Is calling [self release] allowed to control object lifetime?

Question

I want to create an object in Objective C but I don\'t hold a reference to it.

Is it allowed to let the object control its own lifetime by calling [self release]?

Answer 1

It's legal, but be careful. You want to be sure nothing else is going to send you a message after you release yourself.

I've done this kind of thing for a faulting scheme back before we had CoreData.