Incorrect decrement of the reference count of an object that is not owned at this point by the caller

Question

I have a very simple Person class that has a ivar called name ( an NSString). When I try to release this ivar in dealloc the static analyzer gives me a weird error:

Answer 1

You're releasing an object returned from a property getter method, which in many cases would be the indication of a possible bug. That's why the static analysis is picking it up.

Instead, use:

self.name = nil;

or:

[name release];
name = nil;