Re: Next GNUstep release?

[Gregory Casamento]

Wolfgang...

The patch looks good.   Please go ahead and apply it and make the
change in GSNibLoading.m as well, if you wish.

Thanks, GC

On Sun, Mar 28, 2010 at 4:45 PM, Wolfgang Lux <address@hidden> wrote:
> Gregory Casamento wrote:
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>> Top level objects in the nib are the responsibility of the controller.
>>  That is to say that if you load a nib from MyController then any and
>> all top level objects in that nib should be released by MyController
>> when it deallocates itself.
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> Indeed. What I tried to point out (but maybe failed to do properly) is that
> GNUstep does not implement this policy when the controller explicitly asks
> for the top level objects using the NS(Nib)TopLevelObjects key. If one uses
> that key, GNUstep passes ownership of the top level objects exclusively to
> the array that is used to return the objects and when the controller
> releases the top level objects, the application will crash. In fact, it is
> even documented in the code that GSNibLoading and GSGormLoading are
> implemented that way. However, this is incompatible with both Apple's
> documentation and implementation. Attached below is a patch to fix
> GSGormLoading. A similar change will be necessary in GSNibLoading.
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