Question

In one of my functions, I have a while loop with a certain case where it may need to temporarily create an object. My code looks like this:

while(c < end){
    if(specialCase){
        Object *myObject = [Object alloc];
        //do stuff with myObject
        //I tried [myObject dealloc] here, but it crashed when this method was called.
    }
    c++;
}

The code works fine as is but I am worried about memory leaks. I would like to know if and how I should dealloc myObject.

Answer 1

You NEVER call Dealloc directly.

you call Release and when retain count reaches 0 dealloc will be called on object.