when to use retainCount (never, and why) [duplicate]

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when to use retainCount (never, and why)

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NSObject retainCount is simply a "what's under the hood" curiosity and possibly debugging aid. You don't want to care what the actual value is for production. Code beyond your direct control could be retaining/releasing changing the value.