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Asked: May 11, 20262026-05-11T10:14:52+00:00 2026-05-11T10:14:52+00:00

If I make an NSString using the code below, do I need to need

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If I make an NSString using the code below, do I need to need to release someString?

NSString *someString = @'somestring'; 
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  1. 2026-05-11T10:14:53+00:00Added an answer on May 11, 2026 at 10:14 am

    No, it’s a compile time constant string object, so it doesn’t need releasing. It’s the moral equiv of char *c = ‘hello world’ — where the string hello world is in global data, and you’re assigning the address of this data to the pointer c.

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