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release Function

Summary

Invokes the Objective-C "release" method.

Package

objc

Signature

release pointer

Arguments
pointer
A pointer to an Objective-C foreign object.
Description

The function release calls the Objective-C "release" instance method of pointer to decrement its retain count.

See also

retain
autorelease
retain-count


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