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

And I will use [self autorelease] instead of [self release]. Because usually it's called in

- (void)aMethod
{
    [self.delegate aDelegateMethod:self];
    [self release];

//If you add code related to self here, after [self release], you are making a huge mistake.
}

If I use [self autorelease], I can still do something after autorelease.