Suggest the best way of initialization of array ( or other objects )

Question

I am a bit confused in the following two ways of initialisations.....

Way 1:

- (void) myMethod{

    NSArray *myArray = [[NSArray alloc] initWithObje         


        

Answer 1

Your second example uses a convenience constructor, which returns an autoreleased object. The question, then, is whether it's better to use autorelease or alloc/release. mmalc's answer on this StackOverflow thread explains the drawbacks of autoreleasing objects. (Basically, use alloc/release whenever possible.)

Also (this may be stating the obvious), some classes might not have convenience constructors, so when working with these you'd have to use alloc/release.