performSelector may cause a leak because its selector is unknown

Question

I\'m getting the following warning by the ARC compiler:

\"performSelector may cause a leak because its selector is unknown\".

Here\'s what

Answer 1

Well, lots of answers here, but since this is a little different, combining a few answers I thought I'd put it in. I'm using an NSObject category which checks to make sure the selector returns void, and also suppresses the compiler warning.

#import 
#import 
#import "Debug.h" // not given; just an assert

@interface NSObject (Extras)

// Enforce the rule that the selector used must return void.
- (void) performVoidReturnSelector:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)object;
- (void) performVoidReturnSelector:(SEL)aSelector;

@end

@implementation NSObject (Extras)

// Apparently the reason the regular performSelect gives a compile time warning is that the system doesn't know the return type. I'm going to (a) make sure that the return type is void, and (b) disable this warning
// See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7017281/performselector-may-cause-a-leak-because-its-selector-is-unknown

- (void) checkSelector:(SEL)aSelector {
    // See http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14602854/objective-c-is-there-a-way-to-check-a-selector-return-value
    Method m = class_getInstanceMethod([self class], aSelector);
    char type[128];
    method_getReturnType(m, type, sizeof(type));

    NSString *message = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"NSObject+Extras.performVoidReturnSelector: %@.%@ selector (type: %s)", [self class], NSStringFromSelector(aSelector), type];
    NSLog(@"%@", message);

    if (type[0] != 'v') {
        message = [[NSString alloc] initWithFormat:@"%@ was not void", message];
        [Debug assertTrue:FALSE withMessage:message];
    }
}

- (void) performVoidReturnSelector:(SEL)aSelector withObject:(id)object {
    [self checkSelector:aSelector];

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
    // Since the selector (aSelector) is returning void, it doesn't make sense to try to obtain the return result of performSelector. In fact, if we do, it crashes the app.
    [self performSelector: aSelector withObject: object];
#pragma clang diagnostic pop    
}

- (void) performVoidReturnSelector:(SEL)aSelector {
    [self checkSelector:aSelector];

#pragma clang diagnostic push
#pragma clang diagnostic ignored "-Warc-performSelector-leaks"
    [self performSelector: aSelector];
#pragma clang diagnostic pop
}

@end