -free.

ok, but ...

>Besides, 'self' is assignable.

Bingo.  (This may be more useful in class methods than instance methods.)

Note: If you're using the Application Kit, Application's
delayedFree: may be just what you're looking for.

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