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ARC uses runtime reference counting, as the name would imply, not static code analysis.
by stusmall 12y ago
ARC uses runtime reference counting, as the name would imply, not static code analysis.
- mikeash 12y agoAnd it's nothing particularly special. Automatic reference counting has been going on since the 1950s. There's even an AI Koan about it. It's a nice addition to Objective-C but it's nothing new.
- pjmlp 12y agoClang uses dataflow analysis to remove redundant increment/decrement operations. There was even a WWDC session about it when ARC was made available.
- puppetmaster3 12y agopjmlp, can you please contact me re d? cekvenich.vic (at) gmail.com
- pjmlp 12y agoWhy?