On Dec 7, 2011, at 3:10 AM, Bernie wrote:

> 
>> However, something like this would be bad:
>> 	local fn CopyMyString( string as CFStringRef ) as CFStringRef
>> 	end fn = fn CFStringCreateCopy( _kCFAllocatorDefault, string )
>> 	fn CopyMyString( @"alpha" )
> 
> Really bad:
> 	local fn GetMyString( string as CFStringRef ) as CFStringRef
> 	end fn = fn CFStringCreateCopy( _kCFAllocatorDefault, string )
> 	fn GetMyString( @"alpha" )
> 
> bw
> 

Bad = memory leaks in these cases shown by Bernie. There is no way to release the CFStringRef if the returned ref is ignored.


Brian S