With ARC turned on, is there a different between alloc/init and normal autorelease methods?

Question

What is the different between these two when using ARC in Objective-C for iOS?

NSMutableArray *anArray = [[NSMutableArray alloc] initWithArray:itemsArray];
appDelegate.wishlistItemsArray = anArray;

vs

appDelegate.wishlistItemsArray = [NSMutableArray arrayWithArray:itemsArray];

The property in appDelegate is:

@property (nonatomic, strong) NSMutableArray *wishlistItemsArray;

FYI - another option is: `appDelegate.wishlistItemsArray = [itemsArray mutableCopy];` — rmaddy, Jun 13 '13 at 00:38

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Jun 13 '13 at 00:33

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Nope. Those methods differ only in the memory management semantics of their return value, and ARC handles memory management for you, they can be used interchangeably in an ARC program.

answered Jun 13 '13 at 00:33

Chuck

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With ARC turned on, is there a different between alloc/init and normal autorelease methods?

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