When to use -retainCount?

Question

I would like to know in what situation did you use -retainCount so far, and eventually the problems that can happen using it.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Autoreleased objects are one case where checking -retainCount is uninformative and potentially misleading. The retain count tells you nothing about how many times -autorelease has been called on an object and therefore how many time it will be released when the current autorelease pool drains.