MAZeroingWeakRef 1.0

MAZeroingWeakRef is a library for using zeroing weak references in retain/release Cocoa and Cocoa Touch code. These are references which do not keep an object alive, and which automatically become nil once the object is destroyed.<br /><br />MAZeroingWeakRef does not work under Cocoa garbage collection. The built-in __weak specifier exists for that, although it is used somewhat differently.<br /><br />The API is simple and mostly self-explanatory from the header file. Note that cleanup blocks are only needed for advanced uses when you need to take more action than simply zeroing the reference when the target object is destroyed. Be sure to heed the warning in the header about not doing too much work in the cleanup block.<br /><br />In order to allow weak references to CoreFoundation bridged objects, a fair amount of crazy hacking of private APIs had to be done. For people who don't like that sort of thing, or who are worried about rejection when building for iOS, this crazy hacking can be reduced or disabled altogether. Look at the COREFOUNDATION_HACK_LEVEL macro in MAZeroingWeakRef.m, and the comment above it which explains what the different levels do.<br /><br />A similar KVO_HACK_LEVEL macro is also available.

Requirements:	No special requirements
Platforms:	Mac, Mac OSX
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