Function

Summary

Invokes the Objective-C "autorelease" method.

Package

objc

Signature

autorelease pointer => pointer

Arguments

pointer

A pointer to an Objective-C foreign object.

Values

pointer

The argument pointer.

Description

The function autorelease calls the Objective-C "autorelease" instance method of pointer to register it with the current autorelease pool. The pointer is returned.

See also

release
retain
make-autorelease-pool
with-autorelease-pool