Automatic iVars with @synthesize

Question

I understand that starting with iOS 4, there is now the ability to not declare iVars at all, and allow the compiler to automatically create them for you when you synthesize

Answer 1

I've went through many different ways of dealing with this. My current method is to use the property access in dealloc. The reasons not to are too contrived (in my mind) to not do it, except in cases where I know the property has odd behavior.

@interface Class
@property (nonatomic, retain) id prop;
@end

@implementation Class
@synthesize prop;

- (void)dealloc;
{
    self.prop = nil;
    //[prop release], prop=nil; works as well, even without doing an explicit iVar
    [super dealloc];
}
@end