Do I need to release a constant NSString?

Question

I\'m reading memory management rules to this point where it said

- (void)printHello {

    NSString *string;

    string = [[NSString alloc] initWithString:@         


        

Answer 1

Bavarious's answer is correct. For the curious, I can add that this is documented in Apple's “String Programming Guide”, specifically the section “Creating Strings” where it says (emphasis mine):

The simplest way to create a string object in source code is to use the Objective-C @"..." construct:

NSString *temp = @"/tmp/scratch";

Note that, when creating a string constant in this fashion, you should use UTF-8 characters. Such an object is created at compile time and exists throughout your program’s execution. The compiler makes such object constants unique on a per-module basis, and they’re never deallocated.