Is it better to autorelease or release right after?

Question

There are a lot of cases in which one would alloc an instance, and release it right after it\'s being assigned to something else, which retains it internally.

For ex

Answer 1

I agree with Matt Ball. Let me just add that, if you find yourself using this pattern frequently, it can be handy to write a quick category:

@interface UIView (MyCategories)
- (UIView *)addNewSubviewOfType:(Class)viewType inFrame:(NSRect)frame;
@end

@implementation UIView (MyCategories)
- (UIView *)addNewSubviewOfType:(Class)viewType inFrame:(NSRect)frame
{
    UIView * newView = [[viewType alloc] initWithFrame:frame];
    [self addSubView:newView];
    return [newView autorelease];
}
@end

Which can be used as follows:

UIView * view = [someView addNewSubviewOfType:[UIView class]
                                      inFrame:someFrame];

And it even works with other types, as long as they are derived from UIView:

UIButton * button = [mainView addNewSubviewOfType:[UIButton class]
                                          inFrame:buttonFrame];