Why do I have to call super -dealloc last, and not first?

Question

correct example:

- (void)dealloc {
    [viewController release];
    [window release];
    [super dealloc];
}

wrong example:

Answer 1

[to the last post] Wouldn't the tableView referencing the delegate be responsible for releasing it's own delegate? I would think it's retained it when set (so you could release or autorelease it) and it would take care of itself?

As for the OP question, I will always call super first if I'm constructing and call super last if I'm destructing. I think of it as "I want to have super build what it wants so I can build on that, and I want super to tear down last after I clean up after myself." Virtually all the calls I use are constructing though, except dealloc, so that's why you would see it last in my dealloc code always.