Should I always release self for failed init methods?
- by leo
Should I always release self when there is a failure inside init, or should I only do so if I have initialized instance variables first?
To put it another way, is this pattern valid? Is there a time when I shouldn't release self inside an init method, or should I assume that if the control flow enters init, self has at least a retain count of 1?
- (id)init
{
if ((self = [super init]) == nil)
{
[self release];
return nil;
}
//do some init stuff
if (somethingFailed)
{
[self release];
return nil;
}
return self;
}
