Chapter 2
ARC Rules
In the previous chapter, we reviewed memory management in Objective-C for a non-ARC environment. But what happens when ARC is enabled? This chapter explores the changes incurred when ARC is employed. Automatic Reference Counting was briefly explained in Chapter 1, but it is really best summarized in Apple’s own words:
Automatic Reference Counting (ARC) in Objective-C makes memory management the job of the compiler. By enabling ARC with the new Apple LLVM compiler, you will never need to type retain or release again, dramatically simplifying the development process, while reducing crashes and memory leaks. The compiler has a complete understanding of your objects, and releases each object the instant it is no longer used, ...
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